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Title: With water as fuel innovation, Hyd Gas is looking to radically change the LPG industry in India
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yourstory.com
URL Source: http://yourstory.com/2015/04/water- ... lly-change-lpg-industry-india/
Published: Apr 9, 2015
Author: Rakhi Chakraborty
Post Date: 2015-04-09 10:34:36 by Operation 40
Keywords: Hydrogen, renewable, Energy
Views: 815
Comments: 2
“Hydgas is a cooktop that produces its own gas. It uses water as fuel and uses electricity to convert it to hydrogen and oxygen and uses that to cook food. It produces gas as needed, so there is no storage of any gases in Hydgas, which makes it completely safe compared to LPG. It can also be integrated with solar power,” says a proud Riswin M.H., Co-founder and head of operations at Reinwo Labs. Reinwo Labs is a 2014 startup, founded by a team of recent college graduates, focused on discovering and creating clean energy solutions. Hydgas is their flagship product. The name Reinwo Labs is a juxtaposition of the young founding team’s outlook. It stands for ‘REINventing the World’ explains Riswin. In their second year in college, the present founders of Reinwo Labs were tinkering around making small websites and Android apps. Today they are poised to bring about a massive, and much needed, change with their potentially revolutionary product Hyd Gas- which splits regular tap water into hydrogen and oxygen, which can then be burned to cook food in hotels and homes. “It’s a clean, cheap and safer alternative to LPG and all other types of cooking,” Hyd Gas’s invention is a classic example of the power of sheer chance. In their third year of college, dissatisfied with their digital tinkering and yearning to make an impact but unsure of what to do, the team came together to participate in an inter collegiate racing competition. Each team had to build a car to race in the famous Buddh circuit. While researching on how to develop a decent battery for their car, they discovered hydrogen to be a consistent by-product throughout all their experiments. Then they started research on renewable energy centred on this epiphany. Gas distribution in India is notoriously monopolized by the government and a few handpicked agencies. Not only do urban customers suffer abominably when it comes to availability and affordability, there is deplorable rural penetration of the same. The consequences are at best incredible inconvenience and at worst disastrous kitchen accidents when people try to substitute homemade flames due to the lack of cylinders. This was the core concern behind manufacturing a product like Hyd Gas. “In India, the gas distribution is centralized in hands of big companies. We are trying to make it as de-centralized as possible,” Riswin shares...snip 
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#1. To: Operation 40 (#0)
It's really an electric stove. It converts electricity into hydrogen/oxygen gas which is then converted into heat, where as conventional electric stoves just covert electricity directly into heat through resistance in the electric coils. Comparing energy efficiency with an electric stove is an important detail. If it's more efficient, then they've got something.
Note: This article title may be misleading as I see nothing to substantiate that operating cost would be cheaper than LPG. Fire from Water; Hyd Gas a Cheaper Alternative to LPG By Alex Mathew [excerpt] The development of a compact household variant having the same size as any other gas stove and with the option of integrating LPG when there is a power outage or non-availability of water, is under consideration. The product is slated to be launched by 2016. “It will be more efficient with intelligent features, including display unit, timer and mobile controlled on/off switches,” he adds. Solar Power As electrolysis uses DC power, the product can be connected directly to solar panels without the need of inverters and batteries, reducing the installation costs by 50 per cent. The current product at Cusat is 20 per cent solar-powered too. As all the gas that is required for cooking is produced on demand in Hyd Gas and directly used for cooking without storing, it is a much safer proposition than pressurised LPG cylinders. If the R&D of the company goes to the plan, Hyd Gas could be the next big thing. - - - As it runs on DC, the machine must incorporate a DC power supply. There is no mention of the power draw. There is no mention of a water filter, but if these are incorporated and need frequent replacement, it is a cost consideration. Expected life of the machine would also be a consideration. Perhaps it would be a very long time or it may be like a coffee/espresso maker.
#2. To: Pinguinite, Operation 40 (#1)
The New Indian Express
Published: 23rd March 2015 06:04 AM
Last Updated: 23rd March 2015 06:04 AM Household Variant
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