Method for producing blast furnace coke through coal compaction in a non-recovery or heat recovery type oven
View Patent ↗A method for producing non-recovery/heat recovery coke may include the steps of providing a container, disposing a volume of loose coal into the container such that a vertical dimension of the volume of loose coal in the container is smaller than a horizontal dimension of the volume of loose coal, applying a force to the coal in the container to produce a volume of compacted coal having a substantially uniform density which is larger than that of the loose coal, disposing the compacted coal into a non-recovery/heat recovery type oven, and heating the compacted coal to produce coke. The method may also include the steps of providing a container, and moving the non-recovery/heat recovery coke mass from the oven at a substantially constant elevation to the container, quenching the coke mass in the container to produce a quenched coke mass, and removing the quenched coke mass from the container.
1. A method of producing coke comprising the steps of:
disposing a volume of coal into a non-recovery type oven having an oven floor;
heating the volume of coal to produce a coke mass having an apparent specific gravity of about 1.05;
providing a container;
moving the coke mass from the oven at a substantially constant elevation to the container;
quenching the coke mass in the container to produce a quenched coke mass, wherein the step of quenching comprises the step of applying a volume of water to the coke mass in the container to produce a quenched coke mass; and
removing the quenched coke mass from the container.
2. A method of producing coke comprising the steps of:
disposing a volume of coal into a non-recovery type oven having an oven floor;
heating the volume of coal to produce a coke mass having an apparent specific gravity of about 1.05;
providing a container;
moving the coke mass from the oven at a substantially constant elevation to the container;
quenching the coke mass in the container to produce a quenched coke mass, wherein the step of quenching comprises the step of recovering the heat transferred to the volume of water by the coke mass; and
removing the quenched coke mass from the container.
3. A method of producing coke comprising the steps of:
disposing a volume of coal into a non-recovery type oven having an oven floor;
heating the volume of coal to produce a coke mass having an apparent specific gravity of about 1.05;
providing a container;
moving the coke mass from the oven at a substantially constant elevation to the container;
quenching the coke mass in the container to produce a quenched coke mass, wherein the step of quenching comprises the step of applying liquid nitrogen to the coke mass in the container to produce a quenched coke mass; and
removing the quenched coke mass from the container.
4. A method of producing coke comprising the steps of:
providing a first container;
disposing a volume of loose coal into the first container such that a vertical dimension of the volume of loose coal in the first container is smaller than a horizontal dimension of the volume of loose coal;
applying a force to the volume of loose coal in the first container to produce a volume of coal forming a single compact having a density which is greater than that of the loose coal disposed in the first container;
disposing the volume of the single compact of coal into a non-recovery type oven having an oven floor;
heating the volume of the compact of coal to produce a coke mass;
providing a second container;
moving the coke mass from the oven at a substantially constant elevation to the second container;
quenching the coke mass in the second container to produce a quenched coke mass; and
removing the quenched coke mass from the second container.