Coke pushing emission control system

Patent · Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5038508

Kwasnoski, D; Symons, C

A method is described for controlling coke oven emissions comprising the steps of: (A) aligning a one-spot, open-top coke quenching car with the coke oven, (B) providing a coke guide from the coke oven to the car, (C) positioning a fume hood over the car, with the fume hood having a length about equal to the length of the car, (D) pushing hot coke from the coke oven through the coke guide and into the car, (E) withdrawing gases from the fume hood during step (D) and passing said gases to gas cleaning equipment at a gas flowrate of between about 1000 and about 3500 scfmd per ton of coke pushed under step (D), and (F) substantially upon completion of step (E) moving the car from under the fume hood to a quenching station with the hot coke in the car exposed to the atmosphere and without further withdrawal of gases from the hot coke to the gas cleaning equipment.

• Assignee: Bethlehem Steel Corp
• Patent Number(s): US 4211608
• OSTI ID: 5038508
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 19 Oct 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
WASTES
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