Patent ID: 9321965
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: C10B

Claim Text:
1. A method for quenching metallurgical coke made in a coking oven, the method comprising the steps of: pushing fused incandescent coke structures onto a substantially horizontal planar receiving surface of an enclosed quenching car so that substantially all of the coke from the coking oven is pushed as a unitary slab onto the receiving surface of the quenching car; quenching the slab of incandescent coke in a substantially enclosed, gas tight environment with quench water from a plurality of water quench nozzles wherein a portion of the fused incandescent coke structures are partially submerged during a portion of the quenching; subsequent to the quenching step, tilting the horizontal planar receiving surface about a tilt axis that extends transversely to the length of the planar receiving surface, adjacent one end portion of the planar receiving surface, to an angle less than 90 degrees sufficient to slide the quenched coke off of the end portion of the planar receiving surface and onto a product collection conveyer.