Question : Which of the following institutio’s scientists have recently(February 2022) developed energy-efficient method for hydrogen production with less carbon footprint ?
a. ARCI
b. CMERI
c. IIPE
d. CRIDA
Ans. a
Related facts —
- ARCI Scientists have recently(February 2022) develop energy-efficient method for hydrogen production with less carbon footprint.
- This method is called as ECMR process.
- ECMR(electrochemical methanol reformation) process —
- It uses polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM), hydrogen can be produced at a lower temperature (25-60oC) and pressure, unlike chemical reformation.
- Hydrogen separation or purification steps are not required since it is being well separated from CO2 by polymer membrane used in the system.
- ARCI team is working on this technology and have developed an electrolysis unit of upto 5.0 kg/day capacity to produce hydrogen.
- The corresponding energy requirement for the electrolyser stack is around 17 kWhr/kg.
- The hydrogen thus produced by ARCI is highly pure (99.99%) and can be directly used in PEM fuel cells to generate power of about 11-13 kW.
- ARCI(International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials) —
- ARCI established in the year 1997, is an autonomous Research and Development Centre of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India with its main campus at Hyderabad and with operations in Chennai and Gurugram.
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