the drum is completely filled with water. For a period thereafter, water is introduced to overflow the drum with effluent sent to settling equipment for removal of entrained oil, etc.
The water settling system also receives water from other operations in the coker facility as later described. The clarified water produced by the settling system provides the water for quench and for recovery of coke from the drum. Coke recovery proceeds by removal of top and bottom heads from the drum and cutting of the coke by hydraulic jets. First, a vertical pilot hole is drilled through the mass of coke to provide a channel for coke discharge through the bottom opening. Then a hydraulic jet is directed against the upper surface of the coke at a distance frombed, along with a stream of hot recirculating material. From the reactor, a stream containing coke is circulated to a heater vessel, where it is heated. The hot coke stream is sent from the heater to a gasifier, where it reacts with air and steam. The gasifier product gas, referred to as coke gas, containing entrained coke particles, is returned to the heater and cooled by cold coke from the reactor to provide a portion of the reactor heat requirement. A return stream of coke sent from the gasifier to the heater provides the remainder of the heat requirement. Hot coke gas leaving the heater is used to generate high-pressure steam before being processed for cleanup. Coke is continuously removed from the reactor.
In a fluid coking process, a