ISRO’s PSLV-C58 carrying an X-ray polarimeter satellite tv for pc and 10 different satellites lifts off from the spaceport of Sriharikota, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully examined a 100 W class Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell primarily based Power System (FCPS) in its orbital platform, POEM3 which was launched onboard PSLV-C58 on January 1, 2024.
The ISRO stated that the target of the experiment was to evaluate Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel cell operation in area and to gather knowledge to facilitate the design of methods for future missions.
“During the short duration test onboard POEM, 180 W power was generated from Hydrogen and Oxygen gases stored onboard in high pressure vessels. It provided a wealth of data on performance of various static and dynamic systems that formed part of the power system and the physics at play,” ISRO stated.
The area company added that hydrogen gas cells produce electrical energy instantly from Hydrogen and Oxygen gases, together with pure water and warmth. It is an electrical generator which works on electrochemical ideas, as in batteries, as in opposition to the combustion reactions employed in standard mills.
“The ability to produce electricity directly from fuels without any intermediate step renders them very efficient. With water as the only byproduct, they are totally emission free. These features make them ideal candidates for space missions involving humans where electric power, water and heat are essential since a single system can meet multiple requirements in the mission,” ISRO stated,
Fuel Cells additionally possess vital societal software potential. They are additionally thought-about to be probably the most applicable answer to interchange the engines of varied sorts of autos in use right this moment and to energy standby energy methods.
Fuel Cells can present vary and gas recharge time equaling that of right this moment’s standard engine, which provides them a definite benefit over batteries, and are anticipated to facilitate emission free transportation. Fuel cell is a perfect energy supply for the Space Station because it gives each energy and pure water.
ISRO launched the PSLV-C58 X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission on January 1, 2024.
During the mission, the POEM-3 experiment was additionally executed to satisfy the target of 10 different payloads developed .by start-ups, schooling establishments and ISRO centres amongst them is the FCPS.
The FCPS payload is critical because it has potential functions in India’s area station which is proposed to come back up by 2035.
“There are some important payloads like FCPS which we will be demonstrating in the POEM phase when PS4 is used as a platform. The FCPS will have potential applications in our future like space station,” stated Dr. S. Unnikrishnan Nair of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) on January 1 after the profitable launch.
