Methanol

Methanol Latest News

Recently, the Deendayal Port Authority (Kandla Port) has advanced its methanol bunkering capabilities, positioning itself as a key player in India’s energy transition efforts and global green shipping corridors. 

About Methanol

• It is also known as wood alcohol is the simplest alcohol (CH3OH).
• Production
  • This fuel is generally produced by steam-reforming natural gas to create a synthesis gas. Feeding this synthesis gas into a reactor with a catalyst produces methanol and water vapor.
• Properties
  • It appears as a colorless fairly volatile liquid with a faintly sweet pungent odor like that of ethyl alcohol.
  • It can completely mix with water.
  • It has a high-octane, clean-burning fuel that is a potentially important substitute for gasoline in automotive vehicles.
• Applications: Used to make chemicals, to remove water from automotive and aviation fuels, as a solvent for paints and plastics, and as an ingredient in a wide variety of products.

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Benefits of Methanol

• Methanol can be an alternative to conventional transportation fuels.
• Lower production cost: Methanol is cheap to produce relative to other alternative fuels.
• Improved safety: Methanol has a lower risk of flammability compared to gasoline.
• Increased energy security: Methanol can be manufactured from a variety of domestic carbon-based feedstocks, such as biomass, natural gas, and coal.

Source: PIB