AFAC – Australian Fire Authorities Council
AHA – American Hydrogen Association
AIAA – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIChE – American Institute of Chemical Engineers
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials
ATEX – ATmospheres EXplosible
BCGA – British Compressed Gas Association
BLEVE – Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
Caltrans – California Department of Transportation
CCAP – (China) Certification Center for Automotive Products
CCC – China Compulsory Certification (CCC mark)
CE – Conformite Europeenne
CFCP – California Fuel Cell Partnership
CGA — Compressed Gas Association
CNG – Compressed natural gas
CSA – Canadian Standards Association
CSB – U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
DDT – Deflagration to Detonation Transition
Deflagration – Subsonic (~1 meter/second) flame front propagates through mixture of fuel and oxidizer. e.g. Internal combustion engine, gunpowder.
Detonation – Supersonic (~1 kilometer/second) flame front accelerates through a fuel/oxidizer mixture producing a destructive shock wave. e.g. Engine knock, explosive devices.
DOE – U.S. Department of Energy
DOT – U.S. Department of Transportation
DRISI – Caltrans Division of Research, Innovation and System Information
EERE – U.S. DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EPA – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EU – European Union
FCEV – Fuel cell electric vehicle
FMVSS – U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
GB – Guobiao (Chinese national) Standards
GTR – United Nations Global Technical Regulations
HSE – U.K. Health and Safety Executive
ICE – Internal combustion engine
ICHS – International Conference on Hydrogen Safety
IDLH – Immediate Danger to Life and Health
IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IFGC – International Fuel Gas Code
IHFCA – International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (China)
IJHE – International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IMO – International Maritime Organization.
IPHE – International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy
ISO – International Standards Organization
JRC – European Commission Joint Research Centre
KHK – Koatsu-gas Hoan Kyokai. High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan.
LH2 – Liquified hydrogen
MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet
NASA – U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBS – U.S. National Bureau of Standards. Renamed National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1988.
NCAP – New Car Assessment Program
NFPA – National Fire Protection Association
NGVI – Natural Gas Vehicle Institute
NHTSA – U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology
NTSB – U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PHMSA – U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration
PNNL – U.S. Pacific Northwest National Lab
PSI – Pounds per square inch
R&D – Research and Development
SAE – Society of Automotive Engineers
STP – Standard temperature and pressure
TIA – Telecommunications Industrial Association
TUV – Technischer Uberwachungverein [Technical Control Board}
UL – Underwriters Laboratory
USCSB – U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board