Sile Brennan
Lecturer
Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment
Ulster University
Ireland
Biography
Sile Brennan was appointed as a lecturer in Hydrogen Safety in 2008 and has been course director of the BEng/MEng Safety Engineering and Disaster Management since 2016. Dr Brennan obtained a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin before completing her PhD at Queen’s University Belfast. She joined the HySAFER team at Ulster University in 2007.
Research Interest
Dr Brennan’s research interests are in CFD modelling of hydrogen releases and fires and her work in this field has generated refereed papers. She has been involved in a number of large European research contracts. Most recently she has participated in the European project HyIndoor involving pre-normative research on the indoor use of hydrogen and fuel cell systems, and the European H2FC infrastructure project where she coordinated the European technical school on hydrogen and fuel cells.
Publications
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Safety assessment of unignited hydrogen discharge from onboard storage in garages with low levels of natural ventilation International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Date: (2013)
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Hydrogen non-premixed combustion in enclosure with one vent and sustained release: Numerical experiments International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Date: (2014)
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Experimental and Analytical Study of Hydrogen Jet Fire in a Vented Enclosure Proc. of the Eighth International Seminar on Fire & Explosion Hazards (ISFEH8) Date: (2016)
