Have built reactor using cold fusion, claims startup in Telangana

As per the founders, the technology can also be helpful in tackling global warming and climate change.
The Hylenr team at the launch of ow energy nuclear reactor (LENR) at T-Hub on Wednesday
The Hylenr team at the launch of ow energy nuclear reactor (LENR) at T-Hub on WednesdayPhoto | Express
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HYDERABAD: A Hyderabad-based startup, Hylenr, has claimed to have built the world’s first low-energy nuclear reactor (LENR) using cold fusion technology to generate clean energy, the founders said during its launch at T-Hub on Wednesday. It has received a patent from the Union government’s Patent Office under the Department for Promotions of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, they added.

As per the founders, LENR promises alternatives for power generation by amplifying input electricity to produce heat for space applications (MMRTG), steam generation for multiple applications, room heating across cold regions globally, and induction heating for domestic and industrial requirements. The device is also touted to decrease the risk profile for space missions.

Prahlada Ramarao, retired DRDO scientist and chief innovation officer, Hylenr, said, “LENR reactors utilise low-energy nuclear reactions to generate excess heat. By applying a small volume of electricity to stimulate these reactions, LENR can produce significantly more heat than the input energy, making it a potentially game-changing technology for power generation.”

Ram Ramaseshan, a board member, recalled that the company did not get a breakthrough for the initial five to six years. “That was when we changed our approach. From household purposes to space organisations, the device could be used by everyone,” he claimed.

Hylenr CEO Siddhartha Durairajan said the patent for the product validates the inventiveness of the technology and the viability of integrating LENR with existing power generation systems to enhance efficiency and reduce reliance on traditional energy sources.

“The proposed approach by LENR leverages it to amplify electricity from renewable and non-renewable sources, Space Application, ultimately aiming for a 2.5 times power output increase,” claimed Durairajan, adding that the device will reduce carbon footprint and does not emit any nuclear waste or radiation.

As per the founders, the technology can also be helpful in tackling global warming and climate change. “People have spent billions creating fissions, colliders, etc. to create clean energy. For us, we just used a few milligramms of hydrogen to create. It will run for decades.”

Meanwhile, Shree Varaprasad, Chief Scientific Officer of Hylenr, said the company’s goal is to further scale up LENR units for field testing and demonstration projects and partner with research institutions and labs for advanced analysis, applications, and optimisation.

“Additionally, we also look forward to collaborating with regulatory bodies to establish safety standards and approval processes to ensure successful deployment and commercialisation of LENR technology (the art of making atomic nuclei merge and, ideally, harnessing the resultant additional energy), he added.

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