IOC to open India's first hydrogen fuel pump
24 Dec 2008 10:26 AM  by karthick in Electric vehicles , LPG/CNG vehicles ,

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) , the country’s largest oil marketing company by sales , will open the country’s first hydrogen fuel-dispensing station in New Delhi next month.

“This is the culmination of a journey undertaken by IOC to diversify the energy mix of the country which ultimately results in energy security in the future , ” says RK Malhotra , IOC’s executive director of research and development.

While conventional fossil fuels like petrol , diesel and CNG are derived from raw materials such as crude oil or gas , and mostly imported , the hydrogen fuel to be dispensed at this pump will use atmospheric air to synthesise pure hydrogen , which will be used to fuel vehicles. The process is called “electroliser” technology.

The fuel pump will be set up at a cost of Rs 5 crore , with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas funding the project in equal measure.The hydrogen fuel pump will dispense a mix of hydrogen and CNG roughly in the ratio 20:80 to a group of test vehicles comprising three-wheelers and passenger vehicles , mainly drawn from the government’s fleet.

General Motors India has confirmed that its next-generation fuel car will be hydrogen-powered fuel cell car named Equinox has been sounded out by IOC as a possible test vehicle in India in the coming months.Automobile manufacturers like Bajaj Auto , Tata Motors , Ashok Leyland , Eicher Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra have been involved in IOC’s efforts to test hydrogen fuel as a commercially viable fuel option in the country since 2006.Comparing with mileage efficiency , cost of fuel and emissions , hydrogen is superior to CNG.

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