Hydro - Mania

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This is perhaps one of the cleanest alternatives at present. The end result of this alternative is clean water (H2O). However, availability of hydrogen is a problem as several energy intensive procedures such as electrolysis are required for hydrogen extraction from water. Rajinder Saini of IIP told B&E “Availability of Hydrogen is a problem as several energy intensive procedures such as electrolysis are required for hydrogen extraction from water.” Other problems such as transportation, safety and containment issues pose as threats to feasibility. Apart from being used in fuel cells, hydrogen can also be mixed with CNG. Even though hydrogen fuel cell technology is still in early stages of evolution, major automotive manufacturers like Honda and GM have taken visionary steps in insuring a hydrogen future. Honda’s FCV concept and GM’s HyWire-Volt500 concept duo, have demonstrated that a hydrogen fuel cell works, but they are bogged by poor operability. In India however hydrogen fuel cell technology is still nascent and not much work has been done in the field.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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