IP Library Granted Patent US 8,615,981
Granted Patent B2
US 8,615,981 · App. 12/452,352 · Granted Dec 31, 2013

Integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility

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Patent No.
US 8,615,981
App. No.
12/452,352
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility is provided that can prevent a reduction in power generation efficiency even when low-grade coal having a relatively-high moisture content is used. Included are: a gasification section that gasifies supplied coal; a gas power generation section that generates power by using gas supplied from the gasification section; a steam power generation section that generates power by using the heat of exhaust gas discharged from the gas power generation section; and a coal drying unit that dries the coal by using exhaust heat discharged from the steam power generation section and that supplies the dried coal to the gasification section.

Claims (21)

1. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility comprising:

a gasification section that gasifies supplied coal;

a gas power generation section that generates electric power by using gas supplied from the gasification section;

a steam power generation section that generates electric power by using heat of exhaust gas discharged from the gas power generation section; and

a coal drying unit that dries the coal by using exhaust heat discharged from the steam power generation section and that supplies the coal dried, to the gasification section,

wherein the steam power generation section comprises a condenser that recovers heat of steam discharged from the steam power generation section; and

the coal drying unit dries the coal by using the heat of steam recovered by the condenser.

2. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility according to claim 1 , wherein:

the steam power generation section comprises a steam turbine unit to which steam generated with the heat of exhaust gas discharged from the gas power generation section is supplied; and

the gasification section is supplied with steam extracted from the steam turbine unit as a gasifying agent for the coal.

3. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility according to claim 2 , wherein the gasification section is supplied with exhaust gas discharged from the gas power generation section as a heat source for heating.

4. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility according to claim 1 , wherein:

the steam power generation section comprises a boiler that generates steam by using the heat of exhaust gas discharged from the gas power generation section; and

the gasification section is supplied with exhaust gas discharged from the boiler as a gasifying agent for the coal.

5. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility according to claim 4 , wherein the gasification section is supplied with the steam generated by the boiler as a gasifying agent for the coal.

6. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility according to claim 1 , further comprising a cleaning unit including a cleaning device and a heat pipe, and provided between the gasification section and the gas power generation section,

wherein the cleaning device cleans the gas supplied from the gasification section, and the heat pipe partly recovers heat of the gas supplied from the gasification section.

7. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility according to claim 6 , further comprising a slurry bed and a filtering unit, the filtering unit being arranged between the coal drying unit and the slurry bed,

wherein the slurry bed pulverizes the coal, and a filtering unit eliminates excess water and catalysts of the coal supplied through the slurry bed.

8. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility according to claim 7 , further comprising a slurry heat exchanger arranged between the slurry bed and the filtering unit,

wherein the cleaning unit further comprises a heat-pipe heat exchanger, the heat-pipe heat exchanger transfers the heat of the gas supplied from the gasification section partly recovered by the heat pipe to the slurry heat exchanger to heat the coal supplied through the slurry bed.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035101/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2010
From: YAMAMOTO, TAKASHI; OTA, KATSUHIRO; ISHII, HIROMI; KOYAMA, YOSHINORI; TOKUDA, KIMISHIRO; MOCHIDA, ISAO; HARADA, TATSURO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024051/0787 →