Coke guide spray system

Claim 1

A coke guide spray system for use with a battery of coke ovens having a corresponding plurality of coke side doors disposed in a row with a coke guide track arranged generally parallel thereto and with a coke quenching car track arranged beside and generally parallel to the coke guide track and at an elevation therebelow with a coke quenching car thereon and movable therealong, said system comprising a coke guide including an outer frame mounted on the coke guide track for movement of said coke guide from one coke side door to another, a track mounted on said outer frame and arranged transversely with respect to the coke guide track, a coke guide chute mounted on said transverse track for movement toward and away from an associated coke side door, said coke guide guiding coke from an associated open coke side door across the coke guide track and into a coke quenching car on the coke quenching car track, a hood mounted on said coke guide and covering said coke guide chute and extending outwardly over the associated coke quenching car, a water inlet pipe mounted on said coke guide and adapted to be connected to a source of water under pressure, water spray means mounted within said hood above said coke guide chute adjacent to the end thereof disposed toward the associated coke quenching car for spraying water on the upper surface of a column of coke as it falls into the associated coke quenching car and for spraying water into the portion of said hood disposed over the associated coke quenching car, a gas exhaust system mounted on said coke guide and including an intake duct communicating with the interior of said hood and a fan connected to said intake duct and an outlet duct connected to said fan and discharging into said associated coke quenching car, and a horizontally disposed condensing spray system in said outlet duct for spraying a horizontal stream of water therein to entrain fumes and particulate matter passing through said outlet duct and depositing the same in the associated coke quenching car, said hood and said water spray means and said exhaust system and said condensing spray system cooperating to trap emissions from the associated coke oven during discharge thereof in the water from said water spray means and condensing spray system and to direct the water and the emissions trapped therein onto the coke in the coke car and to retain the water therein, whereby to minimize emissions into the atmosphere from the hot coke as it is pushed from an oven through the associated coke side door and said coke guide into the coke quenching car.