# US 12,215,289 B2 · High-quality coke products

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- Number: US 12,215,289 B2
- Document ID: US12215289B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/793,631
- Filed: 2024-08-02
- Published: 2024-11-28
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2020-05-03
- Assignees: Suncoke Technology and Development LLC
- Applicants: Suncoke Technology and Development LLC
- Inventors: John Francis Quanci; Jonathan Perkins
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12215289B2

## CPC

- C10L 5/36: Shape
- C10L 5/04: Raw material {of mineral origin} to be used; Pretreatment thereof {(pretreatment of fuels of non-mineral origin C10L5/40)}
- C21B 5/007: {Conditions of the cokes or characterised by the cokes used}
- C10B 57/04: using charges of special composition
- Y02E 50/10: Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel
- C10L: FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G OR C10K; LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS; USE OF ADDITIVES TO FUELS OR FIRES; FIRE-LIGHTERS
- C21B: MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL (preliminary treatment of ferrous ores or scrap C22B1/00)
- C10B: DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS, COKE, TAR, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS (cracking oils C10G; underground gasification of minerals E21B43/295)
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

High quality coke products including unique properties, such as Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) properties, fixed carbon content, and sulfur content.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A coke comprising a Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) between 20 and 45%, a fixed carbon content of at least 80%, and a sulfur content less than 1.0%.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, further comprising a Coke Strength after Reaction (CSR) between 15% and 40%.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, further comprising a length:width ratio of at least 1.1.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, wherein the CRI is between 25 and 45%.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, wherein the coke has a 4-inch drop shatter of at least 60% when using a starting material having a size of at least 4 inches in a drop shatter test.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, wherein the coke has a 2-inch drop shatter of at least 80% when using a starting material having a size of at least 4 inches in a drop shatter test.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, wherein the coke has a 4-inch drop shatter of at least 30% when using a starting material having a size of at least 4 inches in a drop shatter test.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, wherein the coke has a 2-inch drop shatter of at least 40% when using a starting material having a size of at least 4 inches in a drop shatter test.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, further comprising an ash content between 5 and 12%.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, wherein the coke has a sulfur content of less than 0.8%.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, wherein the coke has a sulfur content of less than 0.7%.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, further comprising a moisture content between 1% and 10%.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, further comprising a moisture content less than 15%.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, further comprising a gray or light gray color.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The coke of claim 1, wherein the fixed carbon content is at least 85%.

### Claim 16

A coke comprising a Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) between 25 and 45%, a fixed carbon content of at least 85%, a sulfur content less than 0.9%, an ash content between 5% and 12%, and a length:width ratio of at least 1.1.

### Claim 17

A coke comprising a Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) of at least 25%, a fixed carbon content of at least 80%, and a sulfur content less than 1.0%.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The coke of claim 17, wherein the fixed carbon content is at least 85%, a sulfur content less than 1.0%.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The coke of claim 18, further comprising an ash content between 5% and 12%.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The coke of claim 19, further comprising a length:width ratio of at least 1.1.