燃料電池自動車用水素燃料仕様に係る国際標準化の動向

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Dissemination of fuel cell vehicles (FCV) is one of the key issues for preservation of the environment on earth, especially for reduction of greenhouse gasses. Standardization of those technologies is important to develop the market growth of FCV. This paper reviews the progress of international standardization for the hydrogen fuel quality of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell applications for road vehicles, and indicates the prospect of the further standardization. The technical specification ISO/TS14687-2 which was for the FCVs introduction stages has been published in 2008. It is now revised for the international standard and is expected to be published in the middle of 2012. This international standard is also going to be revised because some of the items need to be reviewed for the mass production stage which will come in years before next decade.