section_path: Uses/Liquefaction
section_name: Liquefaction
paragraph_text: Liquefaction
  
  Coal can be converted directly into synthetic fuels equivalent to gasoline or diesel by hydrogenation or carbonization. Coal liquefaction emits more carbon dioxide than liquid fuel production from crude oil. Mixing in biomass and using CCS would emit slightly less than the oil process but at a high cost. State owned China Energy Investment runs a coal liquefaction plant and plans to build 2 more.
  
  Coal liquefaction may also refer to the cargo hazard when shipping coal.