You are here: Archives > August 2007 > ISO/TC197

U.S. TAG for ISO/TC 197, Hydrogen technologies: August 2007 Update
 Debbie Angerman, CGA, US TAG Administrator


A New TAG Chair
The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of ISO TC 197 is pleased to announce the election of a new TAG Chair, Mr. Glenn Scheffler. Glenn is currently the President of GWS Solutions of Tolland. He recently retired from United Technologies, where he worked since 1970. In the past 37 years, Glenn held various positions with increasing responsibility in the engineering of fuel cell power plants, including fuel processing systems for the conversion of hydrocarbon fuels to hydrogen. Glenn is well known to the codes & standards community. In addition to his new role as US TAG Chair for ISO TC 197, Glenn has been active in the following codes and standards efforts:

  • SAE Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) - Chairman of the Safety Working Group and Vice Chairman of the FCV Committee
  • SAE Technical Standards Board – member since 2004
  • ISO TC22/SC21 for FCVs – Chairman, USTAG
  • Hydrogen Industry Panel on Codes (HIPOC)
  • Ad Hoc Hydrogen Committee for ICC
  • ANSI Z21.83, Stationary Fuel Cell Power Plants
  • IEC TC105, Fuel Cell Propulsion Working Group
  • Chairman, USFCC Transportation Working Group (2003-2006)

Other TAG Activities
The US TAG for ISO TC 197 is very busy, with plans for a TAG meeting beginning to take shape. Items the TAG is currently involved with include the following:

  1. The draft agenda (ISO/TC 197 N370) has been circulated in preparation for the ISO/TC 197 Plenary meeting November 8 in Montecatini Terme, Italy. The Plenary meeting will be held is in conjunction with the World Hydrogen Technology Convention 2007. WG12 on product specification (ISO 14687) will meet November 6-7, and WG13 on hydrogen detectors will meet November 5-6.

  2. ISO/TC 197 N369, which is 105/146/CDV, the IEC/CDV 62282-6-1 Fuel cell technologies --Part 6- 1: Micro Fuel Cell Power Systems –Safety has been circulated to the U.S. TAG for approval and comments on hydrogen safety related aspects by August 31.

  3. ISO/PAS 15594, Airport hydrogen fuelling facility operations is out for Systematic Review until December 17, 2007. U.S. TAG responses are requested by November 17.

  4. ISO/TC 197 N371, Chairman's report on the ISO Roundtable on Global Harmonization (January 2007) has been circulated.

  5. The U.S. TAG voted to recommend approval EIGA (European Industrial Gases Association) as a D-liaison for ISO/TC 197 WG11, Gaseous hydrogen—Service stations. This recommendation was forwarded through ANSI to the ANSI's Technical Management Board (TMB) representative.

  6. Appointed experts to ISO/TC 197 WG6 (joint with ISO/TC 58/SC 3 and ISO/TC 22) will meet September 6-7 at Powertech Labs in Vancouver, Canada to discuss comments from the failed ISO/DIS 15869.2, Gaseous hydrogen and hydrogen blends—Land vehicle fuel tanks (N365 Annex B).