HydroHubby YBG Group International
Target Applications

One Platform.
Multiple Combustion Environments.

HydroHub™ is a combustion-architecture-agnostic intervention. Wherever a primary fuel is burned in a controlled thermal environment — boiler, furnace, or kiln — the same oxyhydrogen injection principle applies. The following sectors represent the primary target application environments for HydroHub™ deployment.

Primary Vertical · Active Deployment

Thermal Power Generation

Coal · Gas · Biomass

Thermal power is the primary deployment vertical for HydroHub™. Utility-scale coal, gas and biomass-fired boilers present the largest opportunity for combustion-adjacent oxyhydrogen enhancement — driven by tightening heat rate norms, emissions intensity pressure, and the imperative to improve the thermodynamic performance of assets that will remain in the generation mix throughout the energy transition.

In the Indian context specifically, aging subcritical coal units operating below CERC normative heat rate benchmarks represent an immediate addressable market for HydroHub™ deployment — where even a 1–2% heat rate improvement across a 600 MW unit translates to tens of crores in annual recoverable fuel value.

HydroHub™ is delivered into thermal power under the YBG Advanced Technology Partner structure — with ControlAlign™ Phase 1 diagnostic establishing the thermodynamic baseline before any combustion enhancement is deployed.

Heat-rate uplift
Verified against engineered baseline
Lower emissions intensity per MWh
NOx, CO, unburned carbon
No DCS modification
Combustion-adjacent, fully subordinated
FMCG · Industrial · Biomass · Deployed

Industrial Process Heat & Biomass Boilers

Industrial process heat — particularly biomass-fired steam generation in food, beverage, pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing — is the environment in which HydroHub™ has its largest documented multi-site deployment record.

Biomass combustion is inherently variable. Moisture content, particle size and calorific value drift through a single shift, forcing boilers into inefficient excess-air operation and producing elevated stack emissions. HydroHub™ oxyhydrogen injection stabilises ignition kinetics, drives more complete carbon burn-out, and tightens the flame envelope — producing consistent gains across operationally and geographically diverse sites.

This is demonstrated, not claimed.

~13% steam-to-fuel improvement
Ten-plant fleet average · India
~60% NOx reduction
Instrumented stacks · India
Sub-2-year payback
Per-site ROI achieved
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Target Application Environments

Adjacent verticals on the HydroHub™ deployment roadmap.

Cement Manufacturing

Rotary kiln combustion — coal and alternative fuel firing. Heat rate improvement and NOx reduction under variable clinker throughput and fuel blend. Target application environment.

Target — Not Yet Deployed

Steel Manufacturing

Blast furnace, reheating furnace and direct reduction environments. Combustion stability and thermal efficiency improvement under continuous high-temperature operation. Target application.

Target — Not Yet Deployed

Waste-to-Energy

Municipal solid waste and refuse-derived fuel combustion — variable feedstock, elevated emissions profile, strong regulatory pressure on NOx and CO. Target application environment.

Target — Not Yet Deployed

Industrial Steam Systems

Pharma, chemical, textile and district energy process steam boilers — fossil and biomass fuel. Scope 1 reduction pathway aligned with ESG reporting requirements.

Target — Not Yet Deployed