Hydrogen Fuel Purity Workshop

As you may be aware, there are a number of standards being written to specify the purity of hydrogen, primarily for use in a fuel cell vehicle. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory will be holding a workshop on Monday April 26, 2004 in advance of the NHA’s 15th Annual Conference and H2 Expo USA to bring together stakeholders to discuss the activities, objectives, scopes, and timetables of the various efforts. Due to space constraints, participation in the Fuel Purity meeting is by invitation only.

The purpose of the workshop includes the following:

1. 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
2. to develop a rough work breakdown structure of the fuel purity issue for the total "fuel cycle" for which purity requirements must be defined, including
1. levels or tiers required for fuel purity corresponding to each segment of the fuel cycle
2. criteria to develop technically sound and economically viable guidelines or standards
3. R&D needed to define the levels of purity appropriate for each level or tier
4. timetable for the guidelines and standards
5. a rough budget for R&D and guideline/standard development.
6. cost of analysis to ensure purity level at each segment of the fuel cycle

The NHA would like to thank those who have indicated an interest in attending this meeting. We look forward to seeing you on April 26.