Prospect for Development of Technology of Coal Chemical Industry in the 21st Century

Coal is one of the important backbones for the economic development in the world. There are three problems in coal conversion should be considered ,that is, high efficiency, cleanness and economics. The integration of energy, resource and environment should be attended in solving the above problems. The coal chemical industry will have great progress in the 21st century, but its prospect is not so optimistic due to the special characteristics of coal itself.