It defines minimum requirements for the design, installation, commissioning, operation, inspection and maintenance, safety and, where applicable, performance of public and non-public HFS filling stations that dispense gaseous hydrogen for light road vehicles. The information contained in this document also includes guidelines and requirements for filling medium duty road vehicles. In addition, the information contained in this document can be applied to hydrogen refuelling stations with other uses such as:

- filling stations for motorcycles, forklifts, trams, trains, river and marine applications;

- indoor dispensing stations;

- residential applications for the propulsion of land vehicles;

- mobile filling stations

- non-public demonstration service stations.

 

However, this document does not address other specific requirements that may be necessary for the safe operation of these refuelling stations.

This document contains requirements and guidelines for the following elements of a refuelling station

- hydrogen production/delivery system:

- delivery of hydrogen by pipeline, delivery of gaseous and/or liquid hydrogen by trucks or trailers for storage of metal hydrides;

- on-site hydrogen generators using the water electrolysis process or hydrogen generators using fuel processing technologies;

- liquid hydrogen storage;

- hydrogen purification systems, as appropriate;

- compression;

- compression of hydrogen gas;

- pumps and evaporators;

- hydrogen gas storage;

- precooling equipment;

- hydrogen gas dispensing systems; [14]