Patent ID: 8394242
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: C10B

Abstract:
1. A wet quenching tower for quenching coke, said wet quenching tower comprising: a lower housing portion defining a lower interior enclosed by at least a first side wall and at least one portal sized to allow ingress and egress of a coke laden quenching receptacle to said lower interior, said first side wall extending above said lower interior and defining an upper edge, said first side wall defining a substantially cylindrical shape; a plurality of quenching sprayers for directing a quantity of water onto said lower interior of said lower housing portion, said sprayers being supported above said lower interior by said lower housing portion; an upper housing portion defining at least a second side wall and having a lower edge removably secured to said first side wall upper edge, said upper housing portion defining an open upper end, said upper housing portion cooperating with said lower housing portion to allow steam to rise from said lower interior upward through said upper housing portion upper end, said upper housing portion defining a frusto-conical shape comprising a top section and a bottom section, said top section being releasably secured in a stacked configuration above said bottom section; a plurality of baffles supported by said upper housing portion, each of said baffles defining a surface for contacting at least a portion of the steam to allow condensation of the portion of the steam on the baffles; and a plurality of washing sprayers supported above said baffles for directing water onto said baffles to wash said baffles.