Case Study
Coke Oven Collection Main Pressure Control
BACKGROUND: Coke ovens process coal into coke, which is used as a fuel source in steel mill blast furnaces. The transformation is done in batches in a coke oven battery at temperatures up to 1,100°C for approximately 24 hours. Coal carbonization is done in what’s called a “reducing atmosphere furnace” where oxygen and other oxidizing gases are absent. Higher quality coke demands tight control of this process in order to limit the impurities