Heat recovery oven foundation
AssigneeSuncoke Technology and Development LLC
InventorsJohn Francis Quanci, Chun Wai Choi, Mark Anthony Ball, Jason Crum, Milos J. Kaplarevic
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Abstract
A coke oven includes an oven chamber configured to support and heat a coal bed, a castable slab below the oven chamber, and a foundation supporting the heat recovery oven. One or more beams are positioned between the castable slab and the foundation. The beams extend from a first end of the oven chamber to a second end of the oven chamber, forming a plurality of air gaps between the castable slab and the foundation. Heat from the oven chamber is dissipated by the one or more beams.
Claims20
A coke oven, comprising:
- an oven chamber configured to support and heat a coal bed, the oven chamber having a first end and a second end;
- a castable slab below the oven chamber;
- a foundation supporting the oven chamber;
- one or more beams between the castable slab and the foundation, the one or more beams extending from the first end to the second end of the oven chamber and forming a plurality of air gas between the castable slab and the foundation;
- a forced cooling system configured to i) dissipate heat from the air gaps between the one or more beams and ii) force a fluid through at least one of the air gaps;
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- a controller operably coupled to the forced cooling system and configured to regulate an amount of the fluid forced through the at least one of the air gaps.
A coke oven, comprising:
- an oven body configured to heat a coal bed;
- a foundation supporting the oven body;
- a plurality of beams positioned between the oven body and the foundation and thermally isolating the oven body from the foundation;
- a forced cooling system positioned adjacent the beams and configured to i) dissipate heat from an area between adjacent ones of the beams and ii) force a fluid through the area;
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- a controller operably coupled to the forced cooling system and configured to regulate an amount of the fluid forced through the area.
A coke oven, comprising:
- an oven chamber configured to support a coal bed and having a length;
- a castable slab below the oven chamber;
- a foundation supporting the oven chamber;
- a first beam between the castable slab and the foundation and extending along the length of the oven chamber;
- a second beam between the castable slab and the foundation and extending along the length of the oven chamber, wherein the second beam is spaced apart from the first beam, and wherein the first beam, the second beam, the castable slab, and the foundation at least partially define an air gap;
- a forced cooling system configured to dissipate heat from the air gap by directing fluid toward the air gap;
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- a controller operably coupled to the forced cooling system and configured to regulate an amount of the fluid directed toward the air gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.