Systems for treating a surface of a coke plant sole flue
AssigneeSuncoke Technology and Development LLC
InventorsJohn Francis Quanci, Gary Dean West, Mayela Carolina Fernandez
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Abstract
The present technology relates to systems and methods for reducing leaks in a system for coking coal. For example, some embodiments provide systems and method for treating a cracked or leaking surface in a system for coking coal. In particular, the present technology includes systems having one or more substances configured to reduce an airflow through one or more cracks by creating an at least partially impermeable patch. The present technology further includes methods for treating surfaces having one or more cracks to reduce an airflow through the one or more cracks.
Claims22
A system for coking coal, comprising:
- at least one oven comprising a sole flue including a floor and one or more sidewalls interacting with the floor to define an interface, wherein a surface of the sole flue has one or more leaks;
- and
- a patch covering the one or more leaks such that the patch has a perimeter peripheral to the one or more leaks and inward of the interface, wherein the patch, in operation, reduces an undesired airflow through the one or more leaks, the patch including a substance that is at least partially flexible and is configured to withstand temperatures of at least 100 degrees Celsius.
A system for coking coal, comprising:
- at least one oven including an oven floor having a first surface;
- at least one sole flue having a second surface;
- at least one tunnel having a third surface;
- and
- a patch covering at least a portion of the second surface, wherein the patch:
- is at least partially flexible,
- is at least partially impermeable,
- has a perimeter entirely within an outer perimeter of the second surface of the sole flue, and
- is configured to withstand temperatures of at least 100 degrees Celsius.
A system for coking coal, comprising:
- at least one oven comprising an oven floor, one or more sidewalls, a chamber defined at least in part by the oven floor and the one or more sidewalls, and a sole flue beneath the oven floor, wherein:
- the oven floor is configured to contact coal and coke,
- the sole flue is spaced apart from the oven floor, and
- the sole flue has one or more leaks;
- and
- a patch covering the one or more leaks such that the patch has a perimeter peripheral to the one or more leaks and entirely within an outer perimeter of the sole flue, wherein the patch, in operation, reduces an undesired airflow through the one or more leaks, the patch including a substance that is at least partially flexible and is configured to withstand temperatures of at least 100 degrees Celsius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.