{"id":16662,"date":"2023-11-04T06:20:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T00:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16662"},"modified":"2025-04-04T22:27:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:57:56","slug":"methanol-diesel-15-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/methanol-diesel-15-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Methanol Diesel-15 fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Methanol Diesel-15 fuel<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a special fuel developed by the Indian Railways\u2019 Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in collaboration with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL).<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0cost-effective blended fuel containing 15% methanol, 71% mineral diesel, and 14% indigenously developed additives by IOCL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are the benefits of MD-15?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It offers\u00a0superior performance,\u00a0combustion, and emission characteristics compared to regular mineral diesel fuel.<\/li>\n<li>It has the potential to reduce diesel consumption by 15% and result in substantial annual savings.<\/li>\n<li>It significantly\u00a0decreases harmful pollutant emissions, contributing to a cleaner and greener environment.<\/li>\n<li>The NOx emissions were significantly lower thus reducing the harmful pollutants, which causes smog and pollution,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key facts about Methanol<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also called\u00a0methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, or wood spirit.<\/li>\n<li>It is the simplest of a long series of organic compounds called alcohols, consisting of a methyl group (CH3) linked with a hydroxy group (OH).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It completely mixes with water.<\/li>\n<li>Production\n<ul>\n<li>This fuel is generally produced by steam-reforming natural gas to create a synthesis gas.<\/li>\n<li>Feeding this synthesis gas into a reactor with a catalyst produces methanol and water vapor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Application:\u00a0Used to make\u00a0chemicals, to\u00a0remove water from automotive and aviation fuels, as a\u00a0solvent for paints and plastics and as an ingredient in a wide variety of products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Q1) What is Nitrogen dioxide?<\/h2>\n<p>It is a reddish-brown gas with the chemical formula NO2. It is one of the most significant and harmful nitrogen oxides. NO2 is a major component of smog and is a potent respiratory irritant. It is a byproduct of the reaction of nitric oxide (NO) with oxygen in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyportal.eu\/news\/md-15-the-new-fuel-that-may-replace-diesel-in-indian-railways-locomotives-save-rs-2280-crore\/427151\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MD-15: The New Fuel that May Replace Diesel in Indian Railways\u2019 Locomotives, Save Rs 2,280 Crore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Methanol Diesel-15 fuel is a special fuel developed by the Indian Railways\u2019 Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in collaboration with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}