石油焦在高温下加工，以去除挥发性有机成分，然后再用于制造铝和其他冶金行业的电极。由于煅烧炉排放的气体温度较高，高温处理带来了独特的空气污染问题，但也提供了重要的节能机会。污染治理功能和能量回收系统之间的相互作用在自备煅烧装置（在petro公司运行）中发现的几种情况下进行了描述- leum精炼厂或铝还原厂）以及独立工厂。引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，第87卷，第一部分，伊利诺伊州芝加哥

Petroleum Coke is processed at high temperatures to drive off volatile organic components prior to use in the manufacture of electrodes for the aluminum and other metallurgical industries.The high temperature processing presents unique air pollution problems because of the high temperatures of gases discharged from the calciners, but also offers major energy conservation opportunities. The interaction between the pollution abatement functions and energy recovery system is described for several circumstances found in captive calcining units (operated in petro-leum refineries or in aluminum reduction plants) as well as for the stand-alone plant.