HCNG

Oct. 21, 2020

Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas inaugurated IndianOil's compact reformer plant and launched the trial run of Delhi's buses on Hydrogen-blended CNG (HCNG).

About:

  • HCNG is a hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (CNG).

  • In Delhi, instead of physically blending hydrogen with CNG, hydrogen spiked CNG will be produced using compact reforming process patented by Indian Oil Corporation.

  • Benefits:
    • H-CNG blends can be produced directly from CNG, bypassing the energy-intensive electrolysis process and high-pressure blending costs.

    • The flexible and robust process allows the production of H-CNG on-site, in less severe conditions, and under low pressure

    • It provides a higher yield H-CNG mixture by up to 4% to 5% compared to CNG's input quantity.

    • The cost of H-CNG production by the above process is about 22% cheaper than conventional physical blending.



Source : The Hindu

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