HYDROGEN AS A FUEL: THE OBJECT AND THE PURPOSE OF STANDARDIZATION

This article discusses the implementation of national standards on the application of hydrogen as a fuel. There are several entities involved in this activity in the Russian Federation, namely, National Association of Hydrogen Energy (NAHE) supported by the Technical Committee for Standardization TC 029 "Hydrogen Technologies" of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (GOST R).  The article presents the international classification of hydrogen fuel and gives a summary of the Russian national standards and draft standards dedicated to hydrogen application as a fuel.  By now, 22 national standards on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies have been implemented and the other 10 draft standards are under development. Four active standards determine the requirements for physical and chemical properties of hydrogen as a commercial product, two of them provide the requirements for physical and chemical properties of hydrogen used as a fuel for various types of power plants. Besides that, we have one draft standard on the requirements for hydrogen used as a fuel for stationary fuel cell power plants with proton exchange membranes. In accordance with the national standardization program this draft standard is to be introduced by 2016-2017.

1. GOST 949–73 Ballony stalʹnye. Malogo i srednego obʺema dlâ gazov na Rr<=19,6 MPa (200 kgs/sm2). Tehničeskie usloviâ.

2. GOST 9731-79 Ballony stalʹnye besšovnye bolʹšogo obʺema dlâ gazov Rr<= 24,5 MPa (250 kgs/sm kv.). Tehničeskie usloviâ.

3. GOST 12247-80 Ballony stalʹnye besšovnye bolʹšogo obʺema dlâ gazov na Rr 31,4 i 39,2 MPa (320 i 400 kgs/sm kv.). Tehničeskie usloviâ.