Green coke

Green coke (raw coke) is the primary solid carbonization product from high boiling hydrocarbon fractions obtained at temperatures below 900 K. It contains a fraction of matter that can be released as volatiles during subsequent heat treatment at temperatures up to approximately 1600 K. This mass fraction, the so-called volatile matter, is in the case of green coke between 4 and 15 wt.%, but it depends also on the heating rate.

Raw coke is an equivalent term to green coke although it is now less frequently used. The so-called volatile matter of green coke depends on temperature and time of cooking, but also on the method for its determination.

See also

• Coker unit
• Delayed coker
• Petroleum coke
• Coke (fuel)

References

• IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology 2nd Edition (1997)