coke oven
Industrial carbon furnace
A coke oven is an industrial furnace that heats coal in the absence of oxygen to produce coke—a porous, carbon-rich fuel used in steelmaking.
The process drives off volatile compounds, leaving behind a hard material that burns hot enough to smelt iron ore.
Coke ovens were central to the Industrial Revolution and remain essential to steel production: The coke ovens glowed orange through the night.
- carbonizationConversion to char
- slagIndustrial metalworking byproduct
- steelmakingIndustrial alloy production
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
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Ore-to-metal converter
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