| Sr.No | R&D proposals are invited for funding by CHT in the following areas. |
|---|---|
| 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 |