Glossary
Metallurgical coke. Manufacturing for the blast furnace

barrel; hand collecting

Horizontal gas manifold to which the risers of each furnace are connected via a horsehead.

batterie; battery

A set of coke ovens separated by heating pedestals forming a block operated by a set of machines.

carneaux; heating flues

Vertical masonry flues in a pedestal in which the combustion flame of the heating gas develops with the combustion air.

coking coal; charbon cokéfiant

Coal that goes through a plastic state at between 350 and 500°C when heated away from the air.

couche plastique; plastic layer

The area of a coke oven charge in which the coal is in a plastic state (between approx. 350 and 500°C). As coke oven cells are heated by their two walls, two plastic layers exist in the charge during firing. These plastic layers migrate from the walls towards the center of the kiln as firing progresses. The junction...