Technology

The Technology

We are in the advanced stage of development of the H2PS technology, with the view to achieving Proof of Concept. This will ultimately demonstrate that the production of pure hydrogen from water in an environmentally friendly way, including using solar power the sun as a renewable energy source, is entirely possible, viable and a competitive alternative to current hydrogen production methods.

Three patent applications have been filed worldwide, with patents having been granted in a number of countries, including South America and the USA, Europe, Russia, China and Australia. The patent evaluation and grant process is ongoing in other countries.

The technology is based on high temperature thermal water dissociation.

At elevated temperatures water molecules split into their atomic components, hydrogen and oxygen. For example, at 2200°C almost five percent of all H2O molecules are split into their components.

At that moment the two gases are extracted separately, in amounts equivalent to their occurrence in the water molecule, i.e. in the ratio of two to one.

The extracted hydrogen is pure. The process does not produce any pollutants or waste.

Patent
H2 Power Systems holds the patents to the technology and is in the process of building a prototype device. We expect to be able to demonstrate the Proof of Concept of the technology by the end of February 2012.