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Process for cleaning coke oven gas offtakes

US3964976A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1974
Grant dateJun 22, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 28, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10B43/14
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process and apparatus for removing carbon deposits from the inner surfaces of a coke oven gas offtake by introducing steam into the gas offtake in an amount and under conditions sufficient to remove at least a portion of said carbon. The steam may be introduced either countercurrent to, or in the direction of, the flow of the gases exiting through the gas offtake.

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