Author: Frank Hynes Reed

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-18

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9780331370799

Excerpt from Coke From Illinois Coals, an Experimental Slot-Type Oven Midwestern by-product coke ovens require annually millions of tons of high volatile bituminous coals Which are shipped from the Appalachian coal fields in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and eastern Kentucky. Illinois has larger reserves of high-volatile bituminous coals than any other state east of the Rockies. Though the Appalachian coals are principally of higher rank than the midwestern, the reserves of these high-rank coals are being depleted rapidly. Because of this and the present critical transportation problem, the Illinois State Geological Survey, aided by the Office of Production Research and Development, War Production Board, initiated a research program to study the problem of substituting mid western coals for a portion of the eastern high-volatile coals now being carbonized in midwestern coke ovens. Previous commercial and semicommercial experience has shown that metallurgical coke can be made from certain Illinois coals. The research program includes the design, construction, and operation Of a pilot-size coke oven to duplicate carbonizing conditions in commercial slot-type ovens. A slot-type pilot-size coke oven of soo-pound coal capacity, electrically heated to ensure accurate temperature control, is described. The yields and properties of the coke and by-products recovered from this small experimental oven correlate closely With those obtained by carbonizing the same coals in commercial ovens. Thus this Oven is a reliable guide for commercial operations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.