Characterization of Some Nigerian Coals for Power Generation

Table 1

Results of proximate analyses of the five coal samples.

Properties	Samples
	Odagbo	Owukpa	Ezimo	Amansiodo	Inyi
Inherent moisture (%)	14.9	11.5	6.6	5.4	3.8
Ash content (%)	5.3	3.3	23.4	8.6	30.4
Volatile matter, VM (%)	38.7	39.1	31.1	38.1	29.9
Fixed carbon, FC (%)	41.1	46.1	38.9	47.9	35.9