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Hydrogen - The Future of Fuel!

The Indian automobile industry has come a long way in the past decade. With the economy developed the lifestyle and with lifestyle grew the demand for cars. The number of people owning a car has doubled within the last one year and this figure will triple with various ultra-cheap small cars hitting the roads. This increased the level of pollution and toxic gases, which are extremely damaging to the environment. Limited fuel reserves and increasing fuel prices are also fast turning into major concerns.

The presence of cars running on electric motors, CNG, and LPG fuel alternatives is an attempt to answer these growing problems. Various promising hybrid models are also soon to launch in India. However, the type of fuel that is catching everyone’s attention is Hydrogen – the Future of Fuel!

It is said that the sun processes around five million tons of hydrogen every second! As a fuel it has the highest octane rating, which is three times more powerful compared to the same volume of petrol. Hydrogen contains traces of nitrogen oxides, which are emitted when it burns. Hydrogen is one of the richest resources that is present in abundance in the atmosphere and can be renewed easily because 90% of the solar system is comprised of this element.

However, the storage of this light and explosive fuel poses many questions. Storage is very risky due to its high pressure and volatility. Many of the leading car manufacturers like BMW, Tata, and Ford are already making investments towards the use of hydrogen fuels. The intake of hydrogen fuels gives better efficiency and longer life to engines because of the element’s low density, high calorific value, and low boiling point.

Hydrogen-based infrastructure can easily be implemented in India at a competitive cost due to abundant availability of necessary resources. For example, the raw materials of the sugar industry can be used cost-effectively to produce hydrogen. Also, hydrogen is produced as a by-product in ‘ghee’ industries. An agreement with the government can help to run an electrolyzer and hydrogen distribution business, similar to the petroleum industry today and later the final product can be transported in cylinders in safe and solid forms.

However, these are just theories making their rounds in the market and practical implementation of these theories could take some time. Once implemented, hydrogen as a fuel will eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels and our worries about the environment.

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