Interim report of the SINTERCOM project

The Sensor INTERlaboratory COMparison (SINTERCOM) project is a collaborative project involving the Institute for Energy (IE) of the JRC and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the US Department of Energy. In support of the development of a hydrogen economy, both NREL and the JRC operate sensor testing facilities to evaluate the performance of commercial and emerging hydrogen detection technologies. The aim of the project is twofold. Firstly, it allows for validation of the respective hydrogen sensor testing facilities and methodologies through the demonstration of interlaboratory consistency. Secondly, test results are made available to relevant parties, such as end-users, sensor developers, standards organizations etc, to guide sensor development and use. These results are disseminated via conference presentations, publication in the scientific literature and direct feedback to the manufacturer. In this report the experimental results from hydrogen sensor performance tests are summarised and compared between both laboratories.