What is petroleum coke?

Petroleum coke is a combustible solid product obtained by coking petroleum residue and petroleum pitch. The color is black and porous, the main element is carbon, and the ash content is very low, generally below 0.5%. Petroleum coke belongs to the category of easily graphitized carbon. Petroleum coke has a wide range of uses in…

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Graphite electrode usage guide

Graphite electrodes are artificially made brittle materials, which have special requirements for storage and use. Therefore, the correct operation method helps to ensure the normal use of the product. Special tools should be used for graphite electrode hoisting. It is forbidden to use crowbars during transportation to prevent collision damage during transportation. The graphite electrode…

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How to Use Calcined Petroleum Coke

The calcined petroleum coke carbon content is high, high mechanical strength, low ash, low sulfur, low phosphorus, in metallurgy chemical industry, machinery, electric power industry has great potential for development. After production of calcined petroleum coke calcined furnace still has great space technology development, should focus on new materials application and development of high quality silica…

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How are graphite electrodes manufactured?

How to make a graphite electrode? The graphite electrode is made by using petroleum coke and needle coke as raw materials, coal tar pitch as a binder, and it is made by calcination, batching, kneading, pressing, roasting, impregnation, graphitization, and machining. The following is the process flow chart of graphite electrode manufacturing Calcining The production…

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