Work Package 16

Contribution to Standards and Legal Requirements

Objectives

• Ensure by active participation to standardisation groups that consensual knowledge on hydrogen safety is adequately taken into account in the process of building new standards related to hydrogen technologies
• Make proposal to standardisation organisations for new work on hydrogen safety related standardisation to be launched, whenever required
• Provide hydrogen safety expertise to authorities

Description of work

Sub-task 16.1: Organisation and structure of the work

Partners will develop a framework for participation in standardisation groups

Lead: BAM, partners: all

Sub-task 16.2: Provide safety expertise input to existing standardisation groups

Partners will participate to relevant standardisation groups. They will bring overall Hysafe safety expertise and make sure that safety issues are adequately dealt with. Participation of Hysafe to standardisation comities will be planned.

Whenever required, they will be backed up on specific issues by researchers working within the network. Partners will report on standardisation activity through the biennial report on hydrogen safety as well as through Hysafe website. Standardisation work is expected to take place both at international and European level.

Lead: BAM, Partners: AL, BMW, BRE, CEA, INERIS, JRC, NH, Risø, VOLVO

Sub-task 16.3: Support public authorities

Partners will share their expertise in hydrogen safety with public authorities faced with the approval of hydrogen technologies. Authorities across Europe who could benefit from this help will be identified for further exchanges and support to take place. Interested authorities will be identified within the first 18 months.

Lead: BAM, Partners: HSE/HSL, INERIS, Risø

Where the standardisation work is done

ISO TC 197

The most important committee for standardization of hydrogen technology is ISO TC 197 "Hydrogen Technologies".

The composition of the TC is like this:

This is the list of working groups:

(Title in italics: working group not active now)

Papers published so far:

• ISO 13984:1999 Liquid hydrogen -- Land vehicle fuelling system interface
• ISO 13985:2006 Liquid hydrogen -- Land vehicle fuel tanks
• ISO 14687:1999 Hydrogen fuel -- Product specification
• ISO/PAS 15594:2004 Airport hydrogen fuelling facility operations
• ISO/TR 15916:2004 Basic considerations for the safety of hydrogen systems
• ISO/TS 16111:2006 Transportable gas storage devices -- Hydrogen absorbed in reversible metal hydride
• ISO 17268:2006 Compressed hydrogen surface vehicle refuelling connection devices

ISO TC 197 has liaison relationships with numerous other ISO TCs. These are:

• ISO TC 11 - Boilers and pressure vessels
• ISO TC 20 - Aircraft and space vehicles
  • ISO TC 20 / SC 14 - Space systems and operations
• ISO TC 22 - Road vehicles
  • ISO TC 22 / SC 21 - Electrically propelled road vehicles
  • ISO TC 22 / SC 25 - Vehicles using gaseous fuels
• ISO TC 58 - Gas cylinders
  • ISO TC 58 / SC 3 - Cylinder design
• ISO TC 70 - Internal combustion engines
• ISO TC 118 - Compressors and pneumatic tools, machines and equipment
• ISO TC 153 - Valves
• ISO TC 192 - Gas turbines
• ISO TC 193 - Natural gas
• ISO TC 203 - Technical energy systems
• ISO TC 207 - Environmental management
• ISO TC 220 - Cryogenic vessels
• IEC TC 105 - Fuel Cell Technologies

Another liaison partner of ISO TC 197 is the European Hydrogen Association (EHA) in Brussels.

IEC TC 105

Another place associated to the safe use of hydrogen is TC 105 "Fuel Cells" of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

The composition of the committee is this:

The committee comprises the following working groups:

ISO TC 197 has liaison relationships with numerous other IEC and ISO TCs. These are:

• IEC TC 31 - Equipment for explosive atmospheres
• ISO TC 22 - Road vehicles
• ISO TC 197 - Hydrogen Technologies

Another liaison partner of IEC TC 105 is the European Hydrogen Association (EHA) in Brussels.