Characterization of Some Nigerian Coals for Power Generation

Table 2

Results of ultimate analyses of the five coal samples.

Elements	Samples
	Odagbo	Owukpa	Ezimo	Amansiodo	Inyi
Carbon (%)	62.16	67.82	54.21	66.95	49.27
Hydrogen (%)	5.87	5.88	4.42	5.62	4.19
Nitrogen (%)	1.37	1.43	1.22	1.58	1.24
Total sulphur (%)	1.07	0.60	0.56	0.92	0.56
Oxygen (%)	9.34	9.47	9.59	10.93	10.53