IIT-Bombay pilots innovative technology to generate oxygen On trial: Initial tests at IIT-Bombay have shown promising results.

[Surya 1]

IIT-Bombay pilots innovative technology to generate oxygen
On trial: Initial tests at IIT-Bombay have shown promising results.
On trial: Initial tests at IIT-Bombay have shown promising results.
Special Correspondent
PUNE 30 APRIL 2021 01:18 IST
UPDATED: 30 APRIL 2021 01:18 IST

Process relies on simple technological intervention of converting a PSA nitrogen unit into a PSA oxygen unit
In the wake of medical oxygen shortage to treat COVID-19 patients, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay is piloting a new technology to convert a nitrogen unit into an oxygen generating unit.

The institute, in a statement released on Thursday, said the process relied on a simple technological intervention of converting a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) nitrogen unit into a PSA oxygen unit.

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Initial tests at IIT-Bombay had shown promising results, the statement said.

“Oxygen production could be achieved at 3.5 atm pressure, with a purity level of 93%-96 %. This gaseous oxygen can be utilised for COVID-19-related needs across existing hospitals and upcoming COVID-19 specific facilities by providing a continuous supply of oxygen,” the institute said.

“It [conversion of nitrogen unit into an oxygen unit] has been done by fine-tuning the existing nitrogen plant set-up and changing the molecular sieves from carbon to zeolite,” the statement said quoting prof. Milind Atrey, dean (R&D), IITB, who led the project.

Mr. Atrey said such nitrogen plants, which take air from the atmosphere as raw material, are available in various industrial plants across India.

“Therefore, each of them could potentially be converted into an oxygen generator, thus helping us tide over the current public health emergency,” he said.

The pilot project is a collaborative effort among IIT-Bombay, Tata Consulting Engineers and Spantech Engineers, Mumbai, who deal with the PSA nitrogen and oxygen plant production, the statement said.

To undertake this study on an urgent basis, an MoU was signed among IIT-Bombay, Tata Consulting Engineers and Spantech Engineers to finalise a standard operating procedure that may be leveraged across the country, it said.

A PSA nitrogen plant in the refrigeration and cryogenics laboratory of the IIT was identified for conversion, to validate the proof of concept.

IIT-Bombay pilots innovative technology to generate oxygen

Process relies on simple technological intervention of converting a PSA nitrogen unit into a PSA oxygen unit

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[hyperman]

this can't be done at scale in short times, its just silly feel good stories that distract from the problem.

 

[Surya 1]

this can't be done at scale in short times, its just silly feel good stories that distract from the problem.

How did you reached to this conclusion? Any logic or anti India rhetoric as usual?

 

[hyperman]

How did you reached to this conclusion?

simple observance of the matter. your own article says they are doing lab experiments to try to validate proof of concept. this shit would then need to be tested to see if its viable for producing oxygen for human use(very different from industrial production). then we are talking about the need to produce it at scale, none of this can be done in time to actually address the problem. its just a feel good story, these people are blowing smoke up your ***, to distract from the problems at hand. same with the clownish stories of converting the tejas on board oxygen generator to create oxygen, none of this shit can be done at scale in the timeframe needed. Its all a distraction, whats needed is massive imports of oxygen systems and effective govt policy with regards to a shutdown, not PR bullshit..

 

[Surya 1]

simple observance of the matter. your own article says they are doing lab experiments to try to validate proof of concept. this shit would then need to be tested to see if its viable for producing oxygen for human use(very different from industrial production). then we are talking about the need to produce it at scale, none of this can be done in time to actually address the problem. its just a feel good story, these people are blowing smoke up your ***, to distract from the problems at hand. same with the clownish stories of converting the tejas on board oxygen generator to create oxygen, none of this shit can be done at scale in the timeframe needed. Its all a distraction, whats needed is massive imports of oxygen systems and effective govt policy with regards to a shutdown, not PR bullshit..

Have you read the article or simply bluff as usual. It is about converting existing Nitrogrn plants into oxygdn plant by some modification which ptovides 95% purity oxygen.

 

[Dustom999]

Have you read the article or simply bluff as usual. It is about converting existing Nitrogrn plants into oxygdn plant by some modification which ptovides 95% purity oxygen.

Bhai itni jaldi kya hai, aaram se type kar spelling theek aaengi

 

[hyperman]

Have you read the article or simply bluff as usual. It is about converting existing Nitrogrn plants into oxygdn plant by some modification which ptovides 95% purity oxygen.

Like I said, this is very difficult to do and create oxygen at scale that is actually usable for humans. you are going to feel like a moron 1 month from now, when this BS story is no longer is in the news. blowing smoke up your a$$ is not going to make the problem disappear, people are dying left and right.

You seem like the type posts and reads about "the next cure" to cancer articles and other fluff pieces that BS newspapers post.