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Title: Hydrogen Monitoring Requirements in the Global Technical Regulation on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Preprint

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The United Nations Global Technical Regulation (GTR) Number 13 (Global Technical Regulation on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles) is the defining document regulating safety requirements in hydrogen vehicles, and in particular fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV). GTR Number 13 has been formally implemented and will serve as the basis for the national regulatory standards for FCEV safety in North America (Canada, United States), Japan, Korea, and the European Union. The GTR defines safety requirement for these vehicles, including specifications on the allowable hydrogen levels in vehicle enclosures during in-use and post-crash conditions and on the allowable hydrogen emissions levels in vehicle exhaust during certain modes of normal operation. However, in order to be incorporated into national regulations, that is, in order to be binding, methods to verify compliance to the specific requirements must exist. In a collaborative program, the Sensor Laboratories at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States and the Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy and Transport in the Netherlands have been evaluating and developing analytical methods that can be used to verify compliance to the hydrogen release requirement as specified in the GTR.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1270777
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5400-64074
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 11; Conference: Presented at the International Conference on Hydrogen Safety, 19-21 October 2015, Yokohama, Japan
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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An assessment on the quantification of hydrogen releases through oxygen displacement using oxygen sensors journal December 2014
Performance-based testing for hydrogen leakage into passenger vehicle compartments journal August 2011
A comparison of test methods for the measurement of hydrogen sensor response and recovery times journal July 2010

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