The winner of the “Leaders of Russia” management competition, Candidate of Chemical Sciences Ilya Menshchikov, and a team of scientists and engineers have developed a system for accumulating natural gas methane, as well as a high-speed refueling system for natural gas vehicles. The Lada Vesta car, equipped with an experimental system, was transported from Togliatti to St. He has already completed his journey to St. Petersburg and back. This was reported by the press service of the competition “Leaders of Russia”.
Ilya Menshchikov, project manager responsible for the application of natural gas adsorption batteries in road transport, deputy head of the engineering and technical center of the Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry RAS, became the winner of the fourth season of “Leaders of Russia”. (IFCE RAS).
According to him, the use of natural gas in motor transportation is an important area. He noted that the Russian government and leading companies in the energy sector attach great importance to this field.
The scientist emphasized that natural gas storage technology (NGA) based on new nanoporous adsorbents is in demand all over the world. He believes that Russia has a chance to become a leader in this direction.
Menshchikov explained that adsorption technology allows operation at lower pressures than usually used for gas compression.
Menshchikov said that in parallel, work is continuing on a new type of gas station with reduced energy consumption. This will close the entire loop of the technology and solve problems such as slow refueling and reduced tank capacity due to accumulation of impurities.
“With the help of APG, it is more profitable to gasify small consumers in regions where there are no pipelines and their laying is impractical. “We have developed a mobile terminal that can be filled with gas, loaded onto a platform and transported to the place of consumption,” explained the author of the project.
He explained that there is still a lot of work ahead of us, such as adapting the solution to the market, certification and standardization studies.
“We are actively supported here by our industrial partners as well as the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade,” the scientist said.
The management competition “Leaders of Russia” is the flagship project of the presidential platform “Russia – Land of Opportunities”. It has been organized in the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2017.
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Source: Gazeta
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