Options for maintaining the production capacity of coke oven plants

Abstract

Apart from installation of new batteries, there exist other options for keeping respectively increasing the production capacity of a coke piant. Economic and environmental requirements have to be taken into consideration ieading to very simple solutions such as heating up of old batteries which have been cooled down followed by partial hot repairs, through-wall repairs and pas up rebuilds. Modernizations with regard to anchoring systems, heating conditions and reduction of typical emissions may be implemented in most cases.