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A review of coke making by-products

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Existing energy resources are struggling to cope with the current energy requirements. It is therefore, necessary to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases emissions in integrated steel industries. The yield of coking by-products is one of the key ways to achieve these goals. This review article is focused on history of the by-products such as coal tar, coal tar pitch, ammonia, hydrogen sulphide, pyridine, hydrogen cynide and carbon based material. Different technology for removal of mentioned by-products are briefly described according to technology development at different stage. Yield and quality of coking byproducts, its impacts on carbonization processes and factors such as volatile matter, rank of coal, reactive macerals, elemental constituents, and temperature were also investigated.

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    Rajesh Kumar, Prakhar Mishra, Abhijit Roy & S. K. Haldar

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Tiwari, H.P., Sharma, R., Kumar, R. et al. A review of coke making by-products. Coke Chem. 57, 477–484 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068364X14120072

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