SPPU launches pilot project to generate medical oxygen on campus, check details here
SPPU is looking for solutions to produce medical oxygen on campus, which can be provided to hospitals where Covid-19 patients are admitted.
Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has launched a pilot project to convert a nitrogen-producing unit to generate medical oxygen. SPPU has been looking for solutions to produce medical oxygen on campus, which can be provided to hospitals where Covid-19 patients are admitted.
Vice-chancellor Dr Nitin Karmalkar said earlier talks were on to get an oxygen plant lying defunct in another state, but the plant was now being moved to another district.
“I believe, as universities, it is our job to help in this hour of crisis and come up with unique solutions. We had created an isolation facility on campus earlier, but, unfortunately, we won’t be able to convert it into an oxygen bed facility. The reason being that we do not have adequate trained medical staff, it is just not our domain. So my effort is to come up with a solution to produce medical oxygen, pack it and send it to hospitals,” he said.
Karmalkar said while he was speaking to stakeholders, including industries, for solutions, he was keenly following the development at IIT Bombay.
The pilot project by IIT Bombay, 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.
It claimed that initial tests conducted at the IIT Bombay have shown "promising results". The oxygen production could be achieved at "3.5 atm pressure with a purity level of 93 per cent to 96 per cent".
Karmalkar said such a nitrogen unit was available on campus as science students often needed the gas for conducting experiments, and that he was considering using the same for conversion. “We are looking at other options too, we welcome ideas and help from the industry,” he added.
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