Suncoke Technology and Development Corp.

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings, Inc.

Rodel Holdings, Inc.

John Francis Quanci

Chun Wai Choi

Mark Anthony Ball

Gary Dean West

Milos J Kaplarevic

Jonathan Perkins

Daniel C Charles

John Michael Richardson

Peter Chun

Khambath Vichitvongsa

Jason Crum

Vince G Reiling

Rajat Kapoor

Ung-Kyung Chun

Andrew Michael Butor

Parthasarathy Kesavan

Mayela Carolina Fernandez

Bradley Thomas Rodgers

Hongyu Wang

Patrick James Mullarkey

Sharla Evatt

Richard Alan Mrozowicz

Jeffrey Scott Brombolich

Edward A Glass

David James Schwake

Zhendong Liu

Jake Sarpen

Matt William Gill

Jeff Wozek

Syed Ahmed

Ryan L Yates

Ashley Nicole Seaton

Justin Leigh Prien

Jennifer Renee McLaren

Matthew R VanHanehem

Francis J Kelley

Dexter Junior Mounts

Rajesh Kumar Kandula

Roy Jimmy Griffey, Ii

Jacob Peter Sarpen

Rakshak Khanna

Terence M Thomas

Joseph K So

Richard Earl Partch

Jinru Bian

John Shannon Essman

Katie Russell

Suresh Mehta

Wes Alderman

Andre Vassilnenko Kalinin

Paul J Norton

Robert E Schmidt

F Robert Carroll

Jack Ziegler

Dwayne Johnson

Tony Amadio

Mike Muhlbaier

Nathaniel A Barney

James Eric Bond

Katharine E Russell

Danny E Sparling

Jose Eustaquio daSilva

Qianqiu Ye

Anthony Hanlin

Haofeng Xu

Hugh Li

Kai Hu

Michael Nawrocki

Danny Edward Sparling

Katharine Elizabeth Russell

Roy Jimmy Griffey

Jason Francis Crum

Jennifer Mclaren

Bradley Thomas Rodger

Jennifer Renee Mclaren

Systems for continuous granulated metallic unit (GMU) production, and associated devices and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a continuous GMU production system includes a furnace unit, a desulfurization unit, a plurality of granulator units, and a cooling system. The furnace unit can receive input materials such as iron ore and output molten metal. The desulfurization unit can reduce a sulfur content of the molten metallics received from the furnace unit. Each of the plurality of granulator units can include a tundish that can control the flow of molten metallics and a reactor that can granulate the molten metallics to form GMUs. The cooling system can provide cooled water to the reactor. Continuous GMU production systems configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can produce GMUs under continuous operations cycles for, e.g., at least 6 hours.

Continuous granulated metallic units production, and associated systems, devices, and methods

A low-carbon granulated metallic unit having a mass fraction of carbon between 0.1 wt. % and 4.0 wt. % is disclosed herein. Additionally or alternatively, the granulated metallic unit can comprise a mass fraction of phosphorous of at least 0.025 wt. %, a mass fraction of silicon between 0.25 wt. % and 1.5 wt. %, a mass fraction of manganese of at least 0.2 wt. %, a mass fraction of sulfur of at least 0.0001 wt. %, and/or a mass fraction of iron of at least 94.0 wt. %.

Low-carbon granulated metallic units

Industrial cars for holding high-temperature materials, such as flat push hot cars for transporting hot coke and deposits, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an industrial car can include an at least partially enclosed hot box with a base and sidewalls, and one or more of the base or sidewalls can be covered by surface plates. The surface plates can be arranged in a floating configuration with gaps therebetween, such that the surface plates can move relative to one another and thermally expand without exerting excessive compressive force against adjacent surface plates. In some embodiments, the hot box can also include a roof with a first non-curved member and a second non-curved member abutting the first non-curved member. In some embodiments, the industrial car can include one or more emission ducts to remove dust and exhaust from within and around the industrial car.

Flat push hot car for foundry coke and associated systems and methods

Systems and methods for using a liquid hot metal processing unit to produce granulated metallic units (GMUs) are disclosed herein. In some embodiments of the present technology, a liquid hot metal processing system for producing GMUs comprises a liquid hot metal processing unit including a granulator unit. The granulator unit can include a tilter positioned to receive and tilt a ladle, a controller operably coupled to the tilter to control tilting of the ladle, a tundish positioned to receive the molten metallics from the ladle, and a reactor positioned to receive the molten metallics from the tundish. The reactor can be configured to cool the molten metallics to form granulated metallic units (GMUs).

Use of a basic oxygen furnace to produce granulated metallic units, and associated systems, devices, and methods

A low-sulfur granulated metallic unit having a mass fraction of sulfur between 0.0001 wt. % and 0.08 wt. % is disclosed herein. Additionally or alternatively, the granulated metallic unit can comprise a mass fraction of phosphorous of at least 0.025 wt. %, a mass fraction of silicon between 0.25 wt. % and 1.5 wt. %, a mass fraction of manganese of at least 0.2 wt. %, a mass fraction of carbon of at least 0.8 wt. %, and/or a mass fraction of iron of at least 94.0 wt. %.

Low-sulfur granulated metallic units

Treating cooling water in industrial production facilities and associated systems, devices, and methods are disclosed herein. The system can comprise a cooling tower with a first and second cell, each having a housing to receive return water and a sump below to maintain supply water configured to directly contact molten metal. The system includes an inlet and an inlet line to provide return water to the cooling tower and an outlet and an outlet line to direct supply water back to the industrial production facility. The inlet, outlet, and cooling tower form a closed-loop network. Additionally, a blowdown line is fluidically coupled to the outlet to divert a portion of the supply water away from the closed-loop network.

Treating cooling water in iron production facilities, and associated systems, devices, and methods

The present technology is generally directed to providing beds of coking material to charge a coking oven. In various embodiments, a quantity of first particulate material, having a first particulate size and bulk density, is combined with a second particulate material, having a second particulate size and bulk density, to define a multi-modal bed of coking material. The multi-modal bed of coking material exhibits an optimized bulk density that is greater than an ideal bulk density predicted by a linear combination of the bulk densities of the individual materials.

Multi-modal beds of coking material

A coke product configured to be used in foundry cupolas to melt iron and produce cast iron products is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the coke product has a Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) of at least 30% and an ash fusion temperature (AFT) less than 1316° C. Additionally or alternatively, the coke product can comprise a fixed carbon content of at least 80% and/or a volatile matter content of no more than 1.0%.

Foundry coke products, and associated systems, devices, and methods

A duct intersection comprising a first duct portion and a second duct portion extending laterally from a side of the first duct portion. At least one flow modifier is mounted inside one of the first and second duct portions. The flow modifier is a contoured duct liner and/or the flow modifier includes at least one turning vane. The duct intersection may also include a transition portion extending between the first and second duct portions, wherein the transition portion has a length extending along a side of the first duct portion and a depth extending away from the side of the first duct portion, wherein the length is greater than a diameter of the second duct portion.

Exhaust flow modifier, duct intersection incorporating the same, and methods therefor

A coke product configured to be used in foundry cupolas to melt iron and produce cast iron products is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the coke product has a Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) of at least 30% and an ash fusion temperature (AFT) less than 1316° C. Additionally or alternatively, the coke product can comprise (i) an ash content of at least 8.0%, (ii) a volatile matter content of no more than 1.0%, (iii) a Coke Strength After Reaction (CSR) of no more than 40%, (iv) a 2-inch drop shatter of at least 90%, and/or (v) a fixed carbon content of at least 85%.

Systems and methods for removing carbonaceous clinker material from a coke oven are described. A coke oven can be provided including an oven floor, coke, and clinker material deposited on the oven floor. After a temperature of the coke oven has reached a first temperature (e.g., after heating coal in the oven to produce coke), the method includes increasing the temperature of the coke oven to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature for a predetermined amount of time. After the predetermined amount of time, the temperature is reduced to a third temperature that is lower than the first temperature.

Decarbonization of coke ovens and associated systems and methods

Methods and systems for coking coal blends to produce foundry coke products are disclosed herein. Methods for producing coke products can include charging a coal blend into a coke oven; and heating the charged coal blend such that a crown temperature of the coke oven is greater than a lower bound coking temperature. The pyrolysis duration begins when the crown temperature of the oven is greater than the lower bound coking temperature, and ends when the crown temperature of the oven is less than the lower bound coking temperature.

Coal blends, foundry coke products, and associated systems, devices, and methods

Systems and methods for an overall oven health optimization system and method are disclosed. The oven health optimization system computes one or more metrics to measure/compare oven health performance data, computes oven life indicator values, generates one or more oven health performance plans, and so on, based on oven operation and/or inspection data parameters.

Oven health optimization systems and methods

High quality coke products including unique properties, such as Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) properties, fixed carbon content, and sulfur content.

High-quality coke products

A coke oven includes an oven chamber, an uptake duct in fluid communication with the oven chamber, the uptake duct being configured to receive exhaust gases from the oven chamber, an uptake damper in fluid communication with the uptake duct, the uptake damper being positioned at any one of multiple positions, the uptake damper configured to control an oven draft, an actuator configured to alter the position of the uptake damper between the positions in response to a position instruction, a sensor configured to detect an operating condition of the coke oven, wherein the sensor includes one of a draft sensor, a temperature sensor configured to detect an uptake duct temperature or a sole flue temperature, and an oxygen sensor, and a controller being configured to provide the position instruction to the actuator in response to the operating condition detected by the sensor.

Automatic draft control system for coke plants

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Haddonfield, NJ, United States of America

John Francis Quanci