METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ANODE FURNACE AND CONTROL APPARATUS

摘要

The invention relates to a method and to a control device 10 for operating an anode furnace (10), wherein the anode furnace is formed from a plurality of heating ducts (12) and furnace chambers, wherein the furnace chambers are used to receive anodes and the heating ducts are used for temperature control of the furnace chamber, wherein the anode furnace comprises at least one furnace unit (11), wherein the furnace unit comprises a heat-up zone (20), a firing zone (21), and a cooling zone (22), which are each formed from at least one section (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) comprising furnace chambers, wherein an extraction ramp (14) is arranged in a section of the heat-up zone and a burner ramp (15) is arranged in a section of the firing zone of the furnace unit, wherein operation of the 20 ramps (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) is controlled by means of a control device of the furnace unit, wherein the ramps each have a read unit, wherein the section each have at least one stationary transponder unit, wherein the read units of the ramps communicate with the transponder units of the sections in which the ramps are arranged, wherein the respective transponder units are identified by means of the control device, and wherein a respective position of the ramps is determined by allocating the ramps to the respective transponder units.