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Upending the traditional combustion methods

A retrofittable solution for the electrification of heat

Heavy Industry (petrochemicals, cement, steel, chemicals) requires large quantities of thermal energy at high temperature, which currently must be generated by direct combustion of fossil fuels.   And this percentage is expected to double under business-as-usual scenarios. 

As such, these sectors have a vital role to play in halting global average temperature rises if the world is to meet the Paris climate agreement objective of limiting global warming to well below 2°C by 2050.  

Until now, electrifying the generation of high temperature thermal energy has been a technical and economic challenge classifying this as a "hard-to-abate" sector.

Our Solution is the Hydrox Cycle® and Hydrox Combustion Technology®

InfigoLabs has invented an innovative technology solution for the electrification of industrial heat at an industrial scale for decarbonising the hard-to-abate sector. 

Enabling Cost-Effective Energy Transition

Enabling Economic Energy Transition

The Hydrox Combustion Technology® can utilise multiple sources of hydrogen of different colours and different sources of electricity enabling cost-effective energy transition for the hard-to-abate sector.


Hydrogen combustion with oxygen is an explosive reaction due to the highly flammable characteristics of hydrogen, and there did not exist a solution to achieve this safely until now.  

InfigoLabs has invented the unique zero emissions Hydrox Combustion Technology® (patent pending) that facilitates the safe, controlled and systematic combustion of hydrogen with oxygen to produce steam at high temperatures (+1200 degrees Celcius / +2200 degrees Fahrenheit), only constrained by choice of ceramics for the reactor design.  Higher temperatures can be achieved if required by the industrial process the cycle serves.


The patent pending UniPhi Control System® ensures complete combustion of supplied hydrogen with minimal residual hydrogen or oxygen in the produced high temperature steam.


The high grade heat thus produced, enables gradual decarbonising of industrial heat, which can then be economically used in the "hard-to-abate" industrial process (alumina refinery, steel making, green cement, chemical industry and others).


Unique Advantages

Agnostic to sources of hydrogen or electricity: Energy-transition Friendly

Agnostic to sources of hydrogen or electricity: Energy-transition Friendly

Agnostic to sources of hydrogen or electricity: Energy-transition Friendly

The Hydrox Combustion Technology® can accept hydrogen of any colour, oxygen from an ASU, or electricity from any source.  We are technology-agnostic to the upstream hydrogen & oxygen supply process.  Thus, our Customers may choose the most cost-effective energy source, preparing for gradual energy transition, without change to the core process.

Inexpensive Energy Storage

Agnostic to sources of hydrogen or electricity: Energy-transition Friendly

Agnostic to sources of hydrogen or electricity: Energy-transition Friendly

The Hydrox Cycle® incorporates very affordable energy storage in the form of gaseous stores. 11 tonnes of hydrogen stores approximately 425MWh of thermal energy (~4 hours of thermal energy required by a 3000 TPD cement plant).  This is a massive lever reducing the levelised cost of produced heat, unlike direct electrification, which cannot store electrons affordably at the rate required by the hard-to-abate sector.

Retrofittable, Scalable & Modular

Agnostic to sources of hydrogen or electricity: Energy-transition Friendly

Retrofittable, Scalable & Modular

By varying the reactor operating pressure, InfigoLabs technology can be retrofit to existing plants, creating a significant value proposition. Multiple trains can be configured in parallel to maximise reliability, availability and maintainability

Uniform Heat Supply

Uniform Heat Supply

Retrofittable, Scalable & Modular

Unlike other power-to-heat solutions (e.g., thermal block storage or biomass) the Hydrox Cycle® delivers sustained thermal energy that does not vary in temperature or heat content. 

No water footprint

Uniform Heat Supply

No water footprint

In processes that do not consume the steam, the water utilised in the electrolysis can be recovered as condensate for reuse.  A small bleed and makeup stream may be required to maintain water chemistry.

Safe

Uniform Heat Supply

No water footprint

Uses safe and controlled conditions and produces high temperature steam at precise conditions required by the industrial process.

No temperature-constraints

No temperature-constraints

No temperature-constraints

Hydrox Combustion Technology® utilises an affordable refractory lined reactor, eliminating any metallurgical constraints in achieving the high temperatures required by the hard-to-abate sector.

Zero emissions

No temperature-constraints

No temperature-constraints

Electrifies high-grade thermal energy with grid electricity as input and thermal energy as output with true zero emissions to the atmosphere.  This technology literally eliminates the need for a chimney stack.

How the technology works

process safety hydrogen combustion

Ensuring Process Safety

We understand Hydrogen Combustion

InfigoLabs takes process safety extremely seriously from the early design phase through to the entire lifecycle of the supplied technology.  The Hydrox Combustion Technology® turns conventional combustion process on its head to address the extremely wide flammability range of hydrogen in oxygen (4% LFL to 94% HFL at ambient conditions), the high flame speed and low ignition energy of hydrogen, while ensuring safe and complete combustion of the supplied hydrogen with oxygen.  The patent pending UniPhi Control System® further ensures that the produced steam does not contain residual hydrogen or unutilised oxygen.

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Click below for a more detailed technical description of the Hydrox Combustion Technology® and the UniPhi Control System®

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