Innovative Clean Coal Technology Program: Coke oven gas cleaning demonstration project, Bethlehem Steel Corporation Sparrows Point Plant, Baltimore County, Maryland: Environmental Assessment
This Assessment has been prepared by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to evaluate environmental issues associated with a project that will be cost-shared by DOE and private industry under the Innovative Clean Coal Technology Program. The proposed action is a coke oven gas cleaning technology demonstration project proposed to be installed and operated at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Sparrows Point Plant, in Baltimore County, Maryland. Alternatives to the proposed action, which include no action, delayed action, and the use of alternate sites or technologies, are discussed. Three basic steel manufacturing operations are carried out at the Sparrows Point Plant: (1) pyrolytic conversion of coal to coke (carbon) in coke ovens; (2) combination of coke, iron ore, and limestone in a blast furnace to produce iron; and (3) refinement of iron to steel in oxygen or open-hearth furnaces. The Coke Works at the plant consists of three operational coke batteries and two Coal Chemicals plants. Bituminous coal is heated in a coke oven in the absence of air to remove its volatile components. About 70% of the coal feed is converted to coke; the remaining 30% consists of by-product gases and vapors. These by-product gases are treated in the Coal Chemicals plants to recover usable and marketable products, including coke oven gas, which is used to fuel the ovens and furnaces within the plant. The analysis concluded that no significant, environmental impacts would result from the proposed project. 12 refs., 11 figs., 10 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/FE
- OSTI ID:
- 6994130
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EA-0404; ON: DE90008995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COKE OVENS
COKING
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DECOMPOSITION
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HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METAL INDUSTRY
MITIGATION
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
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PURIFICATION
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