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Our Solution

Hydrogen Fuel Battery for electric vehicles.

Tagline

Nickel Hydrogenated Carbon Battery.

Pitch us on your solution

Almost all countries import fossil fuels for running vehicles. It causes not just pollution, but also heavy economic and transport costs to communities. For example in country like India, almost 30% of direct and indirect cost of any transaction, goes to petroleum industry. Which is quite a heavy expense.

Dependence on fossil can be reduce by switching to hydrogen as fuel. Hydrogen is non-polluting and renewable way for transportation requirements of people. As hydrogen can be created by electrolysis of ocean water, many countries can create fuel using ocean water, reducing dependence and increased shared prosperity for communities.

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1. Problem?:

Finding way to use hydrogen as fuel.

2. Solution:

I am proposing a design of hybrid battery.

Target is effectively building battery to run 12/36/48V BDLC motor.

Design of hydrogen battery which is workable, safe, affordable and quickly rechargeable, plus uses unique methodology of using it.

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What is the problem you are solving?

The problem is finding way to efficient use hydrogen for electrical vehicles.

Everybody is finding a way to use hydrogen for vehicles. Some use hydrogen fuel cells, others find new hydrogen batteries. Hydrogen fuel cells are costly because it uses elements like platinum in all its cells. Also hydrogen fuel cells utilise critical elements like oxygen from air for running. Other hydrogen batteries are infamous for not giving much mileage.

If citizens decides to switch from fossil fuel to eco friendly fuel alternatives like hydrogen, they get stuck because of above mentioned reasons.

This problem I try to solve by suggesting a hydride battery setup.

Who are you serving?

This battery will be helpful for communities who want to switch to hydrogen as fuel initiatives.

What is your solution?

1. The battery has Nickel anode and Carbon cathode.

2. We pump hydrogen ions on the carbon cathode. The carbon cathode being an activated carbon material, traps the hydrogen ions onto it. The material can store vast amount of hydrogen on its surface. This is how we recharge this battery.

3. When we connect this carbon cathode to the Nickel anode, the ions flow towards nickel producing electricity to run vehicle motor. The motor runs till the hydrogen ions are used up from the carbon.

4. Then we recharge the carbon again at nearest H2 pumping station.

5. So we provide battery mechanism to people by which they can use hydrogen as fuel.

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Where is your solution team headquartered?

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Our solution's stage of development:

Concept