Hydrogen Cell Tech to be viable for defence in 5 years: DRDO
Mumbai: Hydrogen Cell Technology will
become a viable option for defence purpose in five years, a
top Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
official 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 told reportere here.
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 DRDO chief said the cost can be brought
down by one tenth, when the production of electricity using
hydrogen cell takes place at a mass level. Also, the role of
Research & Development must be used to reduce the cost of
electricity using hydrogen cell.
While, Dr K Kasturirangan, Member Planning Commission
suggested, public-private partnership between the government
research institutions and industry will help bring the
technology to the market.
Bureau Report