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    Bacquart, Thomas; Arrhenius, Karine; Persijn, Stefan; Rojo, Andrés; Auprêtre, Fabien; Gozlan, Bruno; Moore, Niamh; Morris, Abigail; Fischer, Andreas; Murugan, Arul; Bartlett, Sam; Doucet, Guillaume; Laridant, François; Gernot, Eric; Fernández, Teresa E.; Gómez, Concepción; Carré, Martine; De Reals, Guy; Haloua, Frederique

    Journal of power sources, 12/2019, Volume: 444
    Journal Article

    The absence of contaminants in the hydrogen delivered at the hydrogen refuelling station is critical to ensure the length life of FCEV. Hydrogen quality has to be ensured according to the two international standards ISO 14687–2:2012 and ISO/DIS 19880-8. Amount fraction of contaminants from the two hydrogen production processes steam methane reforming and PEM water electrolyser is not clearly documented. Twenty five different hydrogen samples were taken and analysed for all contaminants listed in ISO 14687-2. The first results of hydrogen quality from production processes: PEM water electrolysis with TSA and SMR with PSA are presented. The results on more than 16 different plants or occasions demonstrated that in all cases the 13 compounds listed in ISO 14687 were below the threshold of the international standards. Several contaminated hydrogen samples demonstrated the needs for validated and standardised sampling system and procedure. The results validated the probability of contaminants presence proposed in ISO/DIS 19880-8. It will support the implementation of ISO/DIS 19880-8 and the development of hydrogen quality control monitoring plan. It is recommended to extend the study to other production method (i.e. alkaline electrolysis), the HRS supply chain (i.e. compressor) to support the technology growth. •No contaminants above ISO 14687-2 threshold in H2 from SMR with PSA.•No contaminants above ISO 14687-2 threshold in H2 from PEMW with TSA.•Impact of TSA on contaminants from PEMW electrolyser.•Sampling contamination may lead to false positive.•Probability of contaminants presence in line with real hydrogen samples.