Union Minister for Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey, dedicated India’s first coal-to-methanol (CTM) pilot plant built by BHEL to the nation.
The Minister also inaugurated an exhibition on Products Developed under Aatmanirbhar Bharat organised at BHEL’s Hyderabad unit.
In addition, an audio-visual presentation was made on the ‘Unsung Heroes of the Indian Freedom Struggle’ belonging to the Telangana Region.
The 0.25 tpd capacity CTM pilot plant, indigenously designed, developed and installed by BHEL, is currently producing methanol with purity of more than 99 percent from high ash Indian coals.
This conversion of high ash Indian coals to methanol through the gasification route is the first-of-its-kind technology demonstration in India.