The Main Differences Between Thermal Coal,Coking Coal And Anthracite Coal

The main differences between thermal coal, coking coal, and anthracite coal lie in their uses, classifications, and characteristics:

Uses: Coking coal is mainly used in steelmaking; thermal coal is mainly used for combustion, such as in thermal power generation; and anthracite coal is mainly used in industries such as fertilizer production, ceramics, manufacturing, forging, metallurgy, and water treatment.

Classification: Coking coal is divided into blast furnace coke and coking coal; power coal is divided into brown coal, lean coal, gas coal, etc.; anthracite is a type of coal resource classified according to its degree of coalification, and it is the coal with the highest degree of coalification.

Features: Coking coal has high viscosity; the calorific value, volatile matter, and ash content requirements for power coal are not as high as those for chemical coal; anthracite has high fixed carbon content, high density, high hardness, high ignition point, does not coking, produces less smoke and shorter flames when burning, and has strong heat output.

In summary, these three types of coal have different applications and requirements in industry.