IP Library Granted Patent US 8,209,985
Granted Patent B2
US 8,209,985 · App. 12/507,162 · Granted Jul 3, 2012

Heat recovery equipment

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Patent No.
US 8,209,985
App. No.
12/507,162
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Heat recovery equipment recovers heat from flue gas. The heat recovery equipment includes a power generation plant that drives a steam turbine by superheated steam produced in a boiler, and an exhaust-gas treatment line that treats flue gas output from the boiler. The exhaust-gas treatment line includes a first air preheater, a heat extractor unit, and a dry electrostatic precipitator. The power generation plant includes a condensed water line. The condensed water line includes a condenser, a condensed water heater, and a low-pressure feedwater heater. The condensed water heater heats water condensed by the condenser with the heat recovered by the heat extractor unit.

Claims (18)

1. Heat recovery equipment for recovering heat from flue gas, comprising:

a power generation plant configured to drive a steam turbine by superheated steam produced in a boiler, said power generation plant including a condensed water line extending from a condenser to the boiler;

an exhaust-gas treatment line configured to treat flue gas output from the boiler, said exhaust-gas treatment line including a first air preheater, a heat extractor unit, and a dry electrostatic precipitator in order,

wherein said heat extractor unit is configured to recover heat from the flue gas; and

said condensed water line passes through said heat extractor unit so that a heat medium supplied to said heat extractor unit uses condensed water from the steam turbine.

2. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a desulfurization unit disposed in a rear side of said dry electrostatic precipitator, and being configured to desulfurize the flue gas.

3. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a soot blower configured to blow off soot adhering to a heat exchange tube of said heat extractor unit; and

a drain remover configured to remove steam drain of the soot blower.

4. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 3 , wherein said soot blower includes

a first cylinder configured to introduce the steam from the boiler,

a second cylinder configured and arranged so as to be freely inserted into and pulled out from said first cylinder, and

a steam hole on a tip end of a pullout side of said second cylinder, and through which the steam is ejected from said first cylinder.

5. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 3 , wherein

a gas flow passed through said heat extractor unit is a horizontal gas flow.

6. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 3 , wherein

said heat exchange tube of said heat extractor unit is a finned tube made of carbon steel.

Assignments (3)
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 →