The 2005 Plenary for IEC TC 105: Fuel Cell Technologies
Steve Kazubski, IEC TC-105 U.S. TAG Administrator
On
December 6-7, 2005, the IEC TC-105 Plenary returned to Frankfurt where TC-105's
first meeting on fuel cell technologies was held in 2000 at the offices of VDE
(Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies - Germany).
This year's meeting was run by the newly appointed TC-105 chairman and secretary,
Dr. Hiromichi Fujisawa from Hitachi Ltd., and Mr. Wolfgang Winkler from Hamburg
University of Applied Sciences. Forty-four delegates from 10 countries were in
attendance. The Head of Delegation for the United States was Mr. Kelvin Hecht
from UTC Fuel Cells.
Reports on current activities were given by the
following TC-105 working groups:
WG 1 - Terminology
WG 2 - Fuel cell
modules
WG 3 - Stationary fuel cell power systems - Safety
WG 4 - Stationary
fuel cell power systems - Performance
WG 5 - Stationary fuel cell power systems
- Installation
WG 6 - Fuel cell systems for propulsion
WG 7 - Portable
fuel cell power systems - Safety
WG 8 - Micro fuel cell power systems - Safety
WG 9 - Micro fuel cell power systems - Performance
WG 10 - Micro fuel cell
power systems - Interchangeability
Currently, the first edition of IEC/TS
62282-1, Fuel cell terminology, contains common fuel cell definitions contained
in TC-105 publications. The technical committee has now decided that WG-1:
Terminology will work to expand 62282-1 to cover a larger scope as a general
fuel cell glossary for its second publication slated for 2008. Mr. Hecht will
continue to lead this effort.
Mr. Gerhard Filip stepped down as Convener
for WG-2: Fuel cell modules after successfully overseeing the completion
of the first edition of IEC 62282-2, Fuel cell modules. The technical committee
appointed Mr. Gerhard Huppmann to replace Mr. Filip. There will be a call for
new members to join WG-2.
The current document, Committee Draft for Vote
(CDV), was approved for WG-3: Stationary fuel cell power systems - Safety.
Mr. Hecht, WG-3 Convener, has scheduled a meeting for March 6-7, 2006, in San
Francisco to be hosted by CSA America for the purpose of resolving all outstanding
comments on the draft. WG-3 is targeting May - 2006 for submitting their final
draft to TC-105. Note that IEC's formal request to CEN/CENELEC to terminate their
creation of a fuel cell gas heating appliance standard that overlaps the scope
of WG-3 has fallen on deaf ears. TC-105 has now asked WG-3 to strive towards future
harmonization with CEN/CENELEC document.
TC-105 issued a ballot (105/103/FDIS)
for a Final International Draft Standard prepared by WG-4 to be published
as IEC 62282-3-2 Ed.1, Stationary fuel cell power systems - Performance
test methods. National committees have until February 10, 2006 to vote on the
document. Mr. Osamu Yamamoto continues to lead WG-4 activities.
The document
for WG-5: Stationary fuel cell power systems - Installation has been circulated
as a Committee Draft (105/101/CD). National committees have until February 24,
2006 to submit comments. Mr. Huppmann, WG-5 Convener, has scheduled a meeting
for March 8-9, 2006, in San Francisco to be hosted by CSA America for the purpose
of resolving comments that will be received on the CD and to prepare a Committee
Draft for Vote (CDV).
There has been no activity this past year in WG-6:
Fuel cell systems for propulsion. However, Japan will be proposing a New Work
Item Proposal (NWIP) in the near future for starting a TC-105 standards activity
for fuel cell specialty vehicles.
A final draft international standard
for distribution to the National Committees is expected to be submitted by May
- 2006 by WG-7: Portable fuel cell power systems - Safety. To complete
the current task of resolving outstanding comments from the successfully closed
CDV ballot, CSA (Canada) has scheduled a meeting for March 9-10, 2006, in San
Francisco. Messrs. Jeff Grant and Robert Wichert were thanked for their tenures
leading WG-7. The technical committee appointed Mr. Gerard Boudiere to become
the next WG-7 Convener.
WG-8: Micro fuel cell power systems - Safety
led by Mr. Harry Jones is on track to submit a CDV on Micro fuel cell power systems
- Safety to the TC for distribution National Committees by March - 2006. The next
tentative meeting has been scheduled for January 30, 2006, in Milford Connecticut
to be hosted by the BIC Corporation.
WG-9: Micro fuel cell power systems
- Performance will submit their first Committee Draft (CD) to TC-105 by mid-January,
2006. Mr. Harvey Yokoyama, WG-9 Convener, has announced that Tokyo will host the
next WG-9 meeting to be scheduled for July - 2006.
WG-10: Micro fuel
cell power systems - Interchangeability, is aiming to advance standardization
concerning the interchangeability of the micro fuel cell system for portable electronics.
WG-10's targeted schedule calls for issuing a CD by August - 2006, a CDV by February
- 2007, and a published International Standard by December - 2007. Mr. Fumio Ueno,
WG-10 Convener, is planning a meeting to be held in Jan/Feb - 2006.
In
conjunction with the TC meeting in Frankfurt, scheduled meetings for TC-105 working
groups 7 (Portable fuel cell power systems - Safety), 8 (Micro fuel cell power
systems - Safety), 9 (Micro fuel cell power systems - Performance) and an impromptu
meeting of TC-105 WG-3 (Stationary fuel cell power systems - Safety) were held.
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