Petroleum coke is a product of crude oil which is separated by distillation from light and heavy oils and
then transformed into heavy oils by thermal cracking. From the appearance, coke is irregular in shape, black
lumps (or particles) of different sizes, with metallic luster, coke particles have porous structure, and the
main element composition is carbon.
With the recovery of steel and electrolytic aluminium industry, the demand for carbon products made from
petroleum coke has increased, and the market profit is considerable.
Technological Process
Petroleum coke needs to be crushed to a certain degree of fineness before it is calcined in rotary kiln, so
that it can be calcined in a uniform depth. But it should not be too fine to prevent excessive powder and
increase calcination loss.
(1) Grinding Stage:
The calcined petroleum coke is fed into the main grinding room for grinding. The fines after grinding are sent
to the analyzer for grading under the action of fan air flow. The fines with qualified fineness enter the
collecting stage through the outlet pipe.
(2) Collecting Stage:
The dust gas enters the cyclone collector. Under the action of centrifugal force, most of the finished fine
powder is separated. Redundant gas is discharged and sent to pulse dust collector, then it becomes clean gas.
Fine powder collected by cloth bags is transported to the conveying stage of finished products through screw
conveyor.
(3) Conveying Stage:
The finished ore powder collected by dust collector and cyclone collector is sent to the next process by screw
conveyor.
(4) Finished Product Stage:
After calculating, weighing and focusing with aggregates and binders of various sizes, the petroleum coke
powder is kneaded to make all kinds of raw materials mix plastic forming.
Powder Requirements
(1) Coke: Used as Fuel in Glass & Ceramics Factories
Applicable Material: coke
Production Fineness: 180mesh D90
(2) Calcined Coke (low sulphur and high quality): Used to Make Graphite Electrode
Applicable Material: low sulphur, high quality calcined coke
Production Fineness: 200mesh >D70
Calcined coke with low sulphur and high quality, such as needle coke, is mainly used to manufacture
ultra-high power graphite electrodes and some special carbon products. In the steel-making industry, needle
coke is an important material for developing new technology of electric furnace steelmaking.