Procedures for testing online coal analyzers

Coalsmith has seen increasing activity in online coal analysis this year. More utilities are looking for ways to efficiently utilize opportunity fuels with lower quality that can be blended to reduce cost and prevent outages. Three at once i am Working on a laser induced breakdown spectrometer, an X-ray fluorescence, and Prompt Gamma neutron activation machines at a couple of locations. Hope to generate some case studies for the ASTM D6543 standard being redrafted by our task group. We will have a redraft available in May for the ASTM committee week meeting in Indianapolis May 22. Stay tuned!

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