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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7648615 | Method of smoking/burning type volume reduction treatment and apparatus therefor In the operation of smoking/burning type volume reduction treatment apparatus (1), referring to view (A), charcoal carbonized layer (T2) is spread over powdery ceramic layer (T1) in the state of having negative ion air fed through air su... | 01/19/2010 |
| 6150040 | Pure steam-related apparatus protected from fouling and method of manufacturing the same A pure steam-related apparatus, which is one of apparatus in the group of pure steam generators generating pure steam from purified water, pipelines for pure steam and sterilizers using pure steam, is protected from discoloration, so-called "fouling", to ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5688376 | Method for the gas sealing manufacture of a door frame of a coke oven battery and such a door frame structure Method for the gas sealing manufacture of a door frame of a coke oven battery which battery comprises a refractory structure with an armor plate connected to it onto which the door frame is fitted characterized by the following steps: measuring the profil... | 11/18/1997 |
| 4555326 | Methods and compositions for boronizing metallic surfaces The present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for boronizing metal and in particular ferrous surfaces. It has been discovered that if hydrocarbons are processed in metallic equipment which have been previously boronized, that coke formati... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4445977 | Coke oven having an offset expansion joint and method of installation thereof An offset expansion joint and method of installing the same in a repaired or rebuilt furnace, such as a coke oven or the like, comprises at least two segments of ceramic fiber spaced laterally from one another and separated by silica bricks and a barrier ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4364798 | Rebuilt coke oven heating chamber and method of making the same A spalled and deteriorated portion of a refractory brick heating wall of a coke oven heating chamber is dismantled. The deteriorated brick is removed with the undamaged brick remaining in place. Individual thermally destructable forms forming the gas flow... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4308102 | Process and apparatus for drying and preheating coking coal by means of flue gas Flue gas discharged from a recuperator or regenerator of a coke oven battery has the steam thereof removed by means of a direct or indirect cooling and condensation operation. After the steam is removed from the flue gas it is then passed through a coke d... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4280879 | Apparatus and process for recovery of hydrocarbons from inorganic host materials A dry thermal processor for recovering hydrocarbons from oil sand solids comprises concentric, radially spaced, horizontal inner and outer tubular members connected for rotation together. The inner member provides a substantially open preheat zone and vap... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280892 | Process and apparatus for the separation of hydrocarbons from petroleum bearing materials This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the separation of bitumen crude petroleum from oil bearing solid materials and the collection of all the vapors produced, as multiple fractionated hydrocarbons. In its simplest form, the apparatus consi... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4219405 | Method of continuously producing coke Continuous production of coke by pyrolysis of a hydrocarbon mixture containing petroleum tar, coal tar pitch or pyrolysis tars in which the hyrocarbon mixture and recycled condensate is heated in a preheater at a rate to increase the mesophase content of ... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4203803 | Charging of coke ovens with preheated coal Method for charging a coke oven chamber. Where the chamber is charged through a single charging hole with a stream of flowable preheated particulate coal at a flow rate of between substantially 8-20 tons per minute. The coal flows sufficiently in the cham... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4189457 | Method of sealing coke ovens A method for sealing a by-product coke oven in which a silicone material is caused to foam to form a foaming silicone composition preferably by mixing a first mixture of organohydrogensiloxane and hydroxylated organosiloxane with a second mixture of organ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4178215 | Method of manufacturing blast furnace coke A method of manufacturing blast furnace coke wherein said coke is obtained by a process in which coal to be used for making briquettes is mixed with a caking substance having a softening point of 40°-250° C. with or without a solvent having fluidity at ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4108732 | Heating carbonaceous particulate material A method for mixing a stream of particulate carbonaceous material with another stream of particulate material in a reaction zone maintained substantially free of free oxygen, which method is especially useful for mixing a stream of particulate agglomerati... | 08/22/1978 |
