Coal conversion technology: Opportunities and challenges

T.Y. Yan

Energy, 1986, vol. 11, issue 11, 1239-1247

Abstract: Coal conversion is currently not economically viable and its commercialization is not advisable. Both liquefaction and gasification for converting coal to synfuels are hydrogen-enrichment processes. The theoretical yield and efficiency of coal conversion are constrained by hydrogen stoichiometry and cannot be improved through research. Coal conversion is capitalintensive, with capital charges ranging from 40 to over 60% of the total cost. Hydrogen generation and gasification are particularly expensive but may be amenable to cost reduction through research.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(86)90061-7

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