Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL) <\/strong>has successfully demonstrated a facility to create methanol from high ash Indian coal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Methanol is a clean-burning fuel <\/b>that can replace both petrol & diesel in transportation & LPG, Wood, Kerosene in cooking fuel. It can also replace diesel in Railways and could be an ideal complement to Hybrid and Electric Mobility.<\/span><\/p>\n Methanol can also be used to generate di-methyl ether (DME), <\/b>a liquid fuel that is very similar to diesel \u2014 existing diesel engines simply need to be minimally changed to use DME instead of diesel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Methanol burns efficiently<\/b> in all internal combustion engines, produces no particulate matter, no soot, almost nil SOX and NOX emissions (NEAR ZERO POLLUTION).<\/span><\/p>\n To adopt Methanol as a transport fuel requires <\/span>minimal infrastructure modifications <\/b>and capital<\/strong> both in vehicles and in terminal and distribution infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Methanol <\/span>15% blend (M15) in petrol will reduce pollution<\/b> by 33% & diesel replacement by methanol will reduce by more than 80%.<\/span><\/p>\n How Methanol is produced?<\/b><\/p>\n Methanol can be produced from a variety of feedstocks like <\/b>Natural Gas, Coal (Indian High Ash Coal), Biomass, Municipal Solid waste and most importantly from CO2.<\/span><\/p>\n The majority of worldwide methanol production <\/b>is derived from natural gas, which is a relatively easy process.<\/span><\/p>\n Challenges associated with methanol production in India<\/b><\/p>\n India doesn\u2019t have much of natural gas reserves. <\/b>Hence, producing methanol from imported natural gas leads to outflow of foreign exchange and is sometimes uneconomical due to excessive prices of natural gas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The next best option is to utilise India’s abundant coal. However, due to the high ash percentage of Indian coal<\/strong>, most internationally accessible technology will not be adequate for our demands.<\/span><\/p>\n India\u2019s Initiatives to increase Methanol Production<\/b><\/p>\n NITI Aayog’s <\/span>‘Methanol Economy’ programme<\/b> is aimed at reducing India’s oil import bill, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and converting coal reserves and municipal solid waste into methanol.<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Bureau of Indian Standards has notified 20% of DME blending with LPG<\/b>, and a notification for other blends has been issued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Railways is working towards blending methanol<\/b> in the range of 5-2% through direct fuel injection in locomotives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In 2018, Assam Petrochemicals<\/b> launched Asia’s<\/span> first canister-based methanol <\/b>cooking fuel programme.<\/span><\/p>\n Five methanol plants<\/b> based on high ash coal, five DME plants, and one natural gas-based methanol production plant with a capacity of 20 MMT\/annum in a joint venture with Israel, have been planned<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Source:<\/b> This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>BHEL demonstrates tech to create methanol from high ash coal<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> PIB <\/b>on<\/span> 9th September 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the news? Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL) has successfully demonstrated a facility to create methanol from high ash Indian coal.\u00a0 About Methanol Methanol is a clean-burning fuel that can replace both petrol & diesel in transportation & LPG, Wood, Kerosene in cooking fuel. 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What are the benefits of using Methanol?<\/b><\/h5>\n