Research Focus Areas

• Thermochemical RNG production using renewable feedstocks
• Hydrogen production through water electrolysis using renewable electricity followed by methanation to produce RNG
• Systems level techno-economic and life cycle analyses to evaluate and optimize technology pathways
• Resource availability and processing challenges
• Market and policy analysis
• Related technologies such as direct hydrogen injection into pipeline, RNG composition for low NOx engines, advanced vehicle technologies to enable increased RNG use in transportation, etc.

Contact Arun Raju at arun@engr.ucr.edu for information.