MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 DESIGN CENTER LINZ

TIME 08:00

REGISTRATION PLANT VISITS: VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH

09:00 TOUR 1: COKE OVEN PLANT 10:00

11:00

12:00

LINZ BLUE DANUBE TOUR

TOUR 2: SINTER PLANT

TOUR 3: BLAST FURNACE PLANT

Five batteries with total 200 ovens and a One sinter strand with a suction area of 222 chamber volume of 21,5 m3 are in operation. m2 and layer hight of 700 mm produces This only one coke oven plant in Austria approx. 2,8 million metric tons of sinter per generates approx. 1,3 million metric tons of year. The plant is equipped with selective blast furnace coke from 1,8 million metric tons partial offgas recirculation system, a dry offgas of coking coal each year. All batteries have cleaning system (MEROS) and a selective been modernized and equipped with systems catalytic reduction (SCR) DeNOx system and is for a high level of environmental protection the benchmark for high productivity sintering and automatization as well as state-of-the art operation with maximum emission reduction. coal unloading and preparation equipment.

Ironmaking in Linz is performed with 3 blast furnaces, each equipped with PCI and injection equipment for several other alternative reducing agents like plastics, oil, crude tar, NF and COG. Approx. 4,8 million metric tons of hot metal per year are produced with BF A (hearth diameter 12,0 m) and BF 5/6 (hearth diameter 8,0 m). The latest developments in charging technology, process automatization and measuring techniques lead to an outstanding blast furnace performance.

Lunch

TOUR INFORMATION: MEETING POINT: Registration, 09:00

With City Express and Audio Guide Duration: about 1 hour

TIME

ROOM A

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 ROOM B

13:00

OPENING

13:20

PLENARY LECTURE

14:00

THE BLAST FURNACE - FIT FOR THE FUTURE?

ROOM C

Prof. Schleicher Prof. Schmoele Coffee Break

NAVEEN SINGH (JSW steel Ltd) BLAST FURNACE OPERATION IN ROUGH TIMES

15:20

15:40

Blast Furnace, Operation and Control

ROB VAN OPBERGEN (Danieli Corus BV) EFFECT OF SMALL COKE RATE ON CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR OF SMALL COKE IN BLAST FURNACE

MINERAL4/RECOGNITION4: A UNIVERSAL OPTICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS PACKAGE FOR IRON ORE, SINTER AND COKE CHARACTERIZATION

COMBINED INJECTION TECHNOLOGY OF GAS FUEL AND OXYGEN IN IRON ORE SINTERING PROCESS TOSHIYUKI HIROSAWA (JFE Steel Corporation)

EUGENE DONSKOI (CSIRO Mineral Resources) A STUDY ON THE METALLIZING SINTERING OF PELLETS OF IN-PLANT IRON-BEARING DUST AND MUD DEQING ZHU (School of Mineral processing and Bioengineering, Central South University)

AUTOMATIC SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF GRANULATED SINTER FEED

JOHANN REIDETSCHLAEGER (PRIMETALS Technology GmbH) RECENT ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING SINTERING EMISSIONS AND THEIR MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES

ADSORPTION CHARACTER OF SINTER ORE ON POTASSIUM VAPOR

Ironmaking Fundamentals

ENHANCING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF LARGE BLAST FURNACES AT HIGH SLAG RATES

15:00

Sintering, Operation and Control

14:30

16:40

CHARGING PRACTICE OF BLAST FURNACE OPERATED WITH 100% ACID PELLETS

ZHIWU YAN (University of Science and Technology Beijing) A STUDY OF THE GASEOUS REDUCTION OF MAGNETITE ORE IN A FIXED-BED REACTOR AND USING IN-SITU HIGH-TEMPER YURY KAPELYUSHIN (The University of New South Wales) EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION OF THE INTERACTION OF SLAG AND HOT METAL WITH COKE AT THE BOSH REGION OF BLAST FURNACE ANRIN BHATTACHARYYA (Montanuniversitaet Leoben) QUANTIFICATION OF SINTER MINERAL PHASES WITH IMAGE PROCESSING

IGOR SHEPETOVSKY (KOSAYA GORA IRON WORKS)

HEINRICH MALI (Montanuniversität Leoben)

17:00

INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR PROCESS OPTIMIZATION – BURDEN SURFACE SCANNING VIA BEAMFORMING RADAR AND MEASUREMENT OF THE TOP GAS TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION

ANALYSIS OF THE ALKALI DISTRIBUTION IN IRONMAKING REACTORS BY THERMOCHEMICAL MODELLING

CHRISTOPH FEILMAYR (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

ANTON PICHLER (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

16:20

LIMING LU (CISRO MINERAL RESOURCES)

CHARACTERISATION OF FRACTURE MECHANISMS IN A BLAST FURNACE COKE

CHARACTERISATION OF STEELPLANT BY-PRODUCTS TO REALISE THE VALUE OF FE AND ZN

HANNAH LOMAS (University of Newcastle) MODULAR UPGRADES FOR EXISTING BLAST FURNACE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS PETER WARREN (Danieli Corus BV)

Recyling of In-Plant Residues

16:00

YUSUKE KASHIHARA (JFE Steel Corporation)

RAYMOND J. LONGBOTTOM (University of Wollongong) FLOW SHEET MODELLING OF STEEL MAKING ROUTES IN A PROCESS INTEGRATION PLATFORM BERND WEISS (Primetals Technologies GmbH)

TIME 17:30-19:00

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

WELCOME DRINK & POSTER SESSION - DESIGN CENTER LINZ

PHYSICAL MODELLING BASED ANALYSIS OF DRY SLAG GRANULATION PRASAD KALI (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras) ANALYSIS OF NONSTATIONARY TRANSIENT PROCESSES IN BLAST FURNACE NIKOLAY SPIRIN (Ural Federal University) KINETIC ANALYSIS AND EFFECT OF BIOMASS ASH ON COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTIC OF PULVERIZED COAL LIU SIYUAN (University of Science and Technology Beijing) RESEARCH AND APPLICATION OF SINTERING HIGH-TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTICS OF IRON ORE BO SU (The University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)) EFFECTS OF MGO ON THE SINTERING LIQUID, THE PROPERTIES AND MINERALOGICAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE HIGH-BASICITY SINTER LIU DONGHUI (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing) THE INFLUENCE OF ZINC VAPOR ON COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF COKE JIANBO ZHONG (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing)

STUDY THE INFLUENCE MECHANISM OF POTASSIUM VAPOUR ON SINTER REDUCTION ZHIWU YAN (University of Science and Technology Beijing) CHARACTERISTICS OF LITHIUM SILICATE PREPARED BY SOLID STATE REACTION AND THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS HAIYANG WANG (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering) STUDY ON THE MECHANISM OF CEO2 AS COMBUSTION IMPROVER IN PCI SONG LIU (North China University of Science and Technology) 19:10 20:00

TOUR 5: LINZ PUB TOUR - MEET THE LOCALS MEETING POINT: Registration DURATION: about 4 hours

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

08:30

08:50

INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING AND RAMP-UP OF THE NEW PULVERIZED COAL INJECTION SYSTEM AT ARCELORMITTAL KRYVYI RIH BLAST FURNACE NO. 9

09:30

REINOUD VAN LAAR (Danieli Corus BV) NEW BLAST FURNACE OPERATION PROSPECTS WITH THE G3 CHUTE TRANSMISSION GEARBOX PAUL TOCKERT (PAUL WURTH S.A.) BLAST FURNACE RELINE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY JOHN HYDE (Hatch Ltd.)

CO2 Reduction and Energy Saving

09:10

Blast Furnace, Design and Equipment

PETER KLUT (Danieli Corus BV)

ILTEC - METTOP´S REVOLUTIONARY COOLING SOLUTION FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY

09:50

11:45

EFFECT OF COKES GASIFICATION WITH CO2 AND H2O ON THE POROSITY AND STREHGNTH IN 11001500°C

MICHAELA BOEBERL (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH) LOW CO2 IRONMAKING IN THE BLAST FURNACE ADELINE MORCEL (Swerea MEFOS AB) DIRECT REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY AS A FLEXIBLE TOOL TO REDUCE THE CO2 INTENSITY OF IRON AND STEELMAKING THOMAS BUERGLER (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

EFFECT OF FLUXING AGENTS ON THE QUALITY AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF HEMATITE PELLETS

BLAST FURNACE HEARTH ASSESSMENT BY COMBINING AU-E AND THERMOCOUPLE DATA HAMID GHORBANI (Hatch Ltd.)

SRINIVAS DWARAPUDI (R&D TATA STEEL)

PREDICTION OF BURDEN DISTRIBUTION OF BLAST FURNACE BY USING DEM

INNOFREIGHT CONTAINER SYSTEMS - A NEW STANDARD IN RAILWAY TRANSPORT FOR VOESTALPINE

HIROSHI MIO (Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.) IRON ORE PELLET REDUCTION BEHAVIOR IN POTENTIAL LOW CO2 BLAST FURNACE SCENARIOS ANTTI KEMPPAINEN(Process Metallurgy Research Unit) SINTER – NUT COKE INTERACTION AND BEHAVIOUR DURING CONVEYOR BELT TRANSPORTATION AND DISCHARGE: A DEM STUDY DESIDE CHIBWE (University of Newcastle)

Pelletising

Blast Furnace Modelling

11:25

EFFICIENT SINTER COOLING WITH OPTIMIZED ENERGY RECOVERY, ENERGY SAVING AND EMISSION REDUCTION

TAICHI MURAKAMI (Tohoku University)

LUKAS ZENI (Innofreight Speditions GmbH) SIMULATION BASED PELLET-PLANT DESIGN MICHAEL FALLER (PRIMETALS Technology GmbH)

PELLETIZATION OF MALAYSIA MAGNETITE CONCENTRATES AND ITS PROPERTIES OF GASBASED DIRECT REDUCTION JIAN PAN (Central South University)

SOON-MO SHIN (GIFT/POSTECH)

DEVELOPMENT OF SLAG FLUIDITY PREDICTION SYSTEM AND ITS APPLICATION FOR BLAST FURNACE SHIAU JIA-SHYAN (China Steel Corporation)

A MECHANISTIC MODEL OF THE SAPOZHNIKOV PLASTOMETER DAVID R. JENKINS (CSIRO) FORMATION OF IRON-ORE SINTER MINERALOGY AND MICROSTRUCTURE: TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE FLAME FRONT

BARBARA RAMMER (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH) Coffee Break

10:10

11:05

ROOM C DISINTEGRATION MECHANISM OF CALCIUM FERRITE IN SINTER BY REDUCTION

COMPARING THE CO2 EMISSIONS OF DIFFERENT IRONMAKING ROUTES

MARTINA HANEL (Mettop GmbH)

10:45

ROOM B

DRY BLAST FURNACE SLAG GRANULATION WITH WASTE HEAT RECOVERY THOMAS FENZL (Primetals Technologies, Austria GmbH)

Ironmaking Fundamentals

ROOM A

LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN DRY AND WET BLAST FURNACE GAS CLEANING TECHNOLOGY

JAMES SMALL (Tata Steel)

Blast Furnace, Operation and Control

TIME

THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE FOURTH CAMPAIGN OF REDCAR BLAST FURNACE, SSI UK, APRIL 2012 – SEPTEMBER 2015 PETER WARREN (Materials Processing Institute) IMPACT ON COMBUSTION CONDITIONS FROM TUYERE INJECTION SETTINGS LENA S ÖKVIST (Swerea MEFOS AB) IDEAL BLAST FURNACE PROCESS

DIMITRI TIKHONOV (NLMK, Novolipetsk Steel, Lipetsk, Russia) RESERVES FOR RAISING THE EFFICIENCY OF BLAST FURNACE PROCESS

IVAN KURUNOV (NLMK, Novolipetsk Steel, Lipetsk, Russia)

TIME

ROOM A

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ROOM B

Panel Discussion

13:30

ROOM C

Lunch

12:05

CAN LOW CO2 IRONMAKING BECOME A REALITY IN EUROPE? THOMAS BÜRGLER (voestalpine Stahl GmbH), LENA SUNDQVIST ÖQVIST (Swerea MEFOS Ab), PETER SCHMÖLE (thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG), JAN VAN DER STEL (Tata Steel), IRMELA KOFLER (K1 MET), KARL BUTTIENS (Arcelor Mittal), JOHANNES SCHENK (Montanuniversität Leoben)

14:15

15:30

APPLICATION OF THE HYBRID FLOTATION IN IRON ORE - PNEUMATIC FLOTATION FOR REMOVAL OF SULFUR

MODERN DESIGN OF SINTER COOLERS

YAN SAMUEL FERREIRA JUNQUEIRA (Thyssenkrupp CSA, Brazil)

LUKAS PETZOLD (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH); SVEN MENGER (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

HOLGER KASSEBAUM (Paul Wurth)

OBTAINING DETAILED MINERAL AND MINERAL/MACERAL ASSOCIATION INFORMATION IN COKE OVEN FEED COAL SAMPLES BY OPTICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS PRIYANTHI HAPUGODA (CSIRO)

LIMING LU (CSIRO Mineral Resources)

APPLICATION OF I600 FROM THE CSR TEST AS A MEASURE OF PILOT OVEN COKE STRENGTH

THE OXIDIZING PELLETIZATION OF MANGANESE ORE FINES AND ITS CONSOLIDATION MECHANISM

LUKAS KOVAL (CSIRO)

DEQING ZHU (School of Mineral processing and Bioengineering, Central South University)

JENS LASKOWSKI (Welding Alloys GmbH) TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SINTER PLANTS MATHIAS HOFFMANN (Paul Wurth S.A.) NEW TYPE OF PARTITION WALLS IN A PELLETIZING PLANT: A THERMO MECHANICAL ANALYSIS

DEBJANI NAG (Tata Steel)

HANS ULRICH MARSCHALL (RHI AG) Coffee Break

Keynote

PROTECTING SINTERING PLANTS – DURABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFICIENCY IN WEAR PROTECTION

APPLICATION OF ORGANIC POLYMER IN COKE MAKING- TATA STEEL SCENARIO

15:50 16:15

EFFECT OF IRON ORE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE WATER –IRON ORE INTERACTION

Sintering, Design and Equipment

15:10

PID COMBUSTION – DEDICATED CONTROL FOR AIR ADMISSION IN A HEAT RECOVERY COKE OVEN AT TKCSA

Pelletising

14:50

Cokemaking, Operation and Control

14:30

EVALUATION OF THE CAPABILITIES OF DIRECT AND SMELTING REDUCTION PROCESSES TO ENHANCE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND TO REDUCE THE CO2 EMISSION OF THE STEEL PRODUCTION IN EUROPE JOHANNES SCHENK (Montanuniversitaet Leoben)

ROOM A

STUDY ON EROSION OF LARGE BLAST FURNACE HEARTH AND TECHNIQUES TO PROLONG CAMPAIGN LIFE OF HEARTH

16:45

17:45

18:05

BLAST FURNACE PERFORMANCE WITH HIGHER PELLET IN BURDEN GOUTAM KUMAR RAUT (Tata Steel Limited, India)

DRIpax™ – THE NEW GENERATION OF DR PLANT PROCESS OPTIMIZATION

ALESSANDRO MARTINIS (Danieli) APPLICATION OF MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES IN INTEGRATED STEEL PLANTS; POSSIBLE REDUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND OPEX MARCO PERATO (Paul Wurth Italia)

STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF BLAST FURNACE HEARTH REFRACTORY SYSTEM

SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IRONMAKING TECHNOLOGY – EXPERIENCE, PRINCIPLES AND RISKS

HAMID GHORBANI (Hatch Ltd)

YAKOV GORDON (Hatch Ltd.)

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW MEASURING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT BF CONTROL

EFFECT OF HEATING RATE ON THE PROPERTIES OF TWO NONCOKING COALS USED IN TUNNEL KILN DIRECT REDUCTION OF IRON PROCESS NAJIBEH TOLOUE FARROKH (Sharif University of Technology)

RONGSHAN LIN (AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke) 18:30

Direct Reduction

Blast Furnace, Operation and Control

17:25

BLAST FURNACE PROCESS OPTIMIZATION WITH CLOSED-LOOP EXPERT SYSTEMS – 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BERNHARD SCHUERZ (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

ROOM C

HELPING TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL IN IRON ORE PROCESSING, IRON MAKING, AND COKE HANDLING OPERATIONS THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)

DIETER BETTINGER (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH) HIGH-CARBON DRI THE FEEDING MATERIAL TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCES AND DECREASE CO2 EMISSIONS IN BOTH BF AND EAF

WANREN XU (BaoShan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.) 17:05

ROOM B

JENNIFER WOLOSHYN (Hatch Ltd.)

CO2 Reduction and Energy Saving

TIME

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

NEW IRONMAKING PROCESS TO ENHANCE THE FLEXIBILITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY AND USE OF LOW GRADE RESOURCES TAIHEI NOUCHI (JFE Steel Corporation) CO2 ULTIMATE REDUCTION IN STEELMAKING PROCESS (COURSE50 PROJECT)

SHIGEAKI TONOMURA (Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation) COKE DRY QUENCHING: A SOLUTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND ENERGY SAVING RICCARDO CALCAGNO (Paul Wurth Italia SPA) THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: CARBON RECYCLING AND THE IRON INDUSTRY TOBIAS PLATTNER (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

CONFERENCE DINNER: BOAT DINNER (BEST PAPER AWARD CEREMONY) Departure: 18:30 - conference venue (Meeting point: Registration) End: 22:30 (At your conference check-in you will also receive a ticket for public transportation for the retour drive.)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

08:30

08:50

09:10

09:30

Blast Furnace, Operation and Control

YAKOV GORDON (Hatch Ltd.)

ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE HOT METAL FROM TITANIA-MAGNETITE ORE SERGEI ZAGAINOV (Ural Federal University (URFU)) OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL FUEL AND OXYGEN AMONGST FURNACES IN BLAST FURNACE SHOP NIKOLAI SPIRIN (Ural Federal University (URFU)) ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING OF TUYERE PRESSURE DATA TO DETECT REDUCED HOT WIND THROUGHPUT AND RACEWAY BLOCKAGES STEFAN PUTTINGER (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

ROOM B

MARC-ANDRE SCHULTEN (Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG)

THE NEW GERMAN PAH-REGULATIVE INFLUENCING COKEMAKING AT SCHWELGERN PLANT

EXAMINATION OF COKE REACTIVITY USING MICROCT ANALYSIS

COMMISSIONING OF 60 KG MOVABLE WALL OVEN AT THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG

PETER LISZIO (KBS Kokereibetriebsgesellschaft Schwelgern GmbH) OPTIMIZATION OF COAL PREPARATION PLANT IN LINZ THOMAS ABFALTERER (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

UPDATES ON THE FINEX®, A COMMERCIALLY PROVEN ALTERNATIVE IRON-MAKING PROCESS SANG-HO YI (POSCO)

HAI THONG HO (RWTH Aachen University)

RUTH POULTNEY (MATERIALS PROCESSING INSTIUTE, UK)

CHENGYI DING (Chongqing University)

Coffee Break

Keynote

10:45

TOWARDS PREDICTION OF COAL CONVERSION BEHAVIOUR IN THE BLAST FURNACE

EFFECT OF SILICA ON THE REDUCTION KINETICS OF CaO-Fe2O3-SiO2 SYSTEM

BERNHARD RUMMER (voestalpine Stahl GmbH) 10:10

DAVID R. JENKINS (CSIRO)

CHANGING BULK DENSITY IN CARBONISATION BLENDS

THE LONG WAY TO PCI IN LINZ – FIRST OPERATION EXPERIENCE

09:50

ROOM C EFFECT OF VOLATILE MATTER OF COAL ON VOLUME CHANGE AND REDUCTION OF IRON ORE/COAL COMPOSITE PELLETS CHANG HAO-HSUN (NCKU, Department of Materials Science and Engineering)

Ironmaking Fundamentals

ROOM A

CAREFUL CONTROL OF REFRACTORY LINING CONDITIONS ENSURES PROLONGED CAMPAIGN OF BLAST FURNACE

Cokemaking, Operation and Control

TIME

THE USE OF PLASMA TORCHES IN BLAST FURNACE IRONMAKING

FINEX® - AN INNOVATIVE AND ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY IRONMAKING PROCESS

JOHN HYDE (Hatch Ltd.)

NORBERT REIN (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

KÜTTNER’S PULVERIZED COAL INJECTION TECHNOLOGY – LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

11:35

11:55

12:15

12:35

Blast Furnace, Design and Equipment

FRANZ REUFER (Küttner GmbH & Co. KG, Germany) LONG LIFE COPPER STAVE FOR BLAST FURNACE OF NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING

13:35

THE STUDY OF CORE-BORED TAPHOLE CLAY USED IN FINEX

BLAST FURNACEMODERN DESIGN – MODULAR CONSTRUCTION

DEVELOPMENT OF A VERTICAL CHAMBER COKING OVEN FOR UPGRADING LIGNITES OR SUBBITUMINOUS COAL

EQUIPMENT FOR THE INJECTION OF TICONTAINING POWDERS INTO THE BLAST FURNACE TUYERES

BLAST FURNACE COOLING STAVE DESIGN MARTIN SMITH (Primetals Technologies)

13:15

CRISTIAN BÖHM (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

PARK JONG MOON (CHOSUN REFRACTORIES, Co., Ltd)

REINOUD VAN LAAR (Danieli Corus BV)

ROOM C

COREX® - AN ALTERNATIVE FOR HOT METAL PRODUCTION IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT

MAKOTO GOTO (Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering CO., LTD.)

CHRISTIAN WOLF (Velco GmbH) 12:55

Smelting Reduction

11:15

ROOM B

Cokemaking Fundamentals

ROOM A

Cokemaking, Design and Equipment

TIME

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

THE EFFECT OF BINARY AND TENARY MINERAL COMBINATIONS ON THE REACTIVITY OF A COKE ANALOGUE RAYMOND J. LONGBOTTOM (University of Wollongong) NEW THEORY OF COAL BLENDING BASED ON NOVEL THERMOPLASTICITY MEASUREMENT; PERMEATION DISTANCE YUSUKE DOHI (Steel Research Laboratory, JFE Steel Corp.,) EFFECTS OF BRIQUETTE BLEND ON PACKING STRUCTURE OF FINE COAL PART WATANABE MASAHIKO (Ironmaking Research Lab., Process Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals Corp.,) THE EFFECT OF BROWNCOAL ADDITION ON COKE STRENGTH

STUDIES ON MINERALOGICAL AND THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DENSE SILICA BRICKS FOR COKE OVEN SOLE AND WALL LINING

TENGFEI SONG (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing,) APPLICATION OF SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING TO UNDERSTAND NANOPOROSITY OF COKES

BIRENDRA PRASAD (OCL India Limited)

RICHARD SAKUROVS (CSIRO Energy)

MATTHIAS SPÖTTLE(ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG)

REFRACTORIES FOR COKE OVEN WALL OPERATOR'S PERSPECTIVE KIRILL ANDREEV (Tata Steel Europe)

DEVELOPMENT OF REACTION BONDED SiC BRICK WHICH HAVE HIGH THERMALL CONDUCTIVITY FOR BLAST FURNACE YUN CHEOL HONG (CHOSUN REFRACTORIES, Co., Ltd.) Lunch