  The coking process is composed of two main stages: drying process and
pyrolysis of coal. A heat and mass transfer model was developed to simulate the
drying process of coal. The mechanisms of heat and mass transfer described in
the model are: conduction through the coal cake; conduction and convection
through the gas in pores; generation, flux and condensation of water vapor. The
model has been implemented in finite element software. It requires basic data
on the coke oven charge properties and oven dimensions as input. These input
data were obtained by experiments or from the literature. The proposed model
includes condensation and evaporation allowing us to reproduce the temperature
plateau observed experimentally.
