Process for manufacturing smokeless agglomerate fuels, smokeless agglomerate fuels thus prepared and oven for use in this process

摘要

Process for manufacturing smokeless agglomerate fuels from agglomerates of carbonaceous material, in particular coal and/or coke particles and a bituminous binder, which comprises subjecting the agglomerates to an oxidizing heat treatment in at least three stages using hot gas and then cooling the agglomerates, the first stage being a heating and drying step, the second stage being an oxidation step, and the third stage being a finishing oxidation step. An oven suitable for the process may be a travelling grate oven having 3 or more zones.