US 4,392,919 AGranted

Charging apparatus for coke cooling chambers

AssigneeDidier Engineering GmbH

InventorsManfred Galow, Horst Joseph

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Abstract

An apparatus for charging coke chambers is disclosed which effectively reduces and controls gas and dust emissions evolved during the coke charging operation. The charging apparatus includes a gas-tight enclosure which seals the immediate area surrounding the cooling chamber or serially arranged chambers in a cooling plant, a lift transport facility located internally to the enclosure for carrying a coke bucket to and from the respective coke cooling chambers, a crane or elevator for placing and removing the coke bucket from the lift transport facility, and an exhaust device for evacuating the gas and dust emissions from the enclosure. Inert gas feedlines are integrated with the charging operation to maintain an inert gas atmosphere within the enclosure.

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Dependent claims

In combination an apparatus for the dry cooling of coke including a dry coke cooling chamber and a charging opening in said chamber wherein hot coke is transferred by means of a coke bucket to said cooling chamber, charging apparatus for charging said coke cooling chamber with said hot coke comprising:

an enclosure including a roof, a bottom and sides, said enclosure encompassing at least an upper portion of said cooling chamber such that the charging opening of the cooling chamber extends into the enclosure, said enclosure being essentially gastight when sealed,
means for selectively opening and sealably closing an opening in said enclosure permitting access of said coke bucket to the interior of the enclosure, and sealing of said enclosure when said bucket is in the interior thereof for charging said coke to said cooling chamber,
transport means for shuttling said coke bucket into and out of said enclosure and to said coke cooling chamber for charging said coke to said cooling chamber,
exhaust gas treatment means for evacuating said enclosure of emissions generated by the charging of the cooling chamber and for controlling release of said emissions to the atmosphere, and
gas feed means connected to said enclosure for supplying inert gas to the interior of the enclosure.

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