The present invention discloses a method for detecting the
vitrinite reflectance of
coal, which mainly solves the technical problems in the prior art that the detection accuracy of the
vitrinite reflectance of
coal is low, it depends on the experience of the inspector, and the
vitrinite reflectance of
coal with a particle size of less than 0.2 mm cannot be detected. The technical scheme is a method for detecting the
vitrinite reflectance of coal, comprising the following steps: 1) preparing a coal sample to be tested; 2) performing
dry distillation on the coal to be tested, weighing a certain
mass of the coal sample to be tested, loading it into a high-temperature furnace, controlling the high-temperature furnace to heat the coal sample to be tested from
room temperature to the
dry distillation temperature of the coal at a heating rate of 3 to 10°C / min, using a
hydrogen analyzer to measure the volume of
hydrogen generated in the whole process of heating the coal sample to be tested from
room temperature to the
dry distillation temperature of the coal, and calculating the
hydrogen generation index n of the coal to be tested, in units of ml / mg; 3) calculating the
vitrinite reflectance of coal. The method of the present invention detects the
vitrinite reflectance of coal quickly and accurately, and is not affected by the particle size of the coal.