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STANDARD 17247

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2020-08

Coal and coke — Ultimate analysis

Charbon et coke — Analyse élémentaire

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Contents Page

Foreword......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... iv
1 Scope.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Normative references....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
3 Terms and definitions...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
4 Principle......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
5 Preparation of sample..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
6 Test methods.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
7 Expression of results......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
8 Test report.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Annex A (informative) Ultimate analysis example.................................................................................................................................. 5

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Foreword
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minor revision. This edition includes the following changes compared to the previous edition:
— amending the title and the scope;
— updating of referenced documents;
— updating of the standard test methods used for ultimate analysis in Table 1;
— defining of constants in Table 2.
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Coal and coke — Ultimate analysis

1 Scope
This document establishes a practice for the ultimate analysis of coal and coke and is intended for
general utilization by the coal and coke industries to provide a basis for comparison of coals and cokes.

2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 334, Solid mineral fuels — Determination of total sulfur — Eschka method
ISO 579, Coke — Determination of total moisture
ISO 589, Hard coal — Determination of total moisture
ISO 609, Solid mineral fuels — Determination of carbon and hydrogen — High temperature combustion
method
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ISO 687, Solid mineral fuels — Coke — Determination of moisture in the general analysis test sample
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ISO 1171, Solid mineral fuels — Determination of ash
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ISO 1213-2, Solid mineral fuels — Vocabulary — Part 2: Terms relating to sampling, testing and analysis
ISO 5068-1, Brown coals and lignites — Determination of moisture content — Part 1: Indirect gravimetric
method for total moisture
ISO 5068-2, Brown coals and lignites — Determination of moisture content — Part 2: Indirect gravimetric
method for moisture in the analysis sample
ISO 11722, Solid mineral fuels — Hard coal — Determination of moisture in the general analysis test
sample by drying in nitrogen
ISO 19579, Solid mineral fuels — Determination of sulfur by IR spectrometry
ISO 20336, Solid mineral fuels — Determination of total sulfur by Coulomb titration method
ISO 29541, Solid mineral fuels — Determination of total carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen content —
Instrumental method

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 1213-2 and the following apply.
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3.1
ultimate analysis
analysis of a solid mineral fuel reported in terms of its carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, ash, moisture,
and oxygen by difference
Note 1 to entry: This definition includes hydrogen and oxygen present in the water of constitution of the mineral
matter associated with the coal substance and carbon and oxygen present in mineral carbonates.

[SOURCE: ISO 1213‑2:2016, 3.237, modified — In the definition "on an air-dried basis" has been deleted
and "moisture, and oxygen by difference" was added. Notes 1 and 3 to entry have been deleted and
Note 2 to entry renumbered as Note 1 to entry.]
3.2
oxygen by difference
sum of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, ash, and moisture of a solid mineral fuel, expressed as percent
mass fraction, subtracted from 100

4 Principle
Coal and coke are analysed for carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, ash, and moisture. The oxygen by
difference is calculated and the results are reported, to the preferred basis, as an ultimate analysis.

5 Preparation of sample
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6 Test methods
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Carry out the determination in accordance with the test methods specified in Table 1.
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Table 1 — Standard test methods used for ultimate analysis
Component Classical Instrumental
test method test method
Carbon and hydrogen ISO 609 or ISO 625 ISO 29541
Nitrogen — ISO 29541
Total sulfur ISO 334 ISO 19579
ISO 20336
Ash ISO 1171 —
Moisture in the air-dried sample ISO 687 —
ISO 5068-2
ISO 11722
Total moisture ISO 579 —
(if an “as received” reporting basis is required)
ISO 589
ISO 5068-1

7 Expression of results
The parameters as analysed in the sample or calculated by difference, expressed as percentage mass
fraction, may be calculated to different bases using the formulae in Table 2.
See Annex A for an example of ultimate data reported to different bases.

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Reporting basis
Excluding hydrogen and oxygen from moisture Dry Including hydrogen and oxygen
from moisture
As analysed a

Air dried (ad) As received (ar) (d) As received (ar,m)

P
Parameter (ash, carbon, nitrogen or sulfur)

 100− Mar   100   100− Mar 

Par = Pad ×  Pd = Pad ×  Par,m = Pad × 
 100− Mad   100− Mad   100− Mad 
Pad = P

Hydrogen

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 100− Mar   100   100− Mar 
Har = Had ×  Hd = Had ×  Har,m = Had ×  + 0 ,111 9Mar
Had = H − 0,111 9Mad

 100− Mad   100− Mad   100− Mad 

Oxygen (by difference)

 100− Mar   100   100− Mar 

Oar = Oad ×  Od = Oad ×  Oar,m = Oad ×  + 0 , 888 1 Mar
O = 100 − (C + H + N + S + A)

 100− Mad   100− Mad   100− Mad 

Oad =O − 0,888 1Mad
or or or or
Oad = 100 − (Cad + Had + Nad + Sad +


Oar = 100 − (Car + Har + Nar + Sar + Aar + Mar) Od = 100 − (Cd + Hd + Nd + Oar,m = 100 − (Car + Har + Nar +
Aad + Mad) S d + Ad ) Sar + Aar)

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C, H, N, S, A are the percentage mass fractions of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur and ash, respectively, expressed on the sample as analysed (i.e. no corrections);

M
NOTE   Hydrogen and oxygen reported on the as-analysed basis include hydrogen and oxygen in the free moisture that is associated with the analysis sample.

O
is the moisture content, expressed as a percentage mass fraction;
is the oxygen by difference;
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100 is conversion factor from dimensionless mass fraction to percent, %;
0,111 9 is gravimetric factor for the ratio of the relative atomic mass of H (2H) to the relative molecular mass of H2O, dimensionless;
0,888 1 is gravimetric factor for the ratio of the relative atomic mass of O to the relative molecular mass of H2O, dimensionless.
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8 Test report
The test report shall include the following information:
a) identification of the sample tested;
b) the method used by reference to this document, i.e. ISO 17247:2020;
c) the date of the determination;
d) the results and the method of expression used.

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Annex A
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Ultimate analysis example

Excluding hydrogen Excluding hydrogen

and oxygen from and oxygen from
Parameter As Dry As received
moisture moisture
mass fraction in % analysed (d) (ar,m)
Air dried As received
(ad) (ar)
Carbon 70,0 70,0 66,4 72,2 66,4
Hydrogen 4,34 4,00 3,79 4,12 4,69
Nitrogen 1,50 1,50 1,42 1,55 1,42
Sulfur 0,50 0,50 0,47 0,52 0,47
Ash 10,0 10,0 9,5 10,3 9,5
Oxygen by difference 13,7 11,0 10,4 11,3 17,5
Moisture in air-dried sample — 3,0 — — —
Total moisture — — 8,0 — —
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