Gerenciamento de riscos em instalações de alimentação de células de combustível

Abstract

Nowadays, several technologies allow the electric power generation most primary sources. However, the hydrogen has if manifested as the largest energy potential to be explored next years. It is exactly in the study of the use of hydrogen as fuel for electric power generation that the Center of Studies in Energy and Environment of the Program of Masters Degree in Electric Engineering of UFSM has been accomplishing researches involving fuel cells. These equipments accomplish the inverse operation of the electrolysis of water to generate electric power starting from the reaction of hydrogen with oxygen. However, due to their special characteristics, the hydrogen is a gas that demands a great attention, requesting a process of quite discerning administration of risks. This work presents a model for the accomplishment of the analysis of the flaw manners in facilities of hydrogen for fuel cells, using the tool FMEA. With such a model, it is waited that the work team is made possible to delimit the necessary data for the implementation of an action plan that fills out safety's minimum requirements requested by the systems of cells. In that way it will be possible to obtain a sequence of procedures that sight to maintain the safety of operators and integrity of equipments. This procedure type is made necessary due to the absence of specific safety standards for fuel cells in Brazil.