H2SAFE LLC HAS A PATENT ON TECHNOLOGY FOR SAFER STORAGE

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CASE FOR SAFETY


RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF FAILURE MODES

SUMMARY
The H2Safe technology will be most effective in reducing the consequences of leaks through holes
in vessels (tanks) and pipelines containing hazardous fluids under pressure, rather than in cases
where there is sudden total failure of the containment which releases the entire contents in a few
seconds (catastrophic failures). Therefore, in order to assess what proportion of incidents may be
made less harmful by the technology a review of worldwide data on the relative likelihood of leaks
from holes has been undertaken. This data includes statistical analysis of actual incidents and
recommendations from regulators on relative frequencies for use in quantified risk assessment.
The review (covering USA and European sources) concludes that for vessels (including storage
tanks, LPG, oil, gas and chemical industries) the historical incident databases and recommendations
for risk analysis has concluded that over three quarters of all releases (between 73% and 90%) are
from holes (leaks) and only about a quarter or fewer (27%-10%) releases are classified as
catastrophic. Therefore a large majority of failures could be mitigated by H2Safe technology.

Page 1 of 1 H2Safe LLC has a patent on Technology for Safer Storage

4/30/2014 http://h2safe.net/case_safety.html