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ORGANIZER;CN=ESTAD 2023:mailto:info@metec-estad.com
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SUMMARY:Stamp charging: The future of coke making!
DESCRIPTION:For many countries, steel production will rely for the foreseeable future, on the blast furnace route. There will be optimization processes taking place at the blast furnace, from PCI injection, coke rate reduction to Syngas injection to limit the carbon footprint. Nevertheless, availability of good quality coke at a reasonable price level will be required to ensure a stable operation of the Blast furnace in some regions for years to come.
To produce good quality coke it is required to utilize high quality coking coals with excellent coking behavior to ensure a continuous and stable carbonization process through traditional top charged coke oven batteries. Due to the limited availability of good coking coals on the world market and the ever increasing cost for these coals, a trend can be seen with more and more coke producers changing from top charged coke oven battery operation to stamp charged coke oven battery operation in several parts of the world.  
When applying the stamp charging coke making process the selected coal blend will be compacted before charging into the coke oven.  Such compacting will allow the coke producers to apply coals with less favorable carbonization behavior and still enable them to produce the desired high quality coke for the blast furnace operation at a lower cost. The stamp charging technology is particularly interesting in countries with large coal reserves, however the coals having lower or limited coking and carbonization characteristics. Through the introduction of the stamp charging process, these countries will be less dependent on the import of expensive coking coals.
The paper will provide an overview on the coke making trends in several regions of the world.

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