Coal utilization | Volatile Matter Chemistry | Britannica
Calorific value. Calorific value, measured in British thermal units or megajoules per kilogram, is the amount of chemical energy stored in a coal that is released as thermal energy upon combustion. It is directly related to rank; in fact, the ASTM method uses calorific value to classify coals at or below the rank of highvolatile bituminous (above that rank, coals are classified by fixed ...