PDF Coal Conversion Facts Drummond Company
Air Dried (ad): includes Inherent Moisture (IM) only Dry Basis (db): excludes all Moisture Dry Ash Free (daf): excludes all Moisture Ash The Proximate Analysis of any coal the % content of Moisture, Ash (A), Volatile Matter (VM), Fixed Carbon (FC) also Sulphur (S)and Calorific Value (CV) can be expressed on any of the above bases.