Bunker construction for charging hot, dry coal and cold, wet coal to coke oven charging hoppers

摘要

Bunker for supplying alternatively either hot, dry coal or cold, wet coal to a charging hopper or test bunkers of a plurality of coke ovens in a coke oven battery, comprises, a bunker housing having an inlet adjacent its top for charging coal and a lower portion with a plurality of downwardly opening coke oven discharge spouts corresponding to the number of charging hoppers and test bunkers. An inert gas feed line includes a portion branching off to the vicinity of each spout and provided with a plurality of feeder lines at the lower end of the spout and which also includes a plurality of spray nozzles in the line for directing a water spray in the direction of the inert gas flow.