Regulations, Codes, and Standards (RCS) for Multi-Fuel Motor Vehicle Dispensing Stations
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
In the United States, requirements for liquid motor vehicle fuelling stations have been in place for many years. Requirements for motor vehicle fuelling stations for gaseous fuels, including hydrogen, are relatively new. These requirements have, in the United States, been developed along different code and standards paths. The liquid fuels have been addressed in a single document and the gaseous fuels have been addressed in documents specific to an individual gas. The result of these parallel processes is that multi-fuel stations are subject to requirements in several fuelling regulations, codes, and standards (RCS). This paper describes a configuration of a multi-fuel motor vehicle fuelling station and provides a detailed breakdown of the codes and standards requirements. The multi-fuel station would dispense what the U.S. Department of Energy defines as the six key alternative fuels: biodiesel, electricity, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, and propane. The paper will also identify any apparent gaps in RCS and potential research projects that could help fill these gaps.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Fuel Cell Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1461764
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5400-68150
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 7th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (ICHS 2017), 11-13 September 2017, Hamburg, Germany
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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