Ngokushoda kwezinsiza komoyampilo wezokwelapha ukwelapha iziguli ze-Covid-19 ezweni, i-Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) yasungula imboni yokubonisa ukuguqula amajeneretha e-nitrogen atholakala kulo lonke elaseNdiya ngokulungisa kahle isitshalo se-nitrogen esisethwe njengejeneretha komoya-mpilo.
Umoya-mpilo okhiqizwe yisitshalo elabhorethri ye-IIT-B wahlolwa futhi kwavela ukuthi uhlanzekile ngo-93-96% ngengcindezi ye-atmospheres engu-3.5.
Amajeneretha e-nitrogen, athatha umoya emkhathini futhi ahlukanise umoya-mpilo ne-nitrogen ukuze akhiqize i-nitrogen ewuketshezi, angatholakala ezimbonini ezihlukahlukene ezihlanganisa uwoyela negesi, ukudla nesiphuzo. I-nitrogen yomile ngokwemvelo futhi ijwayele ukusetshenziselwa ukuhlanza nokuhlanza amathangi kawoyela negesi.
USolwazi Milind Etri, uSihlalo weMechanical Engineering, i-IIT-B, kanye ne-Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE) bethule ubufakazi bomqondo wokuguqulwa ngokushesha kwesitshalo se-nitrogen sibe isitshalo somoya-mpilo.
Isitshalo se-nitrogen sisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-pressure swing adsorption (PSA) ukuncela umoya osemkhathini, ukuhlunga ukungcola, bese ubuyisela i-nitrogen. Umoya-mpilo ukhishwa ubuyele emkhathini njengomkhiqizo okhiqizwayo. Isitshalo se-nitrogen siqukethe izingxenye ezine: i-compressor yokulawula umfutho womoya ongenayo, isitsha somoya sokuhlunga ukungcola, iyunithi yamandla yokuhlukanisa, kanye nesitsha se-buffer lapho i-nitrogen ehlukanisiwe izohlinzekwa futhi igcinwe khona.
Ithimba le-Atrey ne-TCE lihlongoze ukushintshwa kwezihlungi ezisetshenziselwa ukukhipha i-nitrogen kuyunithi ye-PSA ngezihlungi ezingakhipha umoya-mpilo.
"Esitshalweni se-nitrogen, ukucindezela komoya kulawulwa bese kuhlanjululwa ekungcoleni okufana nomhwamuko wamanzi, uwoyela, i-carbon dioxide kanye nama-hydrocarbons. Ngemva kwalokho, umoya ohlanzekile ungena ekamelweni le-PSA elifakwe ama-sieve e-carbon molecular noma izihlungi ezingahlukanisa i-nitrogen ne-oxygen. Siphakamisa ukuthi esikhundleni se-sieve nge-sieve engakwazi ukuhlukanisa umoya-mpilo, "kusho u-Etry uchwepheshe wezocwaningo kanye nomqondisi we-ITery kanye nomqondisi wocwaningo lwe-ITry and C.
Ithimba lishintshe izisefo ze-carbon molecular plant esitshalweni se-nitrogen se-PSA se-Institute's Refrigeration and Cryogenics Laboratory ngezisefo ze-molecular zeolite. Izisefo ze-molecular ze-Zeolite zisetshenziselwa ukuhlukanisa umoya-mpilo nomoya. Ngokulawula izinga lokugeleza emkhunjini, abacwaningi bakwazi ukuguqula isitshalo se-nitrogen sibe isitshalo sokukhiqiza umoya-mpilo. I-Spantech Engineers, inkampani yedolobha ye-PSA nitrogen and oxygen plant, ibambe iqhaza kule phrojekthi yokuhlola futhi yafaka izingxenye zezitshalo ezidingekayo kufomu lebhulokhi ku-IIT-B ukuze zihlolwe.
Lo mklamo wokuhlola uhlose ukuthola izixazululo ezisheshayo nezilula zokushoda komoyampilo kakhulu ezikhungweni zezempilo ezweni lonke.
U-Amit Sharma, uMqondisi Ophethe we-TCE, uthe: "Le phrojekthi yokuhlola ikhombisa ukuthi isisombululo esisha sokukhiqiza umoya-mpilo sisebenzisa ingqalasizinda ekhona singasiza kanjani izwe ukuthi libhekane nenkinga ekhona."
"Kwasithatha cishe izinsuku ezintathu ukuhlomisa kabusha. Lena inqubo elula engaqedwa ngokushesha ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. Izitshalo ze-nitrogen ezweni lonke zingasebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe ukuguqula izitshalo zazo zibe izitshalo ze-oxygen, "kusho u-Etry.
Lolu cwaningo lokulinga, olumenyezelwe ngoLwesine ekuseni, ludonse amehlo osopolitiki abaningi. "Sithole isithakazelo ezikhulwini eziningi zikahulumeni hhayi e-Maharashtra kuphela kodwa ezweni lonke mayelana nokuthi lokhu kungakhuliswa kanjani futhi kusetshenziswe ezitshalweni ezikhona ze-nitrogen. Njengamanje sihlela inqubo yethu ukuze sisize izitshalo ezikhona zisebenzisa le modeli." U-Atrey wengeza.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-29-2022