The primary mission of SKLCC is to provide core technologies and solutions for clean and efficient utilization of coal to meet increasing energy demand for the sustainable development of the economy and society. SKLCC conducts frontier fundamental and applied researches on the combustion of coal and the conversion of coal with emphasis on clean fuels, high-value added chemicals and advanced materials, and on the solution to environmental problems associated with coal utilization.

Clean combustion and utilization of coal

The main work focuses on research the mechanisms and control methods of gas-solid flow, combustion, heat transfer, and pollutants in coal-fired boilers under variable loads, develop technologies such as rapid load change, rapid start stop, ultra-low load stable combustion, and wide load NOx control, form a flexible and deep peak shaving technology system for power plant boilers, and construct a new theory of coal purification combustion near zero emissions.

Direct Coal Conversion

The main work focuses on fundamentals in coal pyrolysis, gasification and direct liquefaction, including transformation of coal constituents, co-processing of coal with low-value organic materials, coal conversion under mild conditions, catalysis and reaction engineering.

Coal based clean oil products

The main work focuses on reactions, catalysis and engineering in synthesis of diesel, gasoline, alcohols and ethers at laboratory and pilot plant scales. The attentions are paid on slurry phase synthesis, catalysis, reaction mechanism and kinetics, and reactor engineering.

Coal based chemicals

The main work focuses on catalysis and reaction mechanisms in methanol conversion with the emphasis on the transformation mechanism from C-O bond to C-C bond, growth mechanism of carbon chain and ether chain, preparation of highly efficient catalysts and development of new processes.

Pollutant control and resource utilization

The main work focuses on simultaneous removal of SO_x, NO_x and Hg from flue gas, emission control of S, N and trace elements during thermal treatments of coal, recycling of waste organic materials, and CO₂ capture and utilization.