IP Library Granted Patent US 8,202,354
Granted Patent B2
US 8,202,354 · App. 12/581,649 · Granted Jun 19, 2012

Air pollution control apparatus and air pollution control method

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Patent No.
US 8,202,354
App. No.
12/581,649
Granted
Jun 19, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air pollution control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a stack that discharges flue gas discharged from a boiler outside; a blower that is provided downstream of the stack and draws in the flue gas; and a CO 2 recovering apparatus that recovers CO 2 in the flue gas drawn in by the blower. The stack includes a controlling unit that suppresses release of the flue gas outside from the stack and suppresses inflow of atmosphere to the stack, and the controlling unit is a channel forming unit that forms a serpentine channel through which the flue gas and the atmosphere in the stack flow.

Claims (11)

1. An air pollution control apparatus comprising:

a stack that discharges flue gas, discharged from an industrial facility, outside;

a blower that is provided downstream of the stack and draws in the flue gas; and

a CO 2 recovering apparatus that recovers CO 2 in the flue gas drawn in by the blower, wherein

the stack includes a controlling unit that suppresses release of the flue gas outside from the stack and suppresses inflow of atmosphere to the stack, and

the controlling unit is a channel forming unit that forms a serpentine channel through which the flue gas and the atmosphere in the stack flow, wherein the channel forming unit includes: an upper flue gas guiding unit extending from a wall surface of the stack on a side in which the flue gas flows when viewed from a cross-sectional direction of a longitudinal direction of the stack, and including, at a leading end thereof, a first projection that projects downward; and a lower flue gas guiding unit extending from a wall surface of the stack on a side from which the flue gas is discharged, and including, at a leading end thereof, a second projection that projects upward, and the second projection of the lower flue gas guiding unit is provided between the wall surface of the stack and the first projection of the upper flue gas guiding unit so that a channel for the flue gas is formed in the stack.

2. The air pollution control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the channel forming unit further includes: a partition including a portion defining an opening formed at a central portion of the stack in a cross-sectional direction in a longitudinal direction and a projection that projects to a tower head of the stack; and a hood-like cover provided to face the partition with a given gap therebetween.

3. An air pollution control method using the air pollution control apparatus according to claim 1 , the method comprising using a density difference between flue gas discharged from the industrial facility and atmosphere flowing in from outside of the stack, the density difference being caused by a temperature difference therebetween, to prevent the flue gas from flowing outside.

4. An air pollution control method using the air pollution control apparatus according to claim 1 , the method comprising mixing flue gas discharged from the industrial facility and atmosphere flowing in from outside of the stack to prevent the atmosphere from flowing further inside of the stack.

5. An air pollution control method using the air pollution control apparatus according to claim 1 to prevent the flue gas from flowing outside of the stack.

6. An air pollution control apparatus comprising: a stack that discharges flue gas, discharged from an industrial facility, outside; a blower that is provided downstream of the stack and draws in the flue gas; and a CO 2 recovering apparatus that recovers CO 2 in the flue gas drawn in by the blower, wherein the stack includes a controlling unit that suppresses release of the flue gas outside from the stack and suppresses inflow of atmosphere to the stack, and the controlling unit is a channel forming unit that forms a serpentine channel through which the flue gas and the atmosphere in the stack flow, wherein the channel forming unit includes: a first dam provided at an upper portion of a flue gas channel through which the flue gas is fed from the industrial facility to the stack when viewed from a cross-sectional direction in a longitudinal direction of the stack; a second dam provided at a lower portion of an inlet of the stack through which the flue gas is fed to the stack; and a flue gas guiding unit extending from a wall surface of the stack on which the inlet is formed, and including, at a leading end thereof, a projection that projects downward.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0774 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047054/0898 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2009
From: IIJIMA, MASAKI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023415/0138 →