Hydrogen Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee Fuel Purity Specifications Workshop

The U.S. Department of Energy sponsored the Hydrogen Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee Fuel Purity Specifications Workshop on April 26, 2004. Attendees included domestic and international codes and standards representatives, researchers, government officials, and industry members.

The purpose of the workshop was to gain a better understanding of who is doing what in developing fuel purity guidelines and standards in terms of objectives, definitions, scope, timetable, and participants; and to develop a rough work breakdown structure of the fuel purity issue for the total "fuel cycle" for which purity requirements must be defined. The group developed a preliminary outline of an R&D plan for hydrogen fuel purity, including a consensus "mini-template" for hydrogen fuel purity specifications that delineates key areas of effort, lead and supporting organizations for each area, and a preliminary outline for an R&D plan with key tasks, timetables, and budgets. The R&D plan for fuel purity will be incorporated in the Codes and Standards R&D Plan, which the Codes and Standards Tech Team of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership is preparing.

The proceedings of the Hydrogen Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee Fuel Purity Specifications Workshop, which include the agenda, a summary of the meeting, the presentations, and the list of attendees are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader

Meeting Agenda (PDF 49 KB)

Meeting Notes (PDF 163 KB)

Presentations

Hydrogen Fuel Purity Guidelines and Specifications Workshop (PDF 665 KB), Jim Ohi, NREL ISO/TC 197 Hydrogen Technologies (PDF 62 KB), Addison Bain

Influence of Impurities in Hydrogen on Fuel Cell Performance (PDF 936 KB), Shogo Watanabe, Japan Automobile Research Institute

Quantitative Analysis of Station Hydrogen (PDF 293 KB), Kazuo Koseki, ENAA

Role of the USFCC Transportation Working Group (PDF 284 KB), Bill Collins, UTCF

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Test Facility (PDF 340 KB), Rick Rocheleau, University of Hawaii

Timeline of Activities Necessary for the Development of a Hydrogen Purity Specification Guideline for Fuel Cell Vehicles (PDF 171 KB), Stella Papasavva, GM

Hydrogen Purity Standard (PDF 163 KB), Roger Smith, Compressed Gas Association

Overview of ASTM D03 Involvement with Hydrogen Fuel Purity Specifications (PDF 171 KB), Tony Estrada, PG&E

CaFCP Hydrogen Purity Activities (PDF 1.58 MB), Jesse Schneider, DCX

Codes and Standards: Hydrogen Fuel Purity Specifications (PDF 243 KB), Walt Podolski, ANL

FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership Codes and Standards Tech Team (CSTT) Purpose & Operation; C&S Roadmap & Fuel Purity (PDF 325 KB), Brad Smith, Shell Hydrogen

Meeting Attendees (PDF 79 KB)