Environmentally friendly! Indias first hydrogen fuel cell car trial run held successfully in Pune
Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology uses chemical reactions between hydrogen and oxygen to generate electrical energy, eliminating the use of fossil fuels.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and KPIT successfully ran trials of India’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) prototype car running on an indigenously developed fuel cell stack at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology uses chemical reactions between hydrogen and oxygen to generate electrical energy, eliminating the use of fossil fuels.
The heart of the PEM fuel cell technology includes the membrane electrode assembly, which is a wholly CSIR knowhow.
The fuel cell is a low temperature PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) type Fuel Cell that operates at 65-75 degree centigrade, which is suitable for vehicular applications.
The trials were run on a battery-electric passenger car platform retrofitted with the Fuel Cell Stack, however, it is expected that the technology is more suited for buses and trucks.
The FC vehicle is fitted with a Type III commercial hydrogen tank. Its capacity is around 1.75 Kgs of H2 stored at about 350 bar pressure, the FC vehicle should run for approximately 250 Km range under typical Indian road conditions at moderate speed of 60-65 Km/hr.
“The technology has a great future and owing to its indigenous development, it is expected to be more commercially viable than ever before. It is an important technology that will help India significantly reduce pollution and reduce our fossil fuel imports," said Ravi Pandit, Chairman, KPIT .
Ashwini Kumar Nangia, Director, CSIR-NCL, while congratulating the teams on their first successful car run on hydrogen fuel cell using indigenous CSIR-NMITLI technology and KPIT as industry partner, said, “the time has come for renewable energy based on hydrogen as fuel to power transportation in the country. This will not only reduce the petrol, diesel import bill but is also environment friendly. Hydrogen is the cleanest fuel with water as the only by-product.”
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“A long term investment of CSIR under NMITLI in a niche energy area has come to fruition,” he added.
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