Gas-treating device
Provided is a gas-treating device including: an absorption device that receives an absorbent to absorb an acidic compound in a gas to be treated into the absorbent; a release device into which the absorbent having absorbed the acidic compound in the absorption device is introduced; a heater for heating the absorbent in the release device to release the acidic compound contained in the absorbent from the absorbent; and a multi-fluid heat exchanger for heating the absorbent before being supplied from the absorption device to the release device by a fluid containing the acidic compound discharged from the release device and the absorbent before being supplied from the release device to the absorption device.
1 . A gas-treating device comprising:
an absorber that receives an absorbent to absorb an acidic compound in a gas to be treated into the absorbent;
a releaser into which the absorbent having absorbed the acidic compound in the absorber is introduced;
a heater for heating the absorbent in the releaser to release the acidic compound contained in the absorbent from the absorbent; and
a multi-fluid heat exchanger for heating the absorbent before being supplied from the absorber to the releaser by a fluid containing the acidic compound discharged from the releaser and the absorbent before being supplied from the releaser to the absorber, wherein
the multi-fluid heat exchanger includes a first branched flow path in which one part of the absorbent flows from the absorber to the releaser, and a second branched flow path in which a remnant of the absorbent flows from the absorber to the releaser,
the absorbent is an absorbent that separates into two phases upon absorbing the acidic compound,
the absorber is configured to allow the absorbent having absorbed the acidic compound to be accumulated while the absorbent is separated into two phases,
the first branched flow path is connected to the absorber through a first rich liquid flow path,
the second branched flow path is connected to the absorber through a second rich liquid flow path provided separately from the first rich liquid flow path,
one of the two phases separated in the absorbent mainly flows into the first branched flow path through the first rich liquid flow path, and
the other of the two phases separated in the absorbent mainly flows into the second branched flow path through the second rich liquid flow path.
2 . The gas-treating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first branched flow path is configured to heat the one part of the absorbent by the fluid containing the acidic compound discharged from the releaser and the absorbent supplied from the releaser to the absorber, and
the second branched flow path is configured to heat the remnant of the absorbent by the fluid containing the acidic compound discharged from the releaser and the absorbent supplied from the releaser to the absorber.
3 . The gas-treating device according to claim 2 , wherein the first branched flow path and the second branched flow path are adjacent to each other to cause heat exchange between the one of the two phases separated, flowing through the first branched flow path, and the other of the two phases separated, flowing through the second branched flow path.
4 . The gas-treating device according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-fluid heat exchanger is a plate heat exchanger or a shell-and-tube heat exchanger.
5 . The gas-treating device according to claim 1 , further comprising a compressor for compressing the fluid containing the acidic compound discharged from the releaser and before being supplied to the multi-fluid heat exchanger.
6 . The gas-treating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the absorber includes a tank configured to store the absorbent, and
a gas supply path through which the gas to be treated flows into the tank is connected to the tank at a position below a liquid level of the absorbent stored in the tank.
7 . The gas-treating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the releaser includes a tank configured to store the absorbent containing the acidic compound, and
the heater is configured to heat the absorbent containing the acidic compound and accumulated in the tank.