Anthracite, also known as hard coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster. It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest energy density of all types of coal and is the highest ranking of coals.

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Anthracite is the highest grade of coal because it is the hard coal and contains over 90per cent of carbon and also it is the last step of formation of coal…………

The coal has been subjected to the most pressure and heat, making it the most compressed and hardest coal available. Hard coal contains greater potential to produce heat energy than softer, geologically “newer” coal. Anthracite is incredibly scarce and is the most brittle among coal types.

Anthracite coal is the better choice when considering your next heating or supplemental heating resource. Anthracite Coal burns HOTTER than other fossil fuels. All resources that are burned as fuels or used to generate heat are measured by the British Thermal Unit, also known as BTUs.

Anthracite, although a natural coal not a manufactured smokeless fuel, does meet the Defra requirements and is therefore considered smokeless. It will still be readily available and may continue to be used after 1st May 2021.

Low ash & soot content — Anthracite coal is clean to touch and burns to a tight residual ash content that is easy to clean from the grate of closed appliances.

Anthracite burns hot — between 800 degrees and 900 degrees Fahrenheit. It can cook a pizza in five minutes and must never be allowed to extinguish because of the cost and time of reigniting. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, the two days when the pizza restaurant is closed, Mr. Pizza won’t save anthracite coal.

Cooking with grills can be problematic for two reasons. First, both charcoal and wood burn “dirty,” producing not only hydrocarbons but also tiny soot particles that pollute the air and can aggravate heart and lung problems.

Anthracite is the least plentiful form of coal. In the United States it is found mostly in northeastern Pennsylvania and makes up less than 2 percent of all coal reserves in the country. Smaller amounts of anthracite occur in South Africa, Australia, eastern Ukraine, western Canada, China, and other countries.

Anthracite coal burns very warm and clean producing no dirty soot or particle build up. It leaves no residue and produces no smoke.

Coal ignites at a temperature more than 100 degrees higher than wood, and it requires a hot bed of wood coals to get it started. Being far denser than wood, coal burns more steadily and longer. Anthracite coal generates 8 to 10 percent ash per ton – more than wood.

Safety-it is the safest fuel to use, maintain & burn, using low maintenance & self-serviceable burners. There are no concerns of chimney fires, leaking fuels or gases and is safely stored. Anthracite Coal burns HOTTER than other fossil fuels.

Coal is pulverized and then burned to generate electricity. The particles that remain after burning coal are called coal ash, principally consisting of fly ash and bottom ash. Other coal combustion by-products are boiler slag, flue gas desulfurization gypsum, and other kinds of flue gas desulfurization residues.

Re: Longest burning liquid fuel/gram? Diesel has the highest energy density per mass (J/g) of fuels suitable for camping stoves.

Hog fuel – made up of dried waste wood material from forestry, these large chips contain around 11 per cent moisture, making them a very effective burning fuel. Briquettes – these log-shaped bricks are made from recycled waste wood which are much hotter, cleaner, and longer burning than traditional timber fuels.

In conclusion, ‘house coal’ and ‘wet wood’ will be banned by 2023.

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Coal Ban. Plans to phase out the sale of house coal and wet wood have been confirmed as part of the Governments plans to cut pollutants and improve air quality. Cleaner fuels such as Smokeless Coal and kiln-dried wood are recommended instead.

Smokeless Coals (including Anthracite) and Kiln Dried Logs are NOT being banned. We recommend: Smokeless Ovals – Smokeless Ovals are a premium, cost effective, multi-purpose fuel ideal for use on open fires, multi-fuel stoves, room heaters and cookers.

From February 2021, the government will ban the sale of pre-packaged bituminous house coal and wet wood in a bid to curb particulate matter (PM) emissions.

* Also, dry wood lights easily, but a coal fire requires much more kindling to get it going. Further, wood burns cleanly, while coal smoke is considered dirty. If you do use coal, anthracite is a relarively clean-burning fuel with a low sulfur content. That’s one advantage of coal stoves.

Burning wood is not CO2 free; it releases carbon, stored over the previous decades, in one quick burst. For an equal amount of heat or electricity, it releases more CO2 than burning gas, oil and even coal, so straight away we have more CO2 in the air from burning wood. This should be reabsorbed as trees regrow.