IIT Delhi gives 105 oxygen cylinders to Delhi government

Earlier, IIT Delhi had given five cylinders to the state administration and put together the 110 oxygen cylinders were given to the state that will augment the medical oxygen capacity in hospitals by a little over 5,000 litres.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has handed over 105 oxygen cylinders to the government of Delhi that will augment medical oxygen capacity in some of the covid-care hospitals by 4,765 litres. Earlier, IIT Delhi had given five cylinders to the state administration and put together the 110 oxygen cylinders were given to the state that will augment the medical oxygen capacity in hospitals by a little over 5,000 litres.

"We have taken out oxygen cylinders from our labs and gave it to the government. It’s an emergency situation and we are chipping in," said V. Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi.

“We have taken out cylinders from our laboratories. It won’t hit our work in the short run. Our faculty, staff and students worked towards this, seeing the situation outside," Rao said. The 110 cylinders are of different capacity but at least 95 of them are 47 litres each.

“These cylinders are empty ones. The administration needs more and more cylinders for filling up oxygen. They can refill and use in covid care facilities," said the director.

These cylinders were given as loans meaning the government will return them as the situation improves. “This won’t impact our lab work immediately; we have some more. But we need them in the long run," he said.

Meanwhile, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has come up with an ingenious solution to help address the issue by converting a nitrogen unit into an oxygen-generating unit. The pilot project, which has been tested successfully, relies on a simple technological intervention of converting a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) nitrogen unit into a PSA oxygen unit, according to an official statement.

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