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Safety and Standards
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Source - Dr Garth Harris
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Wednesday, 24 January 2007 09:31 |
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In the period since last week’s item in NGV Global of news about the Roundtable on Harmonisation of Regulations, Codes and Standards, some work has been undertaken on the outcomes. The presentations from the Roundtable have been made available at http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre/events/2006/roundtable.html.
The presentations include:
Harmonization perspectives
UN/ECE Sustainable Energy: George Kowalski, Director
UN/ECE Transport: Christoph Albus, HFCV Chair
Natural Gas: John Lyon, President, IANGV
Hydrogen Technology: Frederic Barth, Air Liquide
Automotive
- Peter Boisen, Chairman, ENGVA
- Reiner Wurster, Senior Project Manager Hydrogen, LBST
User Perspectives and feed-back
Hydrogen: Randy Dey, ISO/TC 197 Chair
Natural Gas: Jeffrey Seisler, ENGVA Executive Director
My own general conclusions are:
Harmonised standards and regulations are needed to facilitate market development and reduce costs for the gaseous transport fuels industry and to provide an internationally accepted position which local regulators can confidently adopt.
Performance based standards and regulations are preferred, as they are less likely to inhibit innovation in new and developing industries or sectors.
Better communication and sharing of information between the various standards and regulating bodies is needed. This could be achieved through a variety of means and should be investigated and implemented by ISO in collaboration with UN/ECE and other regulators.
A database of international and national standards and regulations is needed. It should show existing standards and regulations, their status and work in progress.
The presentations include:
Harmonization perspectives
UN/ECE Sustainable Energy: George Kowalski, Director
UN/ECE Transport: Christoph Albus, HFCV Chair
Natural Gas: John Lyon, President, IANGV
Hydrogen Technology: Frederic Barth, Air Liquide
Automotive
- Peter Boisen, Chairman, ENGVA
- Reiner Wurster, Senior Project Manager Hydrogen, LBST
User Perspectives and feed-back
Hydrogen: Randy Dey, ISO/TC 197 Chair
Natural Gas: Jeffrey Seisler, ENGVA Executive Director
My own general conclusions are:
Harmonised standards and regulations are needed to facilitate market development and reduce costs for the gaseous transport fuels industry and to provide an internationally accepted position which local regulators can confidently adopt.
Performance based standards and regulations are preferred, as they are less likely to inhibit innovation in new and developing industries or sectors.
Better communication and sharing of information between the various standards and regulating bodies is needed. This could be achieved through a variety of means and should be investigated and implemented by ISO in collaboration with UN/ECE and other regulators.
A database of international and national standards and regulations is needed. It should show existing standards and regulations, their status and work in progress.
There is a need for new international standards in certain areas, particularly hydrogen, LNG and mixtures of hydrogen and natural gas.
The outcomes of the Roundtable are to be discussed in the near future by the Technical Management Board of ISO.
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