| A. R&D Project Areas |
| 1. |
Value addition to refinery streams including petrochemicals. |
| 2. |
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) |
| 3. |
Domestic fossil energy: shale gas, gas hydrate, coal bed methane, etc. |
| 4. |
Gasification of Coal, Pet-coke, Biomass, waste, etc. |
| 5. |
Industry 4.0: Digitalization to improve efficiency |
| 6. |
Water Conservation / Waste Water Treatment |
| 7. |
Bio-fuels: Cost-effective Biomass and bio-oil valorisation |
| 8. |
Waste: Domestic, Municipal, Sewage, Plastic, Agricultural, Industrial valorisation |
| 9. |
Syngas valorisation |
| 10. |
Hydrogen production and Storage |
| 11. |
HCNG: mixing and pipeline transportation |
| 12. |
Batteries & Energy storage systems |
| 13. |
Fuel cell technology |
| 14. |
Solar energy technologies |
| 15. |
Electrification of cooking |
| 16. |
Biotechnology |
| 17. |
Nanotechnological Intervention |
| B. Energy Conservation Projects Area/Domain |
| 1. |
Development of a new or improved product for substitution or conservation of petroleum products/fossil fuels along with process/technology for commercial production. |
| 2. |
Development of a new or improved process/technology towards conservation of petroleum products along with development of a technology demonstrating pilot plant for the same. |
| 3. |
Indigenization of imported technology. |
| 4. |
Technology development projects for improvement in energy efficiency of products consuming petroleum fuel/Gas. |
| 5. |
Development/improvisation of product/process/technology resulting in enhanced energy efficiency with the ultimate aim of reducing India's import dependency in the petroleum sector. |
| 6. |
Development/improvisation of product/process/technology resulting in the reduction of carbon footprint. |
| 7. |
Development and demonstration of energy-efficient technologies for common use by clusters of industries. |
| 8. |
Any other specific topic on energy conservation as decided by CHT. |
