Optimization of Thermal Parameters of the Coke Oven Battery by Modified Methodology of Temperature Measurement in Heating Flues as the Management Tool in the Cokemaking Industry

Ludwik Kosyrczyk, Slawomir Stelmach, Krzysztof Gaska, Agnieszka Generowicz, Natalia Iwaszczuk and Dariusz Kardaś
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Ludwik Kosyrczyk: Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal, Zamkowa 1 St, 41-803 Zabrze, Poland
Slawomir Stelmach: Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal, Zamkowa 1 St, 41-803 Zabrze, Poland
Krzysztof Gaska: Department of Water and Wastewater Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18 St, 44‑100 Gliwice, Poland
Agnieszka Generowicz: Department of Environmental Technologies, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24 St, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
Natalia Iwaszczuk: Faculty of Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, Gramatyka 10 St, 30-076 Cracow, Poland
Dariusz Kardaś: The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Science, Fiszera 14 St, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: Coke production is still of great economic importance due to its crucial role in the steel production process. The reliability of the operation of coke oven batteries depends on the maintenance of good technical condition of their ceramic massif, which in turn requires ensuring proper operation of the heating system and maintaining temperature stability in the heating flues. Regularly performed temperature measurements in heating flues due to the size of the battery and the dynamics of accompanying processes do not reflect the actual thermal state of the object at a given time. Corrections commonly introduced to the results of temperature measurements in heating flues, taking into account so-called reversion, significantly improve the accuracy of the obtained measurement results. However, still the interpretation of the results of temperature measurements in the coke oven battery heating flues does not take into account its changes during the coking cycle, even though they reach up to 60 K. The article discusses the usability of the introduction of a new, additional correction to the temperature measured in the heating flues enabling a more precise assessment of the current thermal state of the coke oven battery. The use of the method will allow for reduction of the fuel gas consumption and limitation of emissions resulting from its combustion and can be used as an effective tool for decision making.

Keywords: coke oven battery; heating flues; temperature measurement; temperature adjustment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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