Carbon dioxide recovery system

1 . A carbon dioxide recovery system that recovers carbon dioxide from a mixed gas containing carbon dioxide by an electrochemical reaction, the system comprising:

a carbon dioxide recovery tank configured to store recovered carbon dioxide;

a recovery device including a housing into which the mixed gas is supplied, and an electrochemical cell housed in the housing, the electrochemical cell including a working electrode having an adsorbent capable of adsorbing carbon dioxide, and a counter electrode paired with the working electrode;

a sensor configured to detect a recovery amount that is an amount of carbon dioxide recovered in the recovery device and sent to the carbon dioxide recovery tank; and

a controller configured to execute an adsorption mode in which carbon dioxide is adsorbed and a recovery mode in which carbon dioxide is recovered, wherein

the controller is configured to:

apply a first potential between the working electrode and the counter electrode only for an adsorption time period in the adsorption mode such that the adsorbent adsorbs carbon dioxide, the adsorption time period corresponding to a target adsorption amount that is an amount of carbon dioxide that can be adsorbed by the adsorbent, and

apply a second potential between the working electrode and the counter electrode only for a recovery time period in the recovery mode such that the carbon dioxide adsorbed by the adsorbent is desorbed, and

the controller is configured to:

acquire and update the target adsorption amount as a correlation value correlated with the recovery amount that is a detection result of the sensor; and

apply the first potential only for the adsorption time period corresponding to the updated target adsorption amount.

2 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage unit that stores adsorption-amount change data indicating association between the target adsorption amount and the adsorption time period, and recovery-amount change data indicating association between a change in the recovery amount and the target adsorption amount, wherein

the controller is configured to

acquire the target adsorption amount from the recovery-amount change data as the correlation value associated with the recovery amount that is the detection result, and

acquire the adsorption time period from the adsorption-amount change data based on the acquired target adsorption amount.

3 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 2 , wherein

the adsorption mode is one of adsorption modes executed by the controller at different times,

the recovery mode is one of recovery modes executed by the controller and corresponding, respectively, to the adsorption modes, and

the controller is configured to

acquire detection results in the recovery modes, and

create the adsorption-amount change data based on the detection results by estimating a maximum adsorption amount of the electrochemical cell as the target adsorption amount and estimating the adsorption time period corresponding to the maximum adsorption amount.

4 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein

the recovery device is one of recovery devices,

the recovery devices are connected in parallel to the carbon dioxide recovery tank, and

the controller is configured to execute

an individual mode in which carbon dioxide is recovered individually in each of the recovery devices, and

a simultaneous mode in which carbon dioxide is recovered simultaneously in at least two or more of the recovery devices.

5 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 3 , wherein

the recovery device is one of recovery devices,

the recovery devices are connected in parallel to the carbon dioxide recovery tank, and

the controller is configured to

execute an individual mode in which carbon dioxide is recovered individually in each of the recovery devices by starting a control sequence individually in each of the recovery devices at different times, the control sequence including execution of the adsorption mode and execution of the recovery mode, and

execute the adsorption modes and the recovery modes for estimating the maximum adsorption amount in a period during which the control sequence is not executed.

6 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to acquire the adsorption time period by multiplying the recovery amount as the detection result by a coefficient that is a time period required for the adsorbent to adsorb a predetermined amount of carbon dioxide.

7 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to execute a scavenging mode in which a residual mixed gas in the housing is released to an outside of the housing in a state where the first potential is applied after execution of the adsorption mode and before execution of the recovery mode.

8 . A carbon dioxide recovery system that recovers carbon dioxide from a mixed gas containing carbon dioxide by an electrochemical reaction, the system comprising:

a carbon dioxide recovery tank configured to store recovered carbon dioxide;

a recovery device including a housing into which the mixed gas is supplied, and an electrochemical cell housed in the housing, the electrochemical cell including a working electrode having an adsorbent capable of adsorbing carbon dioxide, and a counter electrode paired with the working electrode;

a sensor configured to detect a recovery amount that is an amount of carbon dioxide recovered in the recovery device and sent to the carbon dioxide recovery tank;

a storage unit that stores adsorption-amount change data indicating association between a target adsorption amount and an adsorption time period, and recovery-amount change data indicating association between a change in the recovery amount and the target adsorption amount, the target adsorption amount being an amount of carbon dioxide that can be adsorbed by the adsorbent; and

a controller configured to execute an adsorption mode in which carbon dioxide is adsorbed and a recovery mode in which carbon dioxide is recovered, wherein

the controller is configured to:

apply a first potential between the working electrode and the counter electrode only for an adsorption time period in the adsorption mode such that the adsorbent adsorbs carbon dioxide, the adsorption time period corresponding to a target adsorption amount that is an amount of carbon dioxide that can be adsorbed by the adsorbent, and

apply a second potential between the working electrode and the counter electrode only for a recovery time period in the recovery mode such that the carbon dioxide adsorbed by the adsorbent is desorbed, and

the controller is configured to

acquire the target adsorption amount from the recovery-amount change data as a correlation value correlated with the recovery amount that is a detection result of the sensor, and

acquire the adsorption time period from the adsorption-amount change data based on the acquired target adsorption amount.

9 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 8 , wherein

the adsorption mode is one of adsorption modes executed by the controller at different times,

the recovery mode is one of recovery modes executed by the controller and corresponding, respectively, to the adsorption modes, and

the controller is configured to

acquire detection results in the recovery modes, and

create the adsorption-amount change data based on the detection results by estimating a maximum adsorption amount of the electrochemical cell as the target adsorption amount and estimating the adsorption time period corresponding to the maximum adsorption amount.

10 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 8 , wherein

the recovery device is one of recovery devices,

the recovery devices are connected in parallel to the carbon dioxide recovery tank, and

the controller is configured to execute

an individual mode in which carbon dioxide is recovered individually in each of the recovery devices, and

a simultaneous mode in which carbon dioxide is recovered simultaneously in at least two or more of the recovery devices.

11 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 9 , wherein

the recovery device is one of recovery devices,

the recovery devices are connected in parallel to the carbon dioxide recovery tank, and

the controller is configured to

execute an individual mode in which carbon dioxide is recovered individually in each of the recovery devices by starting a control sequence individually in each of the recovery devices at different times, the control sequence including execution of the adsorption mode and execution of the recovery mode, and

execute the adsorption modes and the recovery modes for estimating the maximum adsorption amount in a period during which the control sequence is not executed.

12 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to acquire the adsorption time period by multiplying the recovery amount as the detection result by a coefficient that is a time period required for the adsorbent to adsorb a predetermined amount of carbon dioxide.

13 . The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to execute a scavenging mode in which a residual mixed gas in the housing is released to an outside of the housing in a state where the first potential is applied after execution of the adsorption mode and before execution of the recovery mode.