A carbide producing method for carbonizing a woody biomass to produce a carbide includes a pyrolysis process in which the woody biomass is pyrolyzed and carbonized, an LHV calculating process in which an LHV of the carbide which is a carbonized woody biomass is calculated, and a supplied heat amount control process in which an amount of heat supplied per unit time to the woody biomass in the pyrolysis process on the basis of the calculated LHV is controlled.

A carbide producing method for carbonizing a woody biomass to produce a carbide includes a pyrolysis process in which the woody biomass is pyrolyzed and carbonized, an LHV calculating process in which an LHV of the carbide which is a carbonized woody biomass is calculated, and a supplied heat amount control process in which an amount of heat supplied per unit time to the woody biomass in the pyrolysis process on the basis of the calculated LHV is controlled.

The present technology is generally directed to coal charging systems used with coke ovens. In some embodiments, a coal charging system includes a charging head having opposing wings that extend outwardly from the charging head, leaving an open pathway through which coal may be directed toward side edges of the coal bed. In other embodiments, an extrusion plate is positioned on a rearward face of the charging head and oriented to engage and compress coal as the coal is charged along a length of the coking oven. In other embodiments, charging plates extend outwardly from inward faces of opposing wings.

A device of a coal pyrolyzing furnace is arranged in a center of a body of the coal pyrolyzing furnace and includes: a carbonizing room, an external gas heating device, an internal burning heating device and a flame path bow, wherein the carbonizing room is in a loop chamber above the flame path bow, the loop camber is formed by an internal loop wall and an external loop wall made of fire-resistant and heat-conductive materials; the external gas heating device is around an external circle of the external loop wall of the carbonizing room, wherein the external gas heating device comprises at least one equal set of a first gas heater, a second gas heater and a gas reversing device; the internal burning heating device is inside the internal loop wall of the carbonizing room.

A device of a coal pyrolyzing furnace is arranged in a center of a body of the coal pyrolyzing furnace and includes: a carbonizing room, an external gas heating device, an internal burning heating device and a flame path bow, wherein the carbonizing room is in a loop chamber above the flame path bow, the loop camber is formed by an internal loop wall and an external loop wall made of fire-resistant and heat-conductive materials; the external gas heating device is around an external circle of the external loop wall of the carbonizing room, wherein the external gas heating device comprises at least one equal set of a first gas heater, a second gas heater and a gas reversing device; the internal burning heating device is inside the internal loop wall of the carbonizing room.

An internal combustion heating device of a coal pyrolyzing furnace includes a coke quenching exhaust heater and at least one set of a third gas heater and a fourth gas heater with equal structures and associated with each other; wherein the coke quenching exhaust heater comprises an internal flame path, a first air supply tube, a second air supply tube, a central annular wall and a central path, wherein an internal flame path is divided into at least one set of an internal main flame path and an internal sub flame path, the central annular wall inside the internal loop wall of the carbonizing room and at least one the internal flame path isolating wall; the internal sub flame path is divided into an upper section, a middle section and a lower section.

An internal combustion heating device of a coal pyrolyzing furnace includes a coke quenching exhaust heater and at least one set of a third gas heater and a fourth gas heater with equal structures and associated with each other; wherein the coke quenching exhaust heater comprises an internal flame path, a first air supply tube, a second air supply tube, a central annular wall and a central path, wherein an internal flame path is divided into at least one set of an internal main flame path and an internal sub flame path, the central annular wall inside the internal loop wall of the carbonizing room and at least one the internal flame path isolating wall; the internal sub flame path is divided into an upper section, a middle section and a lower section.

A method for operating a coke oven plant, comprising providing a blast furnace gas stream and a coke oven gas stream treating a part of the blast furnace gas stream in a CO converter unit to obtain a treated blast furnace gas stream, subjecting the treated blast furnace gas stream in a CO.sub.2-depletion unit to obtain a primary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream, mixing the primary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream with a proportion of the blast furnace gas stream in a first mixing unit to obtain a secondary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream, mixing the secondary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream with a proportion of the coke oven gas stream in a second mixing unit to obtain a tertiary CO.sub.2-depleted gas stream, feeding said tertiary CO.sub.2-depleted gas stream to an underfiring system of a coke oven from the coke oven plant to convert coal to coke thereby producing a coke oven gas and an exhaust gas, where properties of the secondary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream are determined by a first analyzer downstream the first mixing unit are determined by properties of the tertiary CO.sub.2-depleted gas stream in a second analyzer downstream the second mixing unit, wherein the proportion of the blast furnace gas stream and the proportion of the coke oven gas stream are controlled based on said properties determined by said first and second analyzers to adjust at least one of CO.sub.2 content, CO content, H.sub.2 content, Wobbe Index, stoichiometric combustion air demand and Lower Heating Value in said tertiary CO.sub.2-depleted gas stream thereby controlling operation of the underfiring system.

A method for operating a coke oven plant, comprising providing a blast furnace gas stream and a coke oven gas stream treating a part of the blast furnace gas stream in a CO converter unit to obtain a treated blast furnace gas stream, subjecting the treated blast furnace gas stream in a CO.sub.2-depletion unit to obtain a primary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream, mixing the primary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream with a proportion of the blast furnace gas stream in a first mixing unit to obtain a secondary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream, mixing the secondary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream with a proportion of the coke oven gas stream in a second mixing unit to obtain a tertiary CO.sub.2-depleted gas stream, feeding said tertiary CO.sub.2-depleted gas stream to an underfiring system of a coke oven from the coke oven plant to convert coal to coke thereby producing a coke oven gas and an exhaust gas, where properties of the secondary CO.sub.2-depleted blast furnace gas stream are determined by a first analyzer downstream the first mixing unit are determined by properties of the tertiary CO.sub.2-depleted gas stream in a second analyzer downstream the second mixing unit, wherein the proportion of the blast furnace gas stream and the proportion of the coke oven gas stream are controlled based on said properties determined by said first and second analyzers to adjust at least one of CO.sub.2 content, CO content, H.sub.2 content, Wobbe Index, stoichiometric combustion air demand and Lower Heating Value in said tertiary CO.sub.2-depleted gas stream thereby controlling operation of the underfiring system.

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.