Coal Sampling and Analysis

Sampling
Coal Sampling

Manual Coal Sampling

Auto Coal Sampling

From Wagons

From Stock Pile

From Trucks

Sampling from Wagons during loading or unloading

Complete rake is divided into six sub-lots. In order to get a representative gross sample coal shall be sampled in a steady motion. By means of random table a min of 25% of the wagons shall be selected from the sub-lot . Min 50 no of increments of weight approx 7kg to be collected from one sub-lot. Gross sample to be collected for one rack will be approx 2100 kg

Random Number Table

81 61 52 43 65 21 31 73 33 75 74 37 07 08 32 58 90 98 15 66 67 42 16 77 27 11 55 20 35 99 95 62 29 25 40 23 88 05 26 09 70 93 39 72 63 80 13 68 79 06 56 96 04 49 57 10 36 46 92 47 51 34 71 86 97 30 24 69 38 48 54 18 14 03 84 01 91 85 12 60 50 22 76 83 82 100 19 94 41 28 53 89 78 45 87 44 64 59 17 02

Laboratory Sample Preparation

The gross sample collected shall be crushed to 5 cm by mechanical means mixed thoroughly and quartered. This process to be done for at least two times. Then crushed to 12.5 mm by a jaw crusher and then to 3.35 mm by palmac type. The crushed sample is reduced either by coning and quartering or by riffling till 2kg of sample is obtained. The sample as reduced shall be finally ground to pass through 212 micron IS sieves. From the ground material 1.5 kg shall be constitute the laboratory sample. The laboratory sample shall be divided into three equal parts, one for the purchaser, another for supplier and the third for referee. Note: The sample shall be kept in a glass or polyethylene container and shall be sealed and marked properly

Moisture Sample
At the time of reduction of gross sample to 12.5 mm collect approx 5 kg of sample by not less then 10 approx equal increments. Reduce this sample to as near to 1kg as possible and put the sample so reduced in air tight tin and seal it without delay.