Hydrogen and Biomass Waste/Pellets to Replace Natural Gas Heating

Introducing hydrogen into the combustion of wood waste or wood/agriculture pellets brings several benefits: the lack of homogeneity of the fuel is drastically reduced, the influence of moisture on the fuel's calorific power is offset, and the same heating energy is obtained with less fuel.

When producing hydrogen at the point of use via an electrolysis device, oxygen is also produced and introduced into the boiler as a second burning gas — increasing combustion temperature, destroying tars, and reducing flue deposits on the chimney and burning emissions. Combining these techniques increases boiler and fuel performance, reduces fuel for the same heat production, and lowers flue-gas pollution.

As fans are active devices in boiler installations, we introduce a different type of fan to increase boiler efficiency and adaptability to burning conditions and to consumers' dynamic heating needs. Extracting most of the heat from flue gases also transforms boilers into high-efficiency units, and our project introduces heat-recovery systems for that kind of boiler. The project focuses on scientifically determining the proportions of each technique and producing installations for commercial, residential, and industrial consumers to replace natural-gas or oil burners.

What is unique compared to competitors?

Competitors base their heat-efficiency increase on limited air regulation from the atmosphere, without introducing gas separation to improve burning characteristics, with little to no flue-heat recovery and little to no automation to regulate the burning process. Our project introduces a variety of technologies to regulate and increase the efficiency of biomass burning while reducing the boiler's pollution footprint.