Coking plant with flue gas recirculation

US8940136B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ronald Kim · Essen, DE
• Rainer Worberg · Essen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F23C9/003
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Improvement in carbonization in a carbonization furnace and simultaneous reduction in NOx emissions is achieved by recirculation of waste gas from a coking oven back to the oven chamber, the downcomers, or the sole channel system.