1. German Hydrogen Association

2. EHEC 03, Grenoble, 3. September 2003 Standards, Regulations, and Safety Ulrich Schmidtchen German Hydrogen Association (DWV), Berlin

3. Distinction Regulations / Standards Regulations: –Are compelling –Usually laws or based on them, made or initiated by policital bodies –Objective frequently protection of workers of the public from dangers Standards: –No legal requirement –Support the free exchange of goods and services –Made by the interested parties

4. EU regulations Guidelines for basic (not operational) requirements Pressure Equipment, Transportable Pres. Equipm. Protection from explosions Seveso II (emissions) Machinery... Must be adopted as national law by the member states

5. Other regulations Transport of dangerous goods: ADR, RID, IATA/ICAO, IMO,... Approval of road vehicles: UN ECE (EIHP) Individual national regulations

6. International Hydrogen Standards WGTopic 1Liquid hydrogen — Land vehicle fuel tanks 2Tank containers for multimodal transportation of liquid hydrogen 3Hydrogen fuel — Product specification 4Airport hydrogen fuelling facility 5 Gaseous hydrogen blends and hydrogen fuels — Service stations and filling connectors 6Gaseous hydrogen and hydrogen blends — Land vehicle fuel tanks 7Basic considerations for the safety of hydrogen systems 8Hydrogen generators using water electrolysis process 9Hydrogen generators using fuel processing technologies 10 Transportable gas storage devices — Hydrogen absorbed in reversible metal hydrides ISO TC 197 „Hydrogen Technologies“

7. International Fuel Cell Standards IEC TC 105 „Fuel Cells“ WGTopic 1Terminology 2Fuel cell modules 3Stationary fuel cell power plants — Safety 4Performance of Fuel Cell Power Plants 5Stationary Fuel Cell Power Plants — Installation 6Fuel cell system for propulsion and auxiliary power units (APU) 7 Portable fuel cell appliances — Safety and performance requirements

8. International and European Standards generalelectricalother WorldISOIEC... InterfaceViennaAgreement... EUCENCENELEC...

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