“…Due to the complicated lignitewater interactions, various aspects involving the forms of water present in low rank coals [16,17], physical-chemical structure of coal [18], migration of water during drying [19], coal structure changes during moisture loss [20], moisture re-adsorption [21], and effects of water removal on subsequent applications [22,23], were widely examined. Several characteristic techniques such as NMR [24], DSC [25] and FTIR [26] in determination and quantification of types of water and coal structures were also conducted.…”