Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2007
Coke production capacity within AM FCWE is not self sufficient forthe total HM production. PCI was started up in 2004 at Bremen BF2and Eisenhüttenstadt BF5, with a ramp up to 180 kg/thm in one year.A working group defined the BF operating conditions leading to stableand efficient operation at high PCI. At Florange BF3 PCI trials at220 kg/thm were successful. At Dunkerque BF4 and Gent BFA andB, the PCI rate exceeds regularly 210 kg/thm.