Establishing Localized Fire Test Methods and Progressing Safety Standards for FCVs and Hydrogen Vehicles

Scheffler, Glenn W.; McClory, Matt; Veenstra, Michael; Kinoshita, Naoki; Fukumoto, Hajime; Chang, Tommy; Halberstadt, Marcel L.; Gambone, Livio; Sage, Gini

doi:10.4271/2011-01-0251

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“…The fuel flow is set as 10 NL/min. In addition, localized fire exposure time is set up to 600 s in the light of actual vehicle fire test data [4]. The tank wall consists of aluminum liner (type 3 tank)/high density polyethylene (HDPE) liner (type 4 tank), carbon-fiber/epoxy laminate and glass-fiber/epoxy laminate.…”

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“…HFCV fire tests implemented by Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) and US automobile manufacturers showed that about 40% vehicle fire tests resulted in onboard storage tanks experiencing localized fire [4]. Although localized fire could turn into engulfing fire, the localized flame was able to degrade the tank wall locally and even cause the tank to burst.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Thus, a localized fire test method is being developed in latest draft standards such as HFCV-GTR [11] and ISO/DIS 15869 [12]. This test method is based on the information derived from actual vehicle fire tests and preliminary work done by Transport Canada and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US [4].…”

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Vehicle fires may lead to on-board high-pressure composite cylinders experiencing a term of localized and engulfing fire. During this period, the composite cylinder would be degraded and even burst before pressure relief device (PRD) could be activated to release internal high-pressure gas. In this paper, experimental investigation for such cylinders subjected to localized and engulfing fire was conducted on an aluminum liner composite cylinder filled with hydrogen. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is developed to study the key factors influencing PRD activation time. The effects of hydrogen and compressed natural gas (CNG) as filling media, cylinder pressure and localized fire exposure time are analyzed in detail. The experimental results showed that pressure and temperature of internal gas rose very slowly during the localized fire. In addition, Hydrogen and CNG as filling media with different pressures have weak influence on the activation time of thermally activated PRD (TPRD), but have significant effect on the activation time of pressure-activated PRD (PPRD). TPRD can respond more quickly to protect the hydrogen composite cylinder than PPRD. PRD activation time increases as the localized fire exposure time is extended.

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Establishing Localized Fire Test Methods and Progressing Safety Standards for FCVs and Hydrogen Vehicles

Cited by 6 publications

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Heat transfer analysis of high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks subjected to localized fire

Heat transfer analysis of high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks subjected to localized fire

Heat and Mechanical Response Analysis of Composite Compressed Natural Gas Cylinders at Vehicle Fire Scenario

Experimental and Numerical Studies on High-Pressure Composite Cylinders Subjected to Localized and Engulfing Fire

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