Newdigit

Recycling dirty-grey water into electricity, clean water and medical-grade oxygen gas.

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Nigeria
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Newdigit

The problem we're solving:
For many years now about 50% of Nigeria has been without electricity, leaving 120 million low to middle-income people residing in rural and suburban areas of Nigeria to rely heavily on fossil fuel hydrocarbon-powered generators like Tiger Gen, Mikano, Elepaq, and others to meet their basic electricity and water needs. However, a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered alarming findings, that the fumes emitted by these generators have caused more fatalities than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. Moreover, the inadequate electricity infrastructure in the country has rendered 63% of the population without clean drinkable water, and 65% of hospitals lacking consistent power, which has led to shortages of oxygen gas and compromised patient care.
Our solution:
Just Add Water is a compact, single-unit product that recycles household dirty water to generate electricity, medical-grade oxygen, and clean drinking water through the process of electrolysis. It employs an innovative regenerative PEM Fuel cell, designed to act as both an electrolyzer and a fuel cell, using iron composite catalysts to reduce costs and cellulose fibre to condense water vapour generated in the PEM to clean water. The solution aims to serve as a household off-grid appliance, community micro-grid and alternative power for Hospital electrification while meeting their oxygen gas needs. Making us the first company in Nigeria to manufacture PEM hydrogen fuel cell systems from the preparation of electrocatalysis to Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) into a turn key home appliance.