REDUCED OUTPUT RATE COKE OVEN OPERATION WITH GAS SHARING PROVIDING EXTENDED PROCESS CYCLE

• Main Authors: SEATON, ASHLEY, NICOLE, QUANCI, JOHN, FRANCIS, BALL, MARK, ANTHONY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.07.2015
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF CARBONAGEOUS MATERIALS FORPRODUCTION OF GAS, COKE, TAR, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

The present technology is generally directed to systems and methods of controlling or reducing the output rate of a coke oven through gas sharing providing an extended process cycle. In some embodiments, a method of gas sharing between coke ovens to decrease a coke production rate includes operating a plurality of coke ovens to produce coke and heated exhaust gases. In some embodiments, a first coke oven is offset in operation cycle from a second coke oven. The method further includes directing the heated exhaust gases from the first coke oven to the second coke oven while the second coke oven is mid-cycle. The heat transfer allows the second coke oven to extend its cycle while staying above a critical operating temperature. By extending the operational cycle while generally maintaining output per cycle, overall production is decreased.