{"id":4403,"date":"2017-07-23T16:34:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=4403"},"modified":"2017-07-23T16:34:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:34:21","slug":"india-launches-first-rd-facility-high-end-fuels-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/07\/23\/india-launches-first-rd-facility-high-end-fuels-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"India launches first R&#038;D facility for high-end fuels, gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India has launched its first petroleum Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D) facility for testing high-end BS-VI quality fuel emissions, according to an official here.<!--more-->Operated by state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the R&amp;D facility is designed to test all types of fuel including petrol, diesel, ethanol-blended petrol, bio-diesel, CNG, LNG, hydrogen-CNG and 2G-ethanol blends to ensure they meet the superior BS-VI norms that are to be implemented across the country by April 2020, a Petroleum Ministry statement said.<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cfirst-of-its kind\u201d facility was inaugurated by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Faridabad in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to generating emission data, the facility will also evaluate the fuel blends for energy-efficiency and engine durability,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion, Pradhan complimented the IOC scientists for developing a \u201cnano-additised battery for use in e-rickshaws, with better efficiency and longer life than commercially available batteries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe minister also lauded the efforts of Indian Oil R&amp;D in commercialising Indane Nanocut\u2014the industrial version of LPG for the metal-cutting industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pradhan hoped IOC would take a \u201cquantum leap\u201d in alternative and renewable fuel research arenas in the next 3-4 years, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Picture source: Alamy Image<\/p>\n<p>Picture used for illustrated purposes alone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has launched its first petroleum Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D) facility for testing high-end BS-VI quality fuel emissions, according to an official here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4405,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions\/4405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}