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

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

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Fuels and Combustion
Presence of free moisture in coal during its high temperature carbonisation

Reduces the coking time
Increases the loss of fine coal dust from the ovens when charging
Protects the volatile products from pyrolysis (cracking) in the presence of hot coke and hot oven walls
None of these

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