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.
Claims21
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 heat recovery oven;
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- 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 gaps between the castable slab and the foundation;
- wherein heat from the oven chamber is dissipated by the air gaps between the one or more beams.
A coke oven, comprising:
- an oven body configured to heat a coal bed;
- a foundation supporting the oven body;
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- a plurality of beams positioned between the oven body and the foundation and thermally isolating the oven body from the foundation.
A method comprising:
- providing a coke oven including an oven chamber configured to heat a coal bed, a foundation supporting the oven chamber and separated from the oven chamber by one or more air gaps, and a forced cooling system configured to force a fluid through an air gap of the one or more air gaps;
- heating the coal bed in the oven chamber;
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- responsive to determining a temperature at a limiting material of the coke oven exceeds a temperature limit for the limiting material while heating the coal bed in the oven chamber, activating the forced cooling system to force the fluid through the air gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.