Properties of Ulug Khem Coal. 3. Quality of Coke from Batch Containing Elegest Coal

Yu. A. ZolotukhinTranslated by Bernard Gilbert

Eastern Coal-Chemistry Institute (VUKhIN), ul. Vos’mogo Marta 14, Yekaterinburg, 620990 Russia

Correspondence to: e-mail: vuhin@vuhin.ru

Received 5 April, 2016

Abstract—In the laboratory coking of production batches at OAO EVRAZ ZSMK, including those containing coal from the Elegest deposit, special attention is paid to batches with different quality of the clinkering, coking, and lean components, so as to determine the maximum possible content of Elegest coal in the batch if the coke produced is to be satisfactory quality for use in blast furnaces at OAO EVRAZ ZSMK with pulverized-coal injection.

Keywords: batch components, vitrinoid distribution, coke quality, coal batch, coking index, quality prediction

DOI: 10.3103/S1068364X16050070