Classification of fuels:- Fuels may be classified as Solid,Liquid and Gaseous and as natural or prepared.The various fuels commonly used for combustion in the Thermal Power Plants are coal,Oil and Gas.Gaseous fuel is rarely economical except when the Power Plant is located near natural gas field or Gas manufacturing industries.Oil is used only where it is plentiful and cheap.Coal is the most commonly used fuel in Thermal Power Plant. The coals can be classified in increasing order of heat value,namely peat,lignite,sub-bituminous,bituminous,semi-bituminous,semi-anthracite,anthracite and super anthracite coals. Coal Mine Peat is the first stage in the process of transformation of buried vegetarian into coal.Its enthalpy of combustion is about 700 kcal/kg.Owing to high moisture content,peat is not suitable for power plants.Lignite is the ne...