Numerical simulation of a coke oven

At present, the CFD numerical simulation, combined with an experiments involving heat transfer has become an important approach to studying coal carbonization. The aim of this paper is to illustrate how a standard CFD package may be modified so it can be used to simulate temperature distribution, coking time and carbonization processes that occur in coke oven charge. Content of volatile matters and moisture have important influence on heating rate during carbonization. Further, heating rate have effects on char structure an inner coking condition, as well as the carbonization time. In addition, furnace wall temperature have important effects on carbonization, because they can change the coking time. Our simulation results for the coke oven model are in agreement with experimental and virtual data.