Angella Hughes -all

Angella Hughes, President of Xogen Technologies, dsicusses the electrolytic technology to treat wastewater and the advantages of being located in Ontario

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Science & Technology

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• Angella Hughes
• Xogen Technologies
• TRRA
• toronto region
• ontario
• waste water treatment
• water credits trading
• water treatment
• government support

[a1mint]

And no, hydrogen is not a source of energy. Hydrogen, on earth, is an energy carrier, because hydrogen does not naturally occur on earth. You have to make it (by splitting water for instance, which is what Xogen does), by using an external energy source.

Because you can not create or destroy energy, you don't end up with hydrogen that has more energy than the amount of energy required to make it.

Again, Xogen is highly deceptive.

[a1mint]

Xogen pretends that it is more efficient to heat your home by converting water to hydrogen and then burning it in the furnace, while a $20 electric space heater is already 100% efficient.

You can not create or destroy energy, you can only convert it. Xogen is full of deceptions.

[a1mint]

@RedRiver2011 A wind-power driven electrolysis system isn't going to provide anywhere near enough water.

[RedRiver2011]

@a1mint I'm not sure you appreciate the challenges northern communities have with their water quality. Fast treatment time for ground water contaminated by harvesting natural resources is crucial. The transportation of replacement membranes for reverse osmosis may be a hindrance with increasingly shorter winter road season.

[a1mint]

@RedRiver2011 You can dig a well. Good water can be found in the ground just about anywhere.

To purify water using electrolysis is very inefficient. Overunity does not exist. The laws of nature state that you can not create or destroy energy. Wind power isn't overunity, it's simply an energy source.

Another more efficient way to filter water is through reverse osmosis.

[RedRiver2011]

@a1mint Many places in Canada have water but it is unfit for consumption. The Red River for example is full of effluent from farm run off due to recent flooding. It is recommended that anyone wading in the river update their tetanus shots. Too many native reserves exist on water unfit for consumption. Electrolysis may have an advantage in that the hardware is easy to maintain and easy to train people to fix. Combined with wind power, Xogen may have an over-unity system.

[a1mint]

@RedRiver2011 In Orangeville, which is where "she" is selling a water purification system, usable water is plentiful. Most if not all places in Canada, does not have any problem getting ample supplies of drinkable water. The whole notion of purifying water through electrolysis is just flat out absurd in these necks of the wood !

Well: drill hole in ground until water comes pouring out. Done, problem solved, in just about anywhere in Canada if not everywhere in Canada. Water, dime a dozen here.

[RedRiver2011]

@a1mint I think she means water is the new oil in that usable water is becoming less available.  Also, marketing the combustible gases generated will help offset the cost of purification. Especially in remote areas where tons of chemical can not be easily shipped in this system is a great alternative. Congrats to the smart people at Xogen!

[a1mint]

Using electrolysis to purify water is very inefficient.

And there is no such way as to create a better electrolysis process that does it better. The ONLY thing you can do is to reduce the heat component.

Electric amount of energy in = number of water molecules split + heat

Nothing more, nothing less.

Laws of the conservation of energy. You can't create or destroy energy, only convert it.

[a1mint]

No, water is not the "new oil". Water is not an energy source.

Again, Xogen is being very deceptive.

Angella, do you know how science works? Seriously, you're saying a lot of crap here.

[a1mint]

Purifying water can be done through distilling. If would be useful to see a comparison between boiling water and condensing steam, vs using electrolysis to split water and burn it again.

I *can* see one benefit: instead of using a $20 space heater, use this process to produce the exact same amount of heating value, plus free bonus distilled water...

This could be helpful for people living on bad water wells, or bad city water.