In an unexpected windfall, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has received a donation of USD 18.6 million from an anonymous alumnus to establish a Green Energy and Sustainability Research Hub, which will redefine the institution's role .
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An official statement claimed that initial tests conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay have shown “promising results”. Amid the shortage of medical oxygen for treating COVID-19 patients, the 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 institute said on Thursday.
The pilot project, which has been tested successfully, relies on a simple technological intervention of converting a Pressure Swing Adsorption nitrogen unit into a PSA oxygen unit, according to an official statement.
It claimed that initial tests conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have shown “promising results”.