Addressing the risk of Hydrogen-Induced Stress Cracking (HISC) on pipelines

This is a North Scottish Branch event, organised and hosted by our North Scottish Branch Committee  for members of The Welding Institute's  North Scottish and Highland and Islands Branch members.

Overview: The role that hydrogen could play in the transition to low-carbon economy has refuelled the emphasis on hydrogen-related cracking mechanisms, and how these could affect the integrity of the energy infrastructure. Hydrogen-cracking mechanisms can nonetheless occur on our existing pipelines, when the effect of CP or H2S is considered. Such mechanisms will actually occur at a greater scale that what would be considered when looking at the sole effect of gaseous hydrogen. The purpose here is to get a better understanding of the problem of HISC due to CP on materials, used onshore and subsea, and how to address it.” 

Speaker: Daniel Sandana, (Principal Engineer ,Rosen) 

Speaker Biography: Daniel is a Principal Materials & Corrosion Engineer at ROSEN. Holds a MSC in Materials Science and Engineering from ESIREM in France, and a PhD in SCC of pipeline steels from Newcastle University in the UK.

Daniel has over 15 years’ experience in Asset Integrity Management within the upstream and transmission markets worldwide. A large part of his experience resides in ensuring assurance of operational integrity of ageing process plants and pipelines, providing Materials & Corrosion consultancy for front-end-engineering and design projects. He has managed Research, Development and testing (RD&T) programs to support design and integrity management activities, and to address operational integrity of Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) systems.

His current interests include supporting pipeline operators addressing Stress-Corrosion-Cracking and crack management strategies for the existing transmission infrastructures, and for the repurposing of natural gas lines to hydrogen service.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Attending this event supports your professional development.  You can claim 2 CPD points per hour for this event.  As a member of the Welding Institute you can record your CPD activity online from your membership portal.

Additional Information:

• Registration for this event will close 24 hours before the start.
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