COKE INDUSTRY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050241-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 241
• Publication Date: February 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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\SSiFICATION CON.F IMTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
SUBJECT Coke Industry
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The following table shows the Soviet classification of southwrn a= coos
by content of volatile matter and coke-button characteristics. The Pfb
K and PS groups were considered -suitable" coking coals, but the other
groups were sometimes used in blending.
Group Ilona yebo Y.M. oke-Dutton rtie.
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1 Long-flame coal D >42 Nonsggiaesrated: Puiwrulsnt
w coat
Fatty-steam coal PLh
Coking coal =
Dry-steaa coal PS
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I. the PC.-rbrla War II oskieg iedm.try the Fsreealpr. at We Coal. is cool
bleM. sa csrtele coking plants reach" 19%. The ase of gee costs in a
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"crok`e.cake from the oven reduced blend made it easy n ed the
croon-fissuring of the cokto push e. and the
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coke literature " "` M'?"-mvrsa mar u 1
described the use of up to 25% gas coals in the
8talino coking n the Donets Basin. According to the article, this
resulted in a good quality blast furnace coke,easier conditions for coke
oven oneratian ?--
B ume 7-f more g?.: -G+1 -_asl"S it dccreEeed yield of coke and an
additional load on the recovery plant because of the increased yield of
by-products.
Changes vere necessary Pin the Operating above) of the coke ovens and
the chemical recover plants. (See 2
use of class "T" coals instead of "IC" and "PS" coals as a leaning
ssrponent of coal blends is very desirable, but requires special equip.snt
or fine disintegration of "T" coals, Nevertheless, "T" coal has been
used in some US= coking plants. One nsa+"nim if
plant which in 1934 used 8.5% "T" coals. - ~- -~~-~~??~r
In the first six months of 1939 the ave
ton of dry coke was as follows rage constiaaption of dry coal for one
(a) In the southern coking industry - 1.418.
(b) At the xesenovo coking plant - 1.289.
The average. percentage of breeze in the coke produced in 1939 sees as
follows:
(a) The Donbas plants - 6.03%
(b) One of the heal plants - 11.7%
(c) One of the tubas plants - 10.64%
following wars the principal difficulties in the coke indsstry in
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(c) Cob prodection. The coke ovens could not stet the r gnirs^ st. or
the bleat furnaces in either gnlityor gmatity. In 1938 pasiaatioa
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18.3% of the planned objective, and in the first sit UNMe at 193
only 93.66. In addition, 7.5% to 9.27% of the coal delivred teat
defective.or unconditioned.
(b) Coal classing. degnirawnt for both quantity and taality emu sat
be net by the coal cleans plants.
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(s) Coal supply. In 1938 coal deliveries to t h
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we 96?4. Also the averags ash content' ar the co a ~.. tie ._
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th
(d) Minot 'of coke oven as. the setallurrical tm%wk ..'~.
- - a?? --a zne cons oven gas vas either wasted or ,road
for pnderfiring the coke ovens.
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Mo perm in the tooofoby-p tablect .coke to total coke produced is the is
P29 1-93iy-- 1931 7m
There follow the nests of some non-recovery coking plants located is the
Donbas, via:
79.3 84.1 98.3 90-1 89.0- 89.7- 91.0-
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d) D>csteriaogbja 5i
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Thu Soviets, principal interest w in the los.tsa~eastus aWIeataatias
of nor types of for-graft coals such as the tppa or, lang.fl s oast
of, Lisiclasst in the Donbas, the brava eealo of M o Moscme rapist, etc.
They planasd to establish combination power stations sad chseiosi raeorsly
plats. Darthar iaforsation on this and other apastiaes is avausue at
the Library of Coaprs...
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