HySAFER is one of key providers of hydrogen safety research, engineering and education globally. It has been formally established in 2008 by Prof Molkov following the successful participation in EU Network of Excellence “Safety of hydrogen as an energy carrier (NoE HySafe)“ (2004-2009).
The focus in research is on theoretical and numerical methods and close collaboration with international centres of excellence in experimental studies.
HySAFER was invited by Imperial College to champion hydrogen safety research in the UK through the EPSRC SUPERGEN H2FC Hub. HySAFER leads doctoral education in hydrogen safety in the UK through two EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training.
£10M of external funding through 30 national and European projects, all related to hydrogen safety (2004-2020). 130 person-years of accumulated knowledge and experience in hydrogen safety since 2004.
Research to close knowledge gaps and address technological bottlenecks in hydrogen safety
Consultancy by hydrogen safety engineering of inherently safer hydrogen systems and infrastructure
Licensing of breakthrough safety technology of explosion free in a fire TPRD-less tanks for different applications
Short courses on hydrogen safety tailored for customer needs
Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Development (Hydrogen Safety) by distance learning:
Module ENE821 Principle of Hydrogen Safety,
Module ENE825 Hydrogen Safety Technologies)
Lee is currently CEO of Fuel Cell Systems Ltd (FCSL). Industry insiders often talk about Hydrogen’s Chicken and Egg problem: Vehicle manufacturers cannot sell hydrogen vehicles without a refuelling infrastructure; Infrastructure & fuel network providers cannot recoup their investment if there are not enough vehicles using hydrogen. The result is Gridlock! Our approach has been to redefine the Chicken and Egg problem as simply “Refuelling Infrastructure is too expensive”. Now that’s an engineering problem we can fix!
Prior to FCSL, Lee spent eight years at UK Fuel Cell manufacturer Intelligent Energy, completing his time there as Chief Sales Officer. Leading the global commercial team and launching Intelligent Energy’s low carbon hydrogen products in to three market sectors: automotive, power generation and aviation. Lee’s involvement with the hydrogen industry started back in 1995 when among other projects he supported the field trials of SOFC CHP.
