Optimizing the preparation of coal batch for coking at ChAO Makeevkoks

Abstract

The expediency of introducing up-to-date systems in the preparation of coal batch for coking at ChAO Makeevkoks is evident if the quality of the coal concentrates employed is assessed in terms of technical, plastometric, petrographic, and granulometric characteristics. Coking trials indicate that separating out the small coal classes prior to final crushing significantly improves the technological characteristics (M₂₅, M₁₀) and structural parameters (the Ginzburg abrasive hardness and Gryaznov structural strength) of the blastfurnace coke produced. Introducing hydrocarbon briquets in the coal batch permits the utilization of coking waste without impairing the coke strength.