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DIAT develops cheap, eco-friendly missile fuel Friday, May 24, 2013, 10:20 IST | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA The product is made from Indian plant & being tested at Chandigarh lab. Tweet 5 Indias missile
project is
likely to get
boost with the
country
advancing towards
making
indigenous
fuel for
supersonic
missiles and the fuel is developed by city-based Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT). The missile fuel is eco-friendly, made from an Indian plant and is being tested at a
Chandigarh-based laboratory. The fuel has been developed by a team of DIAT
researchers which was led by city-based researcher SG Kulkarni. Kulkarni was working on development of fuel used for scramjet and ramjet engine used
in missiles. He has been developing fuel for the next generation Pulse Detonation Engine
(PDE), which will be used in supersonic missiles. Speaking to dna Kulkarni said, India has been importing missile fuel which is of high cost and is made of synthetic material, which can be hazardous. After extensive
research, we have come up with a missile fuel, which is made from a plant. The new
fuel, being a product from a plant, is a renewable source of energy. It is a low-cost fuel
compared to the imported fuel. Once the fuel is approved at all the levels, it will be a
major break through for Indias missile programme. At present, the new fuel is being tested at the Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory in
Chandigarh and the results are quite encouraging. Worldwide research is going on fuel used for PDE, which is the advanced application
for low subsonic to high supersonic engines used for missiles and jet engines. We were
also working on this hydrocarbon-based fuel for PDE application and the results are
promising. DIATs vice-chancellor Dr Prahlada, said, The fuel will be cheap. There has been no
compromise in terms of the fuels compatibility with other fuels. It is comparable with
world-class JP-10 fuel, which is synthetic-based fuel.
project is
likely to get
boost with the
country
advancing towards
making
indigenous
fuel for
supersonic
missiles and the fuel is developed by city-based Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT). The missile fuel is eco-friendly, made from an Indian plant and is being tested at a
Chandigarh-based laboratory. The fuel has been developed by a team of DIAT
researchers which was led by city-based researcher SG Kulkarni. Kulkarni was working on development of fuel used for scramjet and ramjet engine used
in missiles. He has been developing fuel for the next generation Pulse Detonation Engine
(PDE), which will be used in supersonic missiles. Speaking to dna Kulkarni said, India has been importing missile fuel which is of high cost and is made of synthetic material, which can be hazardous. After extensive
research, we have come up with a missile fuel, which is made from a plant. The new
fuel, being a product from a plant, is a renewable source of energy. It is a low-cost fuel
compared to the imported fuel. Once the fuel is approved at all the levels, it will be a
major break through for Indias missile programme. At present, the new fuel is being tested at the Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory in
Chandigarh and the results are quite encouraging. Worldwide research is going on fuel used for PDE, which is the advanced application
for low subsonic to high supersonic engines used for missiles and jet engines. We were
also working on this hydrocarbon-based fuel for PDE application and the results are
promising. DIATs vice-chancellor Dr Prahlada, said, The fuel will be cheap. There has been no
compromise in terms of the fuels compatibility with other fuels. It is comparable with
world-class JP-10 fuel, which is synthetic-based fuel.
