ABSTRACT
Coal liquefaction, also called Coal To Liquid (CTL) Technology, is an industrial process in which coal as raw material is converted into liquid hydrocarbon mixture through chemical reaction, which, under further processing, becomes the desired liquid fuels or chemical feedstock. The liquid fuels produced through this process are suitable for transportation application by the removal of carbon or addition of hydrogen, either directly or indirectly. In this way coal can act as a substitute for crude oil. However, the cost effectiveness of coal liquefaction depends to a large extant on the world oil price with which in an open market economy, it needs to compete.
