OTHER R&D CONCEPTS

Additional concepts under early-stage development

SL Oven and SL Tower represent two additional directions being explored by KBMB. They are not the current flagship proposal, certified commercial products or validated deployment systems.

Current priority
Green Ammonia and Mobile Drying
Concepts on this page
SL Oven · SL Tower
Evidence level
Prototype-stage concepts
Public specifications
Not independently validated
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Secondary concepts, clearly separated from current priorities

KBMB maintains several technology directions at different stages. This page records two secondary concepts without presenting them as ready for procurement or deployment.

Flagship proposal

Green Ammonia is the current institutional proposal and remains at pre-feasibility stage.

Applied R&D

Mobile Drying is the current component-prototyping and pre-pilot-integration programme.

Other concepts

SL Oven and SL Tower remain secondary prototype-stage directions with specifications subject to validation.

CONCEPT 01 · PROTOTYPE STAGE

SL Oven — on-demand hydrogen cooking concept

SL Oven explores a cooking system in which electricity and treated water are used to produce hydrogen during operation. The proposed configuration supplies the generated gas directly to a controlled burner rather than relying on bulk hydrogen storage.

The concept is at prototype stage. Public performance, safety, energy-consumption and appliance-certification claims have not been independently validated.

V07 · SL Oven concept visualisation
1. Electrical supplyElectricity powers the proposed control and electrolysis systems.
2. Treated waterPrepared water is supplied to the electrolyser.
3. Hydrogen on demandHydrogen is produced while the appliance is operating.
4. Controlled cooking heatThe proposed burner converts the generated gas into cooking heat.
VALIDATION REQUIRED

What must be established before product claims

Prototype appearance and internal development work are not sufficient to establish appliance safety or commercial performance.

  • Electrical energy consumption
  • Hydrogen-production rate under operating conditions
  • Cooking and oven thermal performance
  • Ventilation and indoor-use requirements
  • Complete appliance safety system
  • Applicable testing and certification pathway
  • Durability, maintenance and operating cost
No public power, temperature, water-consumption or indoor-use specification is stated until it has been validated under an agreed test protocol.
CONCEPT 02 · PROTOTYPE-STAGE INFRASTRUCTURE

SL Tower — autonomous rural-infrastructure concept

SL Tower explores a combined platform for solar electricity, satellite connectivity and atmospheric-water production in remote communities.

In its current description, SL Tower is a separate rural-infrastructure concept. It is not presented as an application of the PEM electrolysis and hydrogen-combustion pathway used in other KBMB programmes.

The concept remains subject to site-specific energy, water, structural, connectivity, maintenance and operating-cost validation.

V08 · SL Tower rural-infrastructure concept

Connectivity

The proposed platform combines satellite backhaul with local wireless distribution.

Water

An atmospheric-water system is proposed to extract, treat and store water, subject to local climate and water-quality testing.

Energy

A solar and battery system is proposed to support connectivity, water production and essential site services.

Not yet validated

  • Community demand and service model
  • Water yield in the local climate
  • Water quality and treatment performance
  • Complete energy and battery balance
  • Structural and severe-weather requirements
  • Connectivity coverage and reliability
  • Maintenance and local operating model
  • Capital and operating cost
CURRENT PRIORITY

Evidence before expansion

KBMB’s immediate public focus remains the Green Ammonia feasibility pathway and the integration and testing of the Mobile Drying Complex. SL Oven and SL Tower remain documented as secondary concepts until further validation is available.

Green Ammonia proposal

Review the proposed feasibility pathway for local ammonia production in Sabah.

Mobile Drying R&D

Review the component-prototyping, integration and planned product-trial pathway.