Hydrogen cell technology feasible for defence in 5 yrs: DRDO

[Ruag]

Hydrogen Cell Technology To Be Feasible For Defence In 5 Years, Says DRDO

Hydrogen Cell Technology will become a feasible alternative for defence purpose in five years, a top Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) official has said.

"It will be possible to use hydrogen cell technology for on-board and off board requirements in guns and other defence systems besides electricity requirements of the defence infrastructure," Dr V K Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and DG, DRDO, said.

“While the cost of generation of electricity using hydrogen cell is around $3,000 per kilo watt, the cost using traditional fuels is just $30 per kilo watt," said Saraswat on the sidelines of International Symposium on Fuel Cell Technologies - Fucetech 2009.

However, the cost can be decreased by one tenth, when the generation of electricity using hydrogen cell takes place at a big level. The role of Research & Development must be employed to cut the cost of electricity using hydrogen cell.

Dr K Kasturirangan, Member Planning Commission has said that public-private partnership between the government research institutions and industry will help in bringing the technology to the market.

Hydrogen Cell Technology To Be Feasible For Defence In 5 Years, Says DRDO

 

[gogbot]

GOI should support this endeavor hull on.

Let alone the fact that Hydrogen cells are more efficient that other sources of fuel.
And the countless military applications It has.

It would go along way to providing cheap electricity to the poorest parts of our country.

 

[deckingraj]

GOI should support this endeavor hull on.

Let alone the fact that Hydrogen cells are more efficient that other sources of fuel.
And the countless military applications It has.

It would go along way to providing cheap electricity to the poorest parts of our country.

How come....even the article say that cost would reduce by 1/10 provided we are using it at bigger level which will bring down the cost of per killo watt to $300 still 10 times more than the conventional way $30...


Having said it we should continue researching for alternative power sources untill we get a cheaper and cleaner one.. and its defence implications are an added bonus

 

[Chanakyaa]

I Think we r talking about Fuel Cells.
Man they are Awesome.
They are the Future.

In India apart from DRDO, BHEL is also having research on FCs.
I did a Project of Fuel Cells in my B.Tech.