New Delhi: A new and advanced quantum-technology has been developed high-throughput green hydrogen production, which has the potential to significantly enhance the bulk production of green hydrogen.
The technology developed by the Green Keplerate Team from Banaras Hindu University, was inaugurated at the University in Varanasi, by Dr. Anita Gupta, Head of the Climate Change & Clean Energy Division, DST & Dr. Ranjith Krishna Pai, Scientist & Director of Climate Change & Clean Energy Division, DST and Prof. R. R. Sonde, Chairman of the expert committee, IIT Delhi in the presence of eminent domain experts drawn from all over the country.
The technology developed by the team comprising of Dr. Somenath Garai and Prof. S. Srikrishna showcased the uses of Green Hydrogen as eco-friendly energy alternatives. This innovation, built upon next-generation quantum-powered photo-catalyst, introduces a charge transfer system and high proton availability and mobility, all in the pursuit of energy generation via catalytic applications. This is a giant leap towards commercializing a technology that can work to lessen our environmental impact and move towards a greener future.
The state-of-the-art photochemical-reactor design features:
- Built-in illumination assembly and external concave reflective panels to maximize the capture of solar energy.
- The team has engineered a continuous electron coupled proton supply system, propelled with an electron injector mechanism utilizing industrial metal-waste, and after rigorous optimizations, the peak rate of Green Hydrogen production at lab scale was achieved to be about 1 litre/min per 10 g of Quantum Photocatalysts.
- Due to the high purity of the hydrogen gas produced, the fuel can be used without additional purification, thus enhancing the cost-effectiveness of the technology.
- This transformative innovation would offer wide ranging application possibilities across various sectors ranging from energy production to applications in transportation and agriculture.
As a part of ongoing project by the DST, the Green Keplerate Team have envisaged storage free direct hydrogen internal combustion engine technologies and have also demonstrated the same onto automobiles of varied range of engine/cylinder capacities and functionalities.
The patent for this technology, supported under the project titled ‘Boosting the H2 Economy by Harnessing the Merits of Quantum Encapsulation Chemistry: Augmented Kinetics for Water Splitting Reaction Under Confinement’ under Hydrogen and Fuel Cell program, Clean Energy Research Initiative, is pending.
