Changes to Consider in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and North American Standard Inspection Procedures to Accommodate Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel: Final Report

Details

• Creators:
  Simon, John M. ; Brady, Stephen ; Lowell, Dana
• Corporate Creators:
  Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Technology Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Climate change
  • Regulations
  • Alternate fuels
  • Inspection
  • Hydrogen
  • Safety and human factors
  • Hydrogen
  • Policy
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FMCSA-RRT-07-027
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Over the next 50 years, hydrogen use is expected to grow dramatically as an automotive and electrical power source fuel. As hydrogen becomes commercially viable, the safety issues associated with hydrogen systems, equipment, and operation are of concern to the commercial motor vehicle industry. This report provides a review of the existing Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and considers changes in order to accommodate gaseous and liquid hydrogen. In addition, this report considers changes to the current North American Standard (NAS) Inspection Procedures to accommodate gaseous and liquid hydrogen used as an alternative fuel in commercial vehicles.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  GS-23F-0025K
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34391/dot_34391_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.53 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Resilience and Vulnerability Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5a72d49014db6cc8a261d4751c0800d517a44fc4e07bd4fd4c4280697d5dee7a