Research Article

An Experimental Study on the Particle Size and Shape Distribution of Coal Drill Cuttings by Dynamic Image Analysis

Table 1

Statistical parameters (mean, standard deviation, relative standard deviation, and half-width of the 95% confidence interval) of PSD characteristics parameters of 8 times repeated experiments ( g).

Measurement number or statistical parametersMean diameter (μm)Median diameter D50 (μm)Sorting coefficient

1#1930.091905.031.60
2#1820.371748.471.67
3#1802.981781.411.52
4#1829.041746.321.69
5#1829.641788.311.61
6#1839.761810.731.68
7#1831.061748.581.68
8#1770.461701.431.55
Mean1831.671778.781.63
Standard deviation45.4560.860.07
Relative standard deviation0.020.030.04
Half-width of the confidence interval (95% confidence)38.0050.880.05