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Zero impact conditioning

Our project is driven by this ideal: you can heat or cool your home, shower in hot water, and use energy - electricity - yet still respect the environment and therefore ensure Zero Emissions or Zero Impact.

The "hydrogen" project

We began our Research & Development in the field of hydrogen with the highest goal in terms of sustainability: to produce a “zero emissions” cycle for producing thermal energy.

The autonomy of the old energy systems, safety and the total lack of emissions - these benefits are too important to be ignored at a time when energy options desperately need to be renewed: this is what lies at the heart of our research commitment, developed entirely by us, here in Italy.

Producing a “zero emissions” cycle for producing thermal energy

Why hydrogen

Hydrogen really can be the energy vector of the future. Even though this element isn't freely present in nature, its supply is practically endless: remember that where there's water, there's hydrogen. Together with oxygen, in fact, hydrogen forms the water molecule (H2O) - the most common compound on the earth.

Unlike fossil fuels, hydrogen is a carbon-free energy vector. This is a great advantage in the energy production process: combustion doesn't produce any emissions of CO2, which is the gas emitted during the combustion of all fossil sources and is the main cause of the greenhouse effect.

Hydrogen production and storage

Using electricity produced from renewable sources (solar radiation - photovoltaic panels; wind - wind power plant; water - hydroelectric power station), the electrolysis of the water produces “zero impact” hydrogen: the waste from this “processing” (already carbon-free) is pure oxygen.

The hydrogen produced via electrolysis can be stored in different forms and subsequently used to produce electricity by means of fuel cells. The thermal energy is produced by a fuel cell during the electric operation phase only. For the purposes of heating water only, we have conceived H2ydroGEM.

H2ydroGEM, the catalytic combustor

The combustor is a condensation boiler based on an innovative catalytic hydrogen burner. The burner (where the reaction takes place) is powered simply with gaseous hydrogen (the fuel) and atmospheric air (with the combustive oxygen). Inside the reaction channel there is a suitable catalyser agent that allows the hydrogen and oxygen to combine spontaneously in a water molecule, at the same time freeing a quantity of heat. The heat is removed by a series of exchangers (powered with system water) built into the combustor. The temperature of the water heated in this way is ideal for thermal-sanitary systems, especially those of the radiant type, with low temperatures: in fact, these conditions guarantee maximum combustor yield and maximum comfort for users.

Focus on

Apart from heat, the only other reaction product is mere water vapour, that can be freed into the atmosphere without problems.

The absence of carbon in the reagents (hydrogen and atmospheric air) means a reaction without any emissions of CO2  - the main gas behind the greenhouse effect.

The low reaction temperature, guaranteed by the catalyser and within the range 300°C - 350°C, prevents the formation of nitrogen oxides (NOX) that produce ozone and rainwater acidification.

Documentation

Catalogues and reports

Coming soon. We are currently working on documentation related to this topic.