IP Library Granted Patent US 8,887,505
Granted Patent B2
US 8,887,505 · App. 12/641,466 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Carbon dioxide recovery system and method

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Patent No.
US 8,887,505
App. No.
12/641,466
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are high-pressure, medium-pressure, and low-pressure turbines; a boiler to generate steam for driving the turbines; a carbon dioxide recovery unit including an absorber that reduces carbon dioxide in combustion flue gas from the boiler by a carbon dioxide absorbent and a regenerator that regenerates an absorbent; a first auxiliary turbine that extracts steam from an inlet of the low-pressure turbine and recovers power by the steam thus extracted; a first steam delivery line to supply discharged steam from the first auxiliary turbine to a reboiler of the regenerator as a heat source; and a controller that controls driving of the first auxiliary turbine while keeping pressure of the discharged steam to be supplied to the reboiler within a tolerance range for the reboiler's optimum pressure corresponding to a fluctuation in an operation load of the boiler.

Claims (19)

1. A carbon dioxide recovery system that recycles a carbon dioxide absorbent, even when an operation load of a boiler or a steam turbine in a power generation system fluctuates, comprising:

a high-pressure turbine;

a medium-pressure turbine;

a low-pressure turbine as the steam turbine;

a boiler to generate steam for driving the turbines;

a carbon dioxide recovery unit including a carbon dioxide absorber that absorbs and reduces carbon dioxide in combustion flue gas discharged from the boiler by means of a carbon dioxide absorbent, and a carbon dioxide regenerator that treats a carbon dioxide absorbent having absorbed carbon dioxide and regenerates a regenerated carbon dioxide absorbent;

a first steam extraction line to extract steam from an inlet of the low-pressure turbine;

a first auxiliary turbine that is coupled to the first steam extraction line via a first valve and recovers power by means of the steam thus extracted;

a first steam delivery line to supply discharged steam discharged from the first auxiliary turbine to a reboiler as a heat source for causing the carbon dioxide regenerator to treat the carbon dioxide absorbent having absorbed carbon dioxide for regeneration;

a bypass line that bypasses the first auxiliary turbine and connects between the first steam extraction line and the first steam delivery line via a second valve;

a controller for receiving operation load information and, based on the load information, for inputting information on the flow rate of steam supplied to the inlet of the low-pressure turbine and to the first auxiliary turbine, that controls driving of the first auxiliary turbine and the first and second valves while keeping pressure of the discharged steam to be supplied to the reboiler within an optimum tolerance range for the reboiler in response to a fluctuation in an operation load of the boiler or steam turbines of a power generation system;

a second steam extraction line to extract the steam from an inlet of the medium-pressure turbine;

a second auxiliary turbine that is coupled to the second steam extraction line and recovers power by means of the steam thus extracted; and

a second steam delivery line to supply discharged steam discharged from the second auxiliary turbine to the reboiler as a heat source.

2. The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 1 , further comprising an outlet steam extraction line to extract part of the steam at an outlet of the low-pressure turbine and supply the part of the steam to the reboiler as a heat source.

3. The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary turbine that is coupled to the first steam extraction line and recovers power by means of the extracted steam is provided in plurality.

4. The carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary turbine or the second auxiliary turbine recovers power for any one of a pump, a blower, and a compressor used in the carbon dioxide recovery system.

5. A carbon dioxide recovery method comprising:

recovering carbon dioxide absorbed in the carbon dioxide absorbent with the carbon dioxide recovery system according to claim 1 .

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 Dec 22, 2009
From: IIJIMA, MASAKI; IMAI, TETSUYA; FUJIKAWA, KEIJI; TSUJIUCHI, TATSUYA; OISHI, TSUYOSHI; TANAKA, HIROSHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023687/0421 →