[scythe]

This is a very stark misrepresentation of the research. The actual study is about reducing the energy consumption of natural gas refining:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13697...

Apparently this process accounts for a large fraction of energy consumed in the overall petrochemical economy, but it's got little to do with hydrogen storage.

In fact, boron nitride, the key material here, has been extensively considered for hydrogen storage due to the stability of the compound NH3BH3, hence attempts to perform the reaction BN + 3 H2 >> NH3BH3, but these are very difficult and it's unlikely a simple technique would have been missed. The use of BN to adsorb ethylene is much less "obvious".

[einpoklum]

So, the abstract says:

> Light hydrocarbon olefin and paraffin gas mixtures are produced during natural gas or petrochemical processing.

You seem to be a bit more knowledgeable about the subject matter, so - can you tell use what exactly are those gas mixtures used for? What industrial process will benefit from these energy savings and transport safety?