Dear Sir,
Very Good Morming.
We need your help regarding soft copies of ASTM standards for fuels Coal & Pet Coke (Volume05.06).
Please provide us the ASTM to be followed for analysis of various parameters in coal,pet coke and AFR.
You are requested to provide us the ASTM methods to be follewed for analysis of various parameters in coal,pet coke and AFR as per attached list:-

Sr. No.

Title of ASTM

ASTM No.

1

Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Stationary Coal from Railroad Cars, Barges, Trucks, or Stockpiles Barges, Trucks, or Stockpiles

D6883-04

2

Standard Practice for collection of Gross Coal Samples                                        

D2234/2234-10

3

Standard Practice for Preparing Coal Samples          

 D2013/2013M – 12

4

Standard Test Method for Total Moisture in Coal

 D3302/D3302M-12

5

Standard Test for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and Coke and conversion formulae

D5865 -12

6

Standard Practice for Calculating Coal and Coke Analyses from As-Determined to Different Bases

 D3180-12

7

Standard Test Method for Equilibrium Moisture of Coal at 96 to 97 Percent Relative Humidity and 30°C.

D1412 -07

8

Standard Practice for Proximate Analysis of Coal and Coke

D3172-07a

9

Standard Test Method for Moisture in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke

D3173 -11 

10

Standard Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke

D3175-11

11

Standard Test Method for Ash in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke from Coal

D3174-12

12

Standard Test Method for Total Chlorine in Coal by the Oxygen Bomb Combustion / Ion Selective Electrode Method

D4208-13

13

Standard Test Methods for Instrumental Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen in Laboratory Samples of Coal

D5373 -08

14

Standard Test Method for Proximate Analysis of Coal and Coke by Macro Thermo Gravimetric Analysis

D7582-12

15

Standard Test Method for Sulfur in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke using High-Temperature Tube Furnace Combustion

D4239 -12



Kindly provide us the formulae for calculation of  net calorific value of fuels when elemental analyser., i.e C, H, N & S analyser is not available in the plant.

Thanks & Regards,