Furukawa Electric Review No.53Technology for Producing Green LPG With Ramune Catalyst

Yuichiro Bamba, Junya Hirano, Hirokazu Sasaki, Masayuki Fukushima, Takao Masuda

A cooperative study with Hokkaido University is in progress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is a global social issue. A technology to convert biogas into Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has been successfully developed by applying the developed metal catalyst fixing technology. LPG produced, by using this technology, from carbon dioxide and methane obtained from livestock manure is easy to store and transport, and can be used as energy in ordinary households and in industrial sites such as dairy farming, as well as in the event of a disaster. We believe that this technology not only contributes to a decarbonized society but also to the formation of a circular and ecological economy by promoting local consumption of local production on energy assisting the new social infrastructure of the region.