Fuels and Combustion
Rate of low temperature oxidation of coal due to bad storage conditions

Does not vary with increase in surface area
Decreases with increase in surface area
Is accelerated by storage in large heaps with small surface to volume ratio
Is more for low volatile coal compared to high volatile coal

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Fuels and Combustion
Ratio of primary air to secondary air increases with increase in the rank of coal, because the

Oxygen content progressively decreases
Calorific value of the coal increases
High rank coals have higher amount of volatile matter
Ratio of fixed carbon to volatile matter increases

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