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Abstract

A coke box for dry quenching and indirectly cooling a charge of coke received from the discharge end of a coke oven. The coke box includes a chamber for receiving the coke and a seal engageable with the discharge end of the oven to substantially prevent the escape of combustible gases and particulate matter therefrom. A door encloses the coke within the receiving chamber to substantially isolate the coke from the atmosphere and an external cooling media which is passed over the exterior surfaces of the receiving chamber to indirectly cool the charge of coke enclosed in the receiving chamber. A burner chamber is connected to the receiving chamber for burning combustible gases and particulate matter exhausted from the receiving chamber. Preferably, the burner includes a venturi tube and an air inlet nozzle for drawing atmospheric air into the burner to mix with the combustible gases and enhance the combustion thereof.

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