Research Article

Effect of Functional Groups in Coal on the Depth of Adsorption Potential Well

Table 1

Statistics of potential well depth distribution in different metamorphic coal samples.

Types of coal samples (%)Distribution ratio of potential well depth (%)
15~20 kJ/mol10~15 kJ/mol5~10 kJ/mol0~5 kJ/mol

Anthracite3.124.8435.9817.1922.00
Lean coal2.118.1927.2925.4329.10
Coking coal1.33.8823.8832.6239.62
Brown coal0.41.949.2641.7447.06