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North East and Yorkshire Section Hydrogen powered construction site Utilities for 15 years and has a wealth
Matthew Kluwe This innovative trial was put in place to of experience from across the business.
H21 Project Coordinator, help decarbonise Cadent’s construction With a background in connections,
Northern Gas Networks activities – in line with the network’s customer service, gas quality and
Matthew joined the gas industry in recently published 10-Point Hydrogen process safety, Jodie has recently been
June 2020 as a Project Coordinator Plan. The project has proven that appointed as Network Controller for the
for the H21 project team. Prior to traditional diesel generators can be Safe Control of Operations within Wales
this role Matthew worked in facilities replaced with green alternatives in order & West Utilities. She has a passion for
management after graduating from to provide clean power to the welfare keeping her colleagues and members of
the University of Hull in 2018 with a cabins on off-grid sites, and highlighted the public safe, while looking at new and
first class degree in Sport and Exercise areas for further improvement. This innovative ways to improve standards.
Science. application of a hydrogen fuel cell on a
construction site is the first of its kind The human factor: managing
H21 pioneering a hydrogen network for a UK gas distribution network. safety critical tasks on the gas
H21 is a suite of projects addressing distribution network
the conversion of the UK’s gas network To safely operate and maintain the gas
to transport hydrogen, which produces Scottish Section network, a number of major accident
no carbon at the point of use. Hydrogen Luke Macdonald hazards (MAH) need to be managed.
can play a vital role in decarbonising Engineering Manager, SGN Operating and maintaining the gas
heat which is responsible for over a Luke has worked with SGN for three network involves numerous safety
third of carbon emissions and helping years and is a Mechanical Engineering critical tasks (SCTs), many of which
the UK meet its legal obligation of graduate from Glasgow University. He are reliant on individuals and teams
net zero carbon emissions by 2050. has always possessed a keen interest of people to complete. Jodie has
H21 includes assessing the viability in the gas and energy industry and chosen the topic of human factors, as
of a hydrogen conversion, public currently works in SGN’s Scottish it is widely recognised that human
perceptions, whether hydrogen can independent undertakings department, failures whilst carrying out SCTs has
be delivered as safely and reliably as which operates five remote networks contributed to major accidents in the
natural gas, plus the changes needed in Scotland fuelled mainly by liquefied past (such as the Chernobyl nuclear
to operate a gas network under 100 per natural and petroleum gas. accident, the Piper Alpha disaster, the
cent hydrogen conditions. Texas City Refinery explosion and the
Stornoway odorant changeover Deepwater Horizon oil spill). This paper
Gas is naturally odourless and must explores the technique of safety critical
North West Section be mixed with a strong chemical to task analysis (SCTA), the positive and
Michael Sinclair allow for customers to detect leaks on negative factors that influence humans
Graduate Engineer, Cadent Gas the network. This project involved a to fail and succeed, and what benefits
Michael graduated from the University full change of odorant on a local gas this would bring to the industry.
of Strathclyde in 2020 with a master’s network as an engineering solution
degree in Chemical Engineering. He and brought with it some challenging
went straight onto the graduate scheme hurdles and operational difficulties. Welsh Section
at Cadent in September 2020 with Qikun Chen
his most notable projects so far being Cardiff University
pipeline gas leakage prevention and South West Section Qikun has a BSc in HVAC Engineering
accelerating the application of hydrogen Jodie McEvoy and an MSc in Civil Engineering from
in the heavy transport sector. Network Controller, Wales & West Utilities Southwest Petroleum University, China.
Jodie has been working at Wales & West He is now undertaking a PhD at Cardiff

michael sinclair luke macdonald jodie mcevoy qiken chen

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