『Abstract
China is the largest coke producer in the world, accounting for
over 60% of the world coke production, which makes the coke industry
in China a significant coal consumer and air pollutant emitter.
Recently, China has taken a series of measures to improve energy
efficiency and reduce emissions from the coke industry, including
eliminating old and low energy-efficiency coking technologies,
promoting advanced technologies, and strengthening energy and
environmental requirements on coking processes. As a consequence,
China's coke industry is experiencing an unprecedented technology
shift, which was characterized by the elimination of old, inefficient,
and polluting indigenous ovens and small machinery ones within
10 years. This study examines the policies and the prompt technology
shift in China's coke industry, as well as the associated energy
and environmental effects, and discusses the implications with
respect to the development of the coke industry in China towards
a more efficient and clean future. As China sets stricter requirements
on energy efficiency and the ambient environment, a more significant
change focusing on technologies of energy saving and emission
reduction is urgently needed at present. Those mature technologies,
including coke dry quenching, coke oven gas recycle, fine particle
removal, etc., should be enforced in the near future.
Keywords: Coke making; Energy efficiencies; Emissions』
1. Introduction
2. Overview of technologies used in coke industry
3. Policies on coke industry
3.1. Phasing out indigenous/modified ovens
3.2. Market entry criteria for coke industry
3.3. Energy efficiency policies
3.4. Environmental performance requirements
3.5. Export tax on coke
4. Technology shift of coke industry
5. Energy and environmental implications
5.1. Energy efficiency
5.2. Environmental performance
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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