2019 Pittsburgh AISTech

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Sessions (9)

Presentation of the RFCS Project BINGO – Bulk Density and Internal Gas Pressure in Coke Ovens (Room 403)

06 May 19
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Maximilian Hoven
This project aims at increasing coke plant service life by controlling internal gas pressure in industrial ovens. A main point that was highlighted... More...

Collection Main Crossover Valve Pressure Control (Room 403)

06 May 19
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Mark Ferra
Collection main pressure control is a critical application in cokemaking. Gases generated during charging create pressure surges, requiring accurat... More...

Implementation of a Reliable Positioning and Interlocking System for Coke (Room 403)

06 May 19
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Edgardo LaBruna
Measuring the actual position of a charge, pusher, door machine or quenching car at a coke plant battery has always been a tough task due to differ... More...

Complete Package for Cokemaking Stamping Technology (Room 403)

06 May 19
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Mathias Hoffmann ; Wolfgang Kern
Availability, quality and cost of coking coal, which may influence cost of steel production in the range of 20%, play a vital role for cokemaking ... More...

Effect of Coal Mineral Type and Size on Coke Strength After Reaction (Room 403)

06 May 19
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Barry Ryan ; Jason Halko ; John Price ; Louis Giroux ; Qun Zhang
Hot and cold strengths of cokes are important for determining value in use of metallurgical coals. Strengths depend on coal rank, inert content and... More...

Structural and Textural Characterization of Coke With Optical Image Analysis Software (Room 403)

06 May 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Andrei Poliakov ; Eugene Donskoi ; Keith Vining
Understanding of the connection between coke structure, texture, strength, reactivity and parent coal blend requires a reliable tool for structural... More...

Coal Rheology — A Practical Approach for Industry (Room 403)

06 May 19
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Louis Giroux ; Ted Todoschuk
For metallurgical coals, rheology is routinely measured to understand their respective caking abilities during the coking process. Both fluidity an... More...

New Thermoplasticity and Adhesiveness Measurement of Coal Based on Permeation Behavior and Wettability of the Softened Grains (Room 403)

06 May 19
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Hidekazu Fujimoto ; Hiroyuki Sumi ; Issui Akishika ; Izumi Shimoyama ; Kiyoshi Fukada ; Takashi Matsui ; Tetsuya Yamamoto ; Yusuke Dohi
In the cokemaking process, a coal blending technique based on coal rank (Ro) and Gieseler maximum fluidity (MF), known as the MOF diagram system, h... More...

Deciphering Coke Blends by Log-probability (Rosin-Rammler) Analyses of Coke Microtextures and Modeling Anisotropy-Quotients (AQ’s) (Room 403)

06 May 19
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Tracks: Cokemaking

Speaker(s): Dave Pearson ; Drazen Gajic ; HeeKyoung (Jackie) Park ; Richard Pearson ; Yuekan Jiao
This study concerns deciphering microscopically the ranks, proportions and numbers of component coals in metallurgical cokes by statistical analysi... More...