Research
Title : | Development of Compact Thermo-Electric Generator integrated PEM Electrolyser for onboard Hydrogen Production for Co-firing in Compression Ignition Engine: A Hybrid Approach |
Area of research : | Engineering Sciences |
Focus area : | Hybrid Energy system |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Tushar Choudhary, Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute Of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh |
Timeline Start Year : | 2024 |
Timeline End Year : | 2027 |
Contact info : | tushar.choudhary@iiitdmj.ac.in |
Equipments : | Actuators Air flow transmitter Calorimeter Air box Battery Fuel tank Injector Load sensor DC Pump Dynamometer EGR Eletrical wire and fitting Exhaust gas analyser Flow controller Common rail Crank angle sensor Data acquisition device Fuel flow transmitter Piezo sensor PM Fuel cell Electrolyzer unit Programmable Open ECU hardware Propeller shaft Rotameter Router sensors Temperature sensor Engine Temperature transmitter Thermocouple for PEM Thermoelectric module Voltmeter Water Tank |
Details
Executive Summary : | Fossil fuels have been crucial for human development since the industrial revolution, but their uncontrolled use is becoming unsustainable. The transition to hydrogen, the cleanest fuel available, is necessary for energy conversion systems like Compression Ignition (CI) engines. A waste heat recovery system (WHRs) is proposed to generate electrical energy from waste heat in CI engines, which can be used for onboard sustainable hydrogen production using a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser. The generated hydrogen can be co-fired with traditional fuel in the CI engine, reducing emissions and meeting evolving emission standards. A compact TEG is proposed to efficiently use waste heat from CI engines and generate hydrogen from water electrolysis in real time. The engine's performance and emission results will be reported and analyzed, and future comparisons of experimental and computational results will be made to achieve optimized engine performance. This concept aims to deliver a novel hybrid vehicle with a patentable strap-on module, meeting evolving emission standards for both on-road and off-road CI engines. |
Co-PI: | Prof. sanjay, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
Total Budget (INR): | 48,12,192 |
Organizations involved
Implementing Agency : | Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Funding Agency :Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) or science and Engineering Research Board (sERB) | Source :science and Engineering Research Board (sERB), DsT | |