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.
Claims16
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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;
- and
- a beam between the castable slab and the foundation, wherein:
- the beam extends from the first end to the second end of the oven chamber and have a height of at least eight inches,
- the beam forms an air gap between the castable slab and the foundation, and
- in operation, heat from the oven chamber is dissipated by the air gap.
A coke oven, comprising:
- an oven body configured to heat a coal bed;
- a foundation supporting the oven body;
- and
- a plurality of beams positioned between the oven body and the foundation, wherein the plurality of beams is configured to at least partially thermally isolate the oven body from the foundation, and wherein at least one of the plurality of beams is an I-beam and has a height of at least eight inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.