NFPA 2 NFPA’s Comprehensive Hydrogen technologies Code In 2005, the NFPA’s Standards Council (the group that oversees the process for developing codes and standards) approved the creation of a Hydrogen Technology Technical Committee (HYD) that would be assigned the task of writing NFPA 2 Hydrogen Technologies Code. The committee was formed and had their first meeting in 2006. The committee scope reads as follows: Committee Scope: This committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the storage, use, transfer, and generation of hydrogen. The use of hydrogen shall include, stationary, portable, and vehicular applications This presentation will cover what will likely be the topics addressed in NFPA 2 and the time frame in which the document will be produced. The document will likely cover at least the following topics: - generals safety requirements for gaseous and liquid hydrogen storage, use, generation, and handling - vehicular fueling - installation of stationary fuel cells - hydrogen generation equipment - hydrogen combustion equipment The document will be created primarily from extracting material from existing NFPA document including the following: - NFPA 55 Compressed gas and Cryogenic Fluids Code (2009 edition) - NFPA 52 Vehicular Fuel Systems Code (2009 edition) - NFPA 853 Standard for the Installation of Stationary Fuel Cell Systems (2010 edition) - NFPA 30A Automotive and Marine Service Station Code (2008 edition) The HYD committee has the authority to write code requirements for topics that are not covered in existing NFPA documents. Therefore, if the HYD committee identifies gaps that the source documents will not fill, they can develop requirements needed to create a comprehensive hydrogen technologies code.