Fuels and Combustion
Fuel gases containing hydrocarbons (ie.g. coke oven gas) are not preheated before burning, mainly because

There are chances of explosion during preheating
It reduces its flame temperature tremendously
It reduces its calorific value tremendously
The hydrocarbons crack thereby choking and fouling the heat transfer surface by carbon soot

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Fuels and Combustion
Sometimes water is sprayed during coal charging in the coke oven, which helps in

Reducing the cracking of hydrocarbons in the gas and increasing the percentage of CO & H₂ in the gas (due to the endothermic reaction represented by C + H₂O = CO + H₂)
Controlling the dust nuisance while charging the coal
All of these
Prevention of clinker formation in the oven

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