H2USA Forms RCS Task Team
by Karen Hall, FCHEA

H2USA is a public-private collaboration which launched in August 2013. The collaboration aims to promote the commercialization and widespread adoption of hydrogen fueled Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs), reduce hurdles and enable a hydrogen fueling infrastructure to support the deployment of FCEVs.

H2USA membership is made up of a broad spectrum of participants including the U.S. Department of Energy, automakers, fuel cell suppliers, materials and component manufacturers, energy companies, hydrogen suppliers, hydrogen production hardware companies, national laboratories, associations, NGOs and others.

H2USA is currently focusing in four key areas:

  • Market Support & Acceleration
  • Locations Roadmap
  • Hydrogen Fueling Station
  • Investment & Finance

Codes and standards is a cross-cutting theme. A Joint Regulations, Codes & Standards (RCS) Task Team has been formed within H2USA to pull together the information needed to facilitate deployment of FCEVs and hydrogen infrastructure. The RCS Task Team tracks issues, potential solutions, and opportunities to submit comments or propose changes to future revisions of applicable codes and standards. 

Members of H2USA who would like to learn more about the Joint RCS Task Force; as well as organizations who are considering joining H2USA, are encouraged to contact Connor Dolan at cdolan@fchea.org.

Hydrogen Lessons Learned Database Tool
by Karen Hall, FCHEA

The Hydrogen Lessons Learned Database (H2LL), previously known as the Hydrogen Incidents Database, is a database-driven website intended to facilitate the sharing of lessons learned and other relevant information gained from actual experiences using and working with hydrogen. The database also serves as a voluntary reporting tool for capturing records of events involving either hydrogen or hydrogen-related technologies.

The focus of H2LL is for the characterization of hydrogen-related incidents, near-misses, and ensuing lessons learned from those events. All identifying information, including names of companies or organizations, locations, and the like, are removed to ensure confidentiality and to encourage the unconstrained future reporting of events.

This database is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. The safety event records have been contributed by a variety of global sources, including industrial, government and academic facilities.

Interested parties can subscribe for free notifications when new incidents are posted, to view the latest incidents and near misses, search for specific types of incidents, and report new incidents by visiting http://h2tools.org/lessons/.by Karen Hall, FCHEA

The Hydrogen Lessons Learned Database (H2LL), previously known as the Hydrogen Incidents Database, is a database-driven website intended to facilitate the sharing of lessons learned and other relevant information gained from actual experiences using and working with hydrogen. The database also serves as a voluntary reporting tool for capturing records of events involving either hydrogen or hydrogen-related technologies.

The focus of H2LL is for the characterization of hydrogen-related incidents, near-misses, and ensuing lessons learned from those events. All identifying information, including names of companies or organizations, locations, and the like, are removed to ensure confidentiality and to encourage the unconstrained future reporting of events.

This database is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. The safety event records have been contributed by a variety of global sources, including industrial, government and academic facilities.

Interested parties can subscribe for free notifications when new incidents are posted, to view the latest incidents and near misses, search for specific types of incidents, and report new incidents by visiting http://h2tools.org/lessons/.

IEC/ TC 105 Update
by Karen Hall, FCHEA

The International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee responsible for International Standards for Fuel Cell Technologies (IEC/TC 105) is seeking nominations for conveners for the following working groups:

- IEC/TC 105/WG 1 Terminology

  • Published in 2005.
  • The 2nd edition, redone as a general glossary for fuel cell technologies, was published in 2010.
  • The 3rd edition, IEC/TS 62282-1 Ed 3.0, was published in November 2013, and is available from www.iec.ch in English and French.

- IEC/TC 105/WG 3 Stationary fuel cell power systems - Safety

  • Published in April 2007.
  • Second edition published February 2012.

P-members are invited to nominate candidates for the convenerships of WG 1 and WG 3 and send the name(s) of their candidate(s) by September 26, 2014 to the IEC electronic voting / commenting system.

In the event that there is more than one candidate for one of the WGs, a vote will be taken at the next annual TC 105 plenary meeting in Tokyo in November 2014.

IEC/TC 105 has announced the schedule for the 2014 plenary meeting, as well as for the working groups which will also meet in conjunction with the plenary. All meetings are to be held in Tokyo, Japan.

IEC/TC 105 meeting schedule:

IEC/TC 105 2014 Plenary and Working Group Meetings

MeetingDate/Time

IEC/TC 105 WG# 9 - Micro Fuel Cell Power Systems / Performance (1 day)November 4th

IEC/TC 105 WG# 7 - Portable Fuel Cell Power Systems - Safety (2 days)November 4th and 5th

IEC/TC 105 WG# 4 - Stationary / Performance (IEC 62282-3-200 CDV comments) (2 days)November 5th & 6th

IEC/TC 105 WG #6 - Fuel cell system for propulsion and auxiliary power units (APU)November 5th & 6th

IEC/TC 105 PlenaryNovember 7th 14:00 - November 8th 17:00

IEC/TC 105 WG# 12 - Stationary fuel cell power systems - Small stationary fuel cell power systems with combined heat and power output (2 days)November 10th & 11th

Those interested in attending the meetings are advised to contact their country's IEC/TC 105 Secretariat. In the United States, please contactwww.csagroup.org.

ISO/TC 197 Meetings Announced
by Karen Hall, FCHEA

The International Organization of Standardization's Technical Committee for Hydrogen Technologies (ISO/TC 197) has announced their next plenary meeting and working group meeting schedule for the first week of December. All meetings to be held at the Hydrogen Energy Test & Research Center (HyTReC) in Fokuoka, Japan. The meetings include kick-off meetings for WGs 21, 22, and 23, addressing requirements for compressors, hoses, and fittings for gaseous hydrogen fueling stations. 

ISO/TC 197 2014 Plenary and Working Group Meetings

MeetingDate/Time

ISO/TC 197 WG 19 Gaseous hydrogen - Fueling stations - Dispensers)December 1st, 09:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 WG 22 Gaseous hydrogen - Fueling stations - HosesDecember 1st, 09:30 - 12:30

ISO/TC 197 WG 23 Gaseous hydrogen - Fueling stations - FittingsDecember 1st, 13:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 WG 20 Gaseous hydrogen - Fueling stations - ValvesDecember 2nd, 09:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 WG 24 Gaseous hydrogen - Fueling stations - GeneralDecember 2nd, 09:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 WG 15 Cylinders and tubes for stationary storageDecember 2nd, 09:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 WG 17 Safety of pressure swing adsorption system for hydrogen separation and purificationDecember 3rd, 09:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 WG 24 Gaseous hydrogen - Fueling stations - General RequirementsDecember 3rd, 09:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 WG 21 Gaseous hydrogen - Fueling stations - CompressorsDecember 3rd, 09:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 WG18 Land vehicle fuel tanks and TPRDsDecember 3rd, 09:30 - 17:00

ISO/TC 197 Plenary MeetingDecember 4th, 09:30 - 17:00
December 5th, 09:30 - 13:30

If you are interested in attending any of these meetings or being involved in the development of requirements for any of the working groups, please contact the Secretariat for ISO/TC 197 in your country. In the United States, please seehttps://www.cganet.com/isotc197/TC197.htm.

Mark your Calendar for the CSA Group U.S. Committee Week!
by Karen Hall, FCHEA

Charlotte, North Carolina will be the setting for the 2014 CSA Group U.S. Committee Week. This annual event allows committee members to meet in person to collaborate and advance the objectives of safety standards for the Fuel Burning and Alternative Energy Vehicle industries. This year's event will be held September 28th - October 2nd.

The Automotive Technical Committee will meet on Monday, September 29th. 

The PRD 1/HPRD 1 TSC, responsible for HPRD 1: Thermally activated pressure relief devices for compressed hydrogen vehicle fuel containers will meet on Tuesday, September 30th. Work on the next revision of HPRD 1 has just started, with a Call for Proposals that ended on September 5th. 

The HGV 4.3 TSC, responsible for HGV 4.3 Fueling Parameters for Hydrogen Dispensing System will meet on Tuesday, September 30th and Wednesday, October 1st. Work on the HGV 4.3 standard is ongoing. The TSC is meeting regularly to align the Standard with SAE J2601, which was recently published.

The HGV 4.9 TSC, responsible for HGV 4.9, Fueling Station Guidelines, will meet on Thursday, October 2nd. The TSC will review industry comments received from circulation of the draft document. 

For further information including the full agenda, please visithttp://www.csagroup.org/us/en/member-events/standards-committee-week.