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Results of Briquetting and Combustion Process
on Binder-Free Coking Coal
Bogdan Kosturkiewicz1, Andrzej Janewicz1, Aneta Magdziarz2
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1Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics,
2Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computing,
AGH University of Science and Technology,
Al. Mickiewicza 30, 00-059 Kraków, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2014;23(4):1385-1389
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ABSTRACT
Much research has assessed the validity of using partially briquetted coal in the coking process.
However, the results are not being published. According to the producers, the use of lump coal in a mixture of
coal with a low degree of metamorphism improves coke quality and provides consistency to its parameters.
The Polish Department of Manufacturing Systems has undertaken a study to determine the possibility of briquetting
fine coke in roll presses without a binding component. Mentioned studies were conducted on a laboratory
roll press type LPW 450 equipped with the original asymmetrical layout compacting system. In order
to identify merged coal, basic physical and chemical properties were determined. Keeping in mind the value
of environmental hazards, the possibility of applying electrostatic precipitators to capture ash from combustion
of coal chip, based on past experience in this field, was evaluated [1-7]. This paper presents some of the
results of mentioned considerations.