Relations between Coal Properties and Spontaneous Combustion Parameters

Authors: ERDOĞAN KAYMAKÇI, VEDAT DİDARİ

Abstract: The results of linear and multiple regression analyses to determine the relationship between spontaneous combustion parameters (derived from time-temperature curves obtained from laboratory tests) and coal parameters (obtained from proximate, ultimate and petrographic analyses) have been explained. The linear regression analyses have shown that ash (A), volatile matter (VM), carbon (C), hydrogen (H), exinite (E), inertinite (I) and mineral matter (MM) are the major factors affecting spontaneous combustion. According to the multiple regression analyses, these major factors are volatile matter, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), sulphur (S) and inertinite. As a result of this study, some empirical equations have been derived using statistical models.

Keywords: Spontaneous combustion, Coal.

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