The extraction of red pigment from red sweet pepper with methanol was reported. Effect of the PH value, heat and sunlight on the stability were researched in depth.

A new approach was presented for combining the medium-and-low temperature waste heat in sintered gas with methanol steam reforming to produce hydrogen.

Combined with methanol's indirect use in power system, methanol and dimethyl-ether steam reforming use gas turbine exhaust gas to constitute the chemically recuperative gas turbine cycle.