MTSFB2101R0: Requirements and Safety Aspect for Fuel Cell

MTSFB2101R0:Requirements and

Safety Aspect for Fuel Cell System

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10:00am – 12:30pm

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Outlines

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Introduction

About Technical Code

Background of Fuel Cell System

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4 System-Specific and Site Consideration

5 Sitting


1 Introduction

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WG structure under MTSFB

Green ICT, Environment &

Climate Change (GICT)

Digital Financial Services (DFS)

Radio Network Facilities (RNF)

Numbering & Electronic

Addressing (NEA)

Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Sustainable

Cities

IMT & Future Networks (IFN)

Network and

Broadcast

Infrastructure and

Facilities (NBIF)

Security, Trust & Privacy (STP)

Fixed and Wireless Terminal (FWT)

WG1

WG3

WG5

WG7

WG9

WG2

WG4

WG6

WG8

WG10

REFERENCE

PANEL

FNF SWG

BNF SWG

INS SWG

Application Security SWG

IoT Security SWG

Trust & Privacy SWG

INF - R SWG

RNF - (INT) SWG

RNF - (EXT) SWG

Cellular Booster SWG

5G UE SWG

MBR SWG

DTT SWG

IPTV & OTT SWG

OSH SWG *

PLC SWG *

DRB SWG *

E-waste SWG

Hydrogen SWG

WIE SWG *

Device Security SWG*

EMF SWG

Broadcast Technology (BT)

IMT-2020 SWG

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GICT WG

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VacantVice Chairman of GICT WG

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Ching Seong(iCYCLE Malaysia Sdn Bhd/MMU)Chairman of GICT WG

Mohamad Norzamir Mat TaibNorkhadhra Nawawi

(MTSFB)Secretariat of GICT WG


Hydrogen Sub-WG Leaders

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Dr. Wong Wai Yin(UKM)

Vice Chairman of Hydrogen SWG

Dr. Nurul Akidah Baharuddin(UKM)Chairman of Hydrogen SWG

Dr. Mohd Shahbudin Mastar @ Masdar (UKM)

Technical Code Draft Lead


Specification for Green Data Centres

Scheduled Waste Management for Base Station

(Inclusive of E-Waste)

Hydrogen Storage and Safety with Fuel Cell as Power

Generator for Information, Communications and

Technology (ICT) Infrastructure

Registered TCs by GICT WG

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18 December 2015Registration Date by MCMC 04 October 2016 06 May 2020


2 About Technical Code

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Objective

This Technical Code is developed for guidance to facilitate any related industrieswho install the fuel cells module onsite as a power backup or auxiliary powerunit as well as carry out decarbonisation exercises for their infrastructures systemthrough the utilisation of hydrogen fuel. The targeted users includingmanufacturers, engineers, installers, regulators, and maintenance workers.

Scope

This technical code provides the minimum requirements for safety andperformance of fuel cell modules and applies to fuel cell modules.

This technical code deals with conditions that can yield hazards to persons andcause damage outside the fuel cell modules. Protection against damage insidethe fuel cell modules is not addressed in this document, provided it does notlead to hazards outside the module. These requirements may be superseded byother standards for equipment containing fuel cell modules as required forparticular applications.

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Target User Group

The targeted stakeholders

who would have benefited from the Technical Code

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a) Network Service Provider

b) Network Facility Provider

c) Department of Occupational

Safety And Health, Malaysia

(DoSH)

d) Hydrogen Fuel Cell Supplier

e) Duriane Professionals Sdn Bhd

f) Sarawak Energy Berhad

g) Shan Poornam Metals Sdn Bhd

h) Telecommunications Industry

Association (TIA), USA

i) Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Science and Research Centre, UK

j) Any related industries who install

the fuel cells module onsite as a

power backup or auxiliary power

unit


Project Progress

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SUBMISSION TO MCMC

Approval for Submission:

24 June 2021)Submission:

30 June 2021

APPROVED

NEW

PROPOSAL

(NP)18 February 2021

TC DELIBERATION

MEETING 1

14/12/2020

MEETING 3

18/3/2021

MEETING 2

25/2/2021

PC REVIEW

15/06/2021

PUBLIC COMMENTApproval for PC :

22 April 2021)

No Activity Date

1 NP registered 18 February 2021

2 Meeting 1 14 December 2020

3 Meeting 2 25 February 2021

4 Meeting 3 18 March 2021

5 RP Approval for PC 22 April 2021

6 Public Comment 10 May – 9 June 2021

7 Public Engagement 27 May 2021

8 PC review meeting 15 June 2021

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Editorial /

Preparation for

submission

16 – 23 June 2021

10RP approval for

submission24 June 2021

11Submission to

MCMC30 June 2021

MEETING 4

30/4/2021

PC Duration:

10 May - 9 June 2021(1 Month)

PUBLIC

ENGAGEMENT

27/05/2021


Technical Code Content

Scope

This proposed technical code provides the

minimum requirements for safety and performance of

fuel cell modules and applies to fuel cell modules.

Normative references & Abbreviations

Reference made by theTechnical Code andabbreviation used in theTechnical Code

Terms and definitions

Defining the terms being used in the Technical Code

Fuel Cell Systems

• Description on fuel cellmechanism and system

System-Specific and Site Consideration

• Hydrogen generation

• Standards and guidance

• Hydrogen containmentand piping

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Siting

Requirements applicable to the fuel cell system and

of their attendant storage and hydrogen generation

systems

• Approval and operational considerations

• Hazards associated with fuel cell installation and

operation

Fuel cell system installation focus on Fire and explosion hazards


Normative reference

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RR715 Research Report, Health and Safety

Executive, Installation permitting guidance

for hydrogen and fuel cell stationary

applications: UK version

Telecommunications Industry Association USA

Reference Guide – Regulations, Codes, and

Standards for The Deployment of Stationary

Fuel Cells

National Fire Protection Agency, NFPA

853: Standard for the Installation of

Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems

IEC 62282-3-100, Fuel cell

technologies: Stationary fuel cell

power systems – Safety

MCMC MTSFB G023, Hydrogen Storage and

Safety with Fuel Cell as Power Generator for

Information, Communications and

Technology Infrastructure

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ISO/TR 15916:2015

Basic considerations for the safety of

hydrogen systems

P.U. (A) 310., Occupational Safety and

Health Act 1994, Occupational Safety

and Health (Classification, Labelling and

Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous

Chemicals) Regulations 2013

P.U. (A) 39/1996, Occupational Safety and

Health Act 1994, Occupational Safety and

Health (Control of Industrial Major Accident

Hazards) Regulations 1996

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Terms & definitions

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Authorized person

Competent

person

Fuel cell system

Building ownerLocal authorities

Lower

flammability

limits

Indoor installations

Outdoor

installation

Purge


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3 Background of Fuel Cell System

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Fuel Cell for ICT Infrastructures

48 Volt 5kW PEMFC

• E.g., © CellCare Technologies Ltd

• Designed to replace 48V standby batteries within remote

telecoms sites, satellite base stations, ISP base stations,

uplink facilities and weather data collection sites

• The long-term outlook on the

global fuel cell for data centre

market remains optimistic with the

market being valued at over US$

66 mil at the end of 2018.

• The market is anticipated to be

valued at over US$ 278 mil at the

end of 2028.


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Fuel Cell Mechanism

Advantages• High Efficiency

• Good reliability• Environmentally

beneficial

• Noise- more silent

• Size reduction


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Fuel Cell System

Basic components of PEM fuel cell system


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Approval & Operational Considerations

Regulatory Approval Consideration

❑ Energy Commission Act 2001 and

Electricity Supply Act 1990

❑ Occupational Safety and

Health Act 1994 (OSHA 1994)

❑ Factories and Machinery Act (FMA) 1967

❑ Environmental Quality Act 1974 (EQA 1974)

System Operational

Consideration

❑ Installation

❑ Operational✓ Safety and reliability of

control systems

✓ Control devices

✓ Starting

✓ Stopping

✓ Selection of control or

operating modes

✓ Failure of the power

supply.

❑ Maintenance


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Hazards Associated with Fuel Cell System Installation and Operation

Fire and explosion hazards

❑ Estimation of hazards and hazard levelsis essential to the consideration ofaccidental consequences, i.e., HIRACH,HAZOP etc.

❑ Hydrogen for use in fuel cells may bestored in a number of ways:

✓ Compressed gas✓ Cryogenic liquid✓ Complex hydrides

Hazards of fuel cells other than hydrogen

❑ Reforming of hydrocarbon fuels; otherhigh temperature fuel cells are able toutilise suitable hydrocarbons directly.

❑ The processing and/or use of thesehydrocarbon fuels will produce CO2.

❑ Appropriate measures, such ascontainment and ventilation, should betaken to ensure that any CO2 effluentstream is effectively discharged and doesnot produce an asphyxiation risk.

▪ Pipe work and equipment: suitable and

designed to an appropriate standard.

▪ Good containment and ventilation: prevent

spillages and the accumulation of hazardous

methanol/air mixtures whenever it is used.

✓ Natural gas (methane).✓ Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)✓ Methanol


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Hydrogen generation

❑ Small-scale stationary

applications: Normal method

of delivery from production

facilities to site is by single

transportable cylinders.

❑ H2 can be produced at large

central production facilities

❑ Methods of on-site production

include reforming of natural

gas, the gas being supplied by the existing natural gas

distribution network and the

electrolysis of water.


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Standards and guidance

❑ General guidance on the

safety of H2 systems can be

found in the ISO’s

Technical Report ISO/TR

15916:2004.

❑ Natural gas and other

methane-rich gases

derived from biomass or

fossil fuel sources

Safety of stationary H2 generators intended

for indoor or outdoor commercial, industrial

and residential applications using fuel-

processing technologies.

❑ Fuels derived from oil refining

such as petrol, diesel and

LPG; alcohols, esters, ethers,

aldehydes, ketones and

other hydrogen-rich organic

compounds; and

INLET FUEL

STREAM

H2 containment & piping

❑ Design, installation,

operation and

maintenance of H2 handling

equipment in order to

reduce the likelihood and

size of any leak


❑ Gaseous mixtures

containing hydrogen.


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List of codes and standards for H2


5 Siting

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Siting❑ General requirements for both domestic/residential and

commercial/industrial installations

❑ Requirements specific to commercial/industrial premises

✓ Placed on firm foundations

✓ Effective high and low level ventilation

openings.

✓ Air intakes for fuel cell system.

✓ Exhaust outlet(s): Not be directed onto

walkways or other paths of pedestrian

travel

✓ Security barriers, fences, landscaping.

✓ Any vents: Piped to a safe area.

✓ Safety/separation distances where a

release is foreseeable during normal

operation.

✓ All indoor locations the installation

should comply with all applicable

building regulations,

✓ All indoor fuel cell locations, liquefied and

gaseous hydrogen storage should either

be located outside in the open air,

✓ All equipment (electrical or mechanical)

within the identified hazardous zone shall

be certified by Malaysia Standards

✓ For workplaces it is a legal requirement

under DOSH.

✓ The fuel cell and any associated

equipment shall be suitably protected

against unauthorised access

✓ The fuel cell and associated equipment

shall be suitably located to allow service,

maintenance and fire department/

emergency access.


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Siting

❑Explosion prevention and protection

✓ Prevention of explosive atmospheres

✓ Avoidance of ignition sources

✓ Explosion mitigation

• Explosion venting

• Explosion suppression

• Isolation systems

• Containment systems

• Blast walls


Celcom Axiata Berhad

Duriane Professionals Sdn Bhd

edotco Malaysia Sdn Bhd

MYREnergy Sdn Bhd

Shan Poornam Metals Sdn Bhd

Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA)

UCSI University

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

Acknowledgement

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