NFPA Makes Move to Harmonize hydrogen separation distances.

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At the June 2009 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Session, NFPA 52 was amended by the acceptance of comment 52-34, which would replace Table 9.3.1.3 with the appropriate table extracted from NFPA 55. This action is supported by the Hydrogen Industry Panel on Codes (HIPOC), which met prior to the NFPA Technical Session and then proceeded to speak in favor of the amendment. The technical committee responsible for NFPA 52 must now be balloted on this meeting action.



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NFPA Makes Move to Harmonize Hydrogen Separation Distances



Geoff Bromaghim, National Hydrogen Association

At the June 2009 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Session, held June 11, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, NFPA 52 was amended by the acceptance of comment 52-34, which would replace Table 9.3.1.3 with the appropriate table extracted from NFPA 55. This action is supported by the Hydrogen Industry Panel on Codes (HIPOC), which met prior to the NFPA Technical Session and then proceeded to speak in favor of the amendment.

In accordance with NFPA procedures, the technical committee responsible for NFPA 52 must now be balloted on this Association meeting action. Should the ballot not pass, the wording of that portion of the Report affected by the amendment would return to the text of the previous edition, if any. If there is no previous edition text, the text is simply deleted. Ballots are due by June 25. The NHA hopes to be able to report the final action in the July edition of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety Report.

The transcript from the June 2009 NFPA Technical Session Meeting will be available within two weeks at http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=1424&itemID=33784.

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