Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus - Generating electricity from Hydrogen and Air | How it works

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus: Indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus was unveiled on Sunday, August 21, by Union Minister Jitendra Singh in Pune. The bus has been developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and private firm KPIT Limited. Singh said that Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Bus is in tune with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Green Hydrogen Mission. 

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus: How it works

-The fuel cell utilizes Hydrogen and Air to generate electricity to power the bus.

VIDEO: Inspired by PM Sh @NarendraModi's National Green Hydrogen Mission, unveiled India's first indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus developed by KPIT-#CSIR at #Pune, supported by Union Ministry of Science & Technology. pic.twitter.com/pNtEj9h5xw

— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) August 21, 2022

-The only effluent from the bus is water, therefore making it possibly the most environmentally friendly mode of transportation.

-The operational costs in Rupee per kilometre for fuel cell trucks and buses are lower than diesel powered vehicles, the high efficiency of fuel cell vehicles and the high energy density of hydrogen ensures the same.

-Fuel Cell vehicles also give zero green-house gas emissions.

-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus is an excellent means to eliminate the on-road emissions from this sector. Since, 12-14% CO2 emissions and particulate emissions come from diesel powered heavy commercial vehicles and these are decentralised emissions and hence difficult to capture.

Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, had earlier pitched for using alternative fuels like electricity, ethanol, methanol, bio-diesel, bio-CNG, bio-LNG and hydrogen for the automobile sector at the launch of the country's first electric double decker air-conditioned bus Nitin Gadkari.