Coal Liquefaction

Coal can be converted to liquid fuel either by removal of carbon or addition of hydrogen the first approch is know as carbonization & the second is known as liquefaction.

The Major Objective of Coal Liquefaction is to produce synthetic oil to supplement the natural sources of petroleum it is an attractive technology because

• It is well developed and thus could be implemented fairly rapidly and
• There are relatively large quantities of coal reserves.
• Stable supplies of coal, however, are readily available worldwide, and the known resources of minable coal are