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Hardgrove Grindability Index

The Hardgrove Grindability Index (HGI) is a measure of how easy or difficult it is to grind coal into a powder, with a lower HGI indicating softer coal that is less grindable. The HGI is determined empirically by grinding a sample of coal between 0.6-1.2mm in size for 60 rotations in a calibrated mill, then calculating the HGI based on the fraction of coal that passes through a sieve.

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Hardgrove Grindability Index

The Hardgrove Grindability Index (HGI) is a measure of how easy or difficult it is to grind coal into a powder, with a lower HGI indicating softer coal that is less grindable. The HGI is determined empirically by grinding a sample of coal between 0.6-1.2mm in size for 60 rotations in a calibrated mill, then calculating the HGI based on the fraction of coal that passes through a sieve.

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Hardgrove Grindability Index

Hardgrove Grindability Index (short HGI) is a measure for the grindability of coal.
Grindability is an index, therefore it has no unit. The smaller the HGI, the softer is coal
texture and less grindable is the coal.
Grindability is an important factor for the design a coal mill. As grindability depends on
many unknown factors, HGI is determined empirically using a sample mill according to
the following procedure:

Procedure of measurement

50 g of air dried coal featuring a grain size in the range between 0.6 and 1.2 mm are filled
into the sample mill and a weight is put on the mill's grinding stone. After 60 rounds the
grinded coal is put on a sampling sieve. Factor D equals the fraction of the coal passing
through the sieve. HGI is calculated from D as follows:
H= 13 + 6.93D
This procedure only results in relative values because the sampling mill is calibrated
using a reference coal. The HGI of the reference coal is defined as 100.

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