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Method and apparatus for tar recovery from raw coking gas

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OSTI ID:5757805
To increase the temperature at which a tar separator operates which separates tar from condensate obtained by cooling coking gas produced by coking preheated coal, the condensate is preheated by heat exchange with the coking gas entering a raw gas cooler and is then admitted into the coking gas collecting main of the coking ovens, from which it passes to the tar separator. A method and an apparatus are disclosed.
Assignee:
Bergwerksverband GmbH (Germany, Federal Republic Of); Didier Engineering GmbH (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
Patent Number(s):
US 4309253
OSTI ID:
5757805
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English