Antonio Ruiz, Director of Fuel Cell Vehicle Code and Standards, Nikola has been appointed to lead three-year hydrogen fueling global standardization project for the International Standardization Organization’s Technical Committee 197 (ISO/TC 197).
Ruiz said: “The receipt of such international support is a significant step toward developing international standards and the fueling requirements needed to accelerate the adoption of heavy-duty fuel-cell electric trucks and, to advance the global deployment of hydrogen and fuel-cell technologies.”
The TC 197 committee focuses on the standardization of systems and devices for production, storage, transport, measurement, and hydrogen usage. The committee consists of hydrogen and fuel-cell technology experts representing member countries, hydrogen industry and stakeholders throughout the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. The international standardization of technically sound solutions may replace incompatible national requirements, allowing consistency and global competitiveness of high-flow hydrogen fueling.
The fueling standard consists of three tasks: designing a process for developing fueling protocols; defining communications required between the vehicle and the station, and developing high-flow fueling protocol for heavy-duty vehicles. Developing these needed fueling procedures and requirements under ISO/TC 197 and its membership ensures that these standards are technically sound, consensus-based, and adopted on, a global scale.
