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Effective coke battery maintenance requires a balance between coke production and refractory preservation. Fosbel’s Complete Battery Maintenance (CBM) offers a strategic approach to coke battery maintenance that optimizes oven availability and extends battery life. This includes comprehensive condition monitoring, as well as a full range of preventative maintenance and remedial repairs. This presentation will focus on two technologies key to the CBM approach: Coke Oven Management Information Technology (COMIT) and Modular Interlocking Coke Oven Wall (MICOWALL). COMIT is a proprietary web-based application that enables comprehensive coke battery condition monitoring. It is based on the philosophy that oven wall condition represents battery refractory damages and operating practices. Therefore, daily condition monitoring is essential to prevent oven failure risks and optimize refractory life. COMIT provides a graphical representation of battery deterioration and improvements, which enables prioritization of battery repairs and ongoing assessment of maintenance programs. MICOWALL is a patented innovative coke oven wall rebuild technology that utilizes significantly fewer shapes to reduce downtime and maintain structural integrity. These shapes are easily manageable and safer due to the reduced weight compared to conventional designs, allowing for rapid installation. The original structural and thermodynamic integrity of the oven wall is also maintained with a special interlocking design, especially needed around the horizontal flue.
Effective coke battery maintenance requires a balance between coke production and refractory preservation. Fosbel’s Complete Battery Maintenance (CBM) offers a strategic approach to coke battery maintenance that optimizes oven availability and extends battery life. This includes comprehensive condition monitoring, as well as a full range of preventative maintenance and remedial repairs. This presentation will focus on two technologies key to the CBM approach: Coke Oven Management Information Technology (COMIT) and Modular Interlocking Coke Oven Wall (MICOWALL). COMIT is a proprietary web-based application that enables comprehensive coke battery condition monitoring. It is based on the philosophy that oven wall condition represents battery refractory damages and operating practices. Therefore, daily condition monitoring is essential to prevent oven failure risks and optimize refractory life. COMIT provides a graphical representation of battery deterioration and improvements, which enables prioritization of battery repairs and ongoing assessment of maintenance programs. MICOWALL is a patented innovative coke oven wall rebuild technology that utilizes significantly fewer shapes to reduce downtime and maintain structural integrity. These shapes are easily manageable and safer due to the reduced weight compared to conventional designs, allowing for rapid installation. The original structural and thermodynamic integrity of the oven wall is also maintained with a special interlocking design, especially needed around the horizontal flue.
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Coke battery maintenance; Battery life extension; Refractory repairs; Preventative maintenance.
Coke battery maintenance; Battery life extension; Refractory repairs; Preventative maintenance.
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Goffi, Ernest D.;
D.Kerr, Peter;
Randolph, Richard A..
STRATEGIC COKE BATTERY MAINTENANCE PROVIDES BATTERY LIFE EXTENSION
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p. 1184-1190.
In: 38º Seminário de Redução de Minério de Ferro e Matérias-primas e 9º Simpósio Brasileiro de Minério de Ferro,
São Luís - MA,
2008.
ISSN: 2594-357X
, DOI 10.5151/2594-357x-0118
