Development of Technical Regulations for Fuel Cell Motorcycles in Japan—Hydrogen Safety
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are expected to play an important role in the future and thus have improved significantly over the past years. Hydrogen fuel cell motorcycles with a small container for compressed hydrogen gas have been developed in Japan along with related regulations. As a result, natio...
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| description | Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are expected to play an important role in the future and thus have improved significantly over the past years. Hydrogen fuel cell motorcycles with a small container for compressed hydrogen gas have been developed in Japan along with related regulations. As a result, national regulations have been established in Japan after discussions with Japanese motorcycle companies, stakeholders, and experts. The concept of Japanese regulations was proposed internationally, and a new international regulation on hydrogen-fueled motorcycles incorporating compressed hydrogen storage systems based on this concept are also established as United Nations Regulation No. 146. In this paper, several technical regulations on hydrogen safety specific to fuel cell motorcycles incorporating compressed hydrogen storage systems are summarized. The unique characteristics of these motorcycles, e.g., small body, light weight, and tendency to overturn easily, are considered in these regulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3bb6fda1a524f128fe926ca6c16710b2022-12-22T02:54:20ZengMDPI AGWorld Electric Vehicle Journal2032-66532019-07-011034810.3390/wevj10030048wevj10030048Development of Technical Regulations for Fuel Cell Motorcycles in Japan—Hydrogen SafetyEisuke Yamada0Takehiko Mashiba1Japan Automobile Research Institute, 1328-23 Takaheta, Osaka, Shirosato, Ibaraki 1328-23, JapanJapan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., 1-30 Shiba Daimon 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0012, JapanHydrogen fuel cell vehicles are expected to play an important role in the future and thus have improved significantly over the past years. Hydrogen fuel cell motorcycles with a small container for compressed hydrogen gas have been developed in Japan along with related regulations. As a result, national regulations have been established in Japan after discussions with Japanese motorcycle companies, stakeholders, and experts. The concept of Japanese regulations was proposed internationally, and a new international regulation on hydrogen-fueled motorcycles incorporating compressed hydrogen storage systems based on this concept are also established as United Nations Regulation No. 146. In this paper, several technical regulations on hydrogen safety specific to fuel cell motorcycles incorporating compressed hydrogen storage systems are summarized. The unique characteristics of these motorcycles, e.g., small body, light weight, and tendency to overturn easily, are considered in these regulations.https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/10/3/48fuel cellhydrogenmotorcyclestandardization |
| spellingShingle | Eisuke Yamada Takehiko Mashiba Development of Technical Regulations for Fuel Cell Motorcycles in Japan—Hydrogen Safety World Electric Vehicle Journal fuel cell hydrogen motorcycle standardization |
| title | Development of Technical Regulations for Fuel Cell Motorcycles in Japan—Hydrogen Safety |
| title_full | Development of Technical Regulations for Fuel Cell Motorcycles in Japan—Hydrogen Safety |
| title_fullStr | Development of Technical Regulations for Fuel Cell Motorcycles in Japan—Hydrogen Safety |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of Technical Regulations for Fuel Cell Motorcycles in Japan—Hydrogen Safety |
| title_short | Development of Technical Regulations for Fuel Cell Motorcycles in Japan—Hydrogen Safety |
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| topic | fuel cell hydrogen motorcycle standardization |
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