Introducing a coke battery with 35.5-m3 furnace chambers: Quality of coke produced

Coke battery 1, with furnace chambers of width 480 mm and useful volume 35.5 m3 has been put into operation, with subsequent adjustment of the heating conditions and discharge force. After reaching the design coking period of 19 h, the regulators are readjusted, and a uniform temperature distribution is obtained over the length and height of the heating walls. The properties of the coke from coke battery no. 1 are investigated. The quality of coke from furnaces with different chamber width and coking periods is compared. Overall, the strength of blast-furnace coke from batteries 1 and 3–4 complies with the relevant technical specifications.