Coal to Coke Conversion
WEBJan 1, 1989 · In 1700, J. Becher, a German chemist, patented a process for saving the tar from coking coal. The earliest efforts to carbonize coal were to make it less objectionable for domestic heating. It was later that coking to produce a new fuel was attempted and the interest in coke byproducts came even later. For many years, coke was a relatively ...