Application of quality improvement techniques to meet coke battery environmental regulations

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Proceedings, Ironmaking Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:6132476

Lively, D L

Citizens Gas and Coke Utility operates three coke oven batteries, producing both foundry coke and blast furnace coke, under the trade name Indianapolis Coke. Active participation in the regulation negotiation process by the Vice President of Indianapolis Coke allowed the company to accurately anticipate the environmental regulations, long before they were set in law. Several improvements were put into motion that helps them meet the new environmental regulations. Better trained operators with new job positions dedicated solely to environmental compliance, an extensive environmental training program, and two innovations, a portable oven door milling and cleaning machine and three new computer applications are the result of team efforts. The focus of this paper is development of the computer applications designed to enhance three areas of environmental compliance. The three areas addressed by the applications are documentation and information deployment, problem solving, and resource allocation. Through quality improvement techniques and team oriented problem solving, new approaches to environmental data collection and analysis have helped Indianapolis Coke meet the ever tightening environmental regulations.

• OSTI ID: 6132476
• Report Number(s): CONF-9303222--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings, Ironmaking Conference; (United States) Journal Volume: 52
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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