IP Library Granted Patent US 8,393,065
Granted Patent B2
US 8,393,065 · App. 12/908,551 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Retrofit method for pulverized coal boiler

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Patent No.
US 8,393,065
App. No.
12/908,551
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for retrofitting a pulverized coal boiler in an air combustion boiler system is disclosed, which has a plurality of burners over a plurality of stages along the vertical direction on a wall surface of a furnace of the pulverized coal boiler and an after-air port for introducing air for two-stage combustion located above the burners to retrofit into a two-stage combustion pulverized coal boiler in an oxyfuel combustion boiler system.

Claims (26)

1. A method for retrofitting a pulverized coal boiler in an air combustion boiler system having a plurality of burners over a plurality of stages along the vertical direction on a wall surface of a furnace of the pulverized coal boiler and an after-air port for introducing air for two-stage combustion located above the burners to retrofit into a two-stage combustion pulverized coal boiler in an oxyfuel combustion boiler system, wherein installing an air separation unit for separating oxygen from air and a CO 2 recovery device for absorbing and separating CO 2 gas from combustion exhaust gas generated in the boiler furnace,

wherein the method for retrofitting the combustion pulverized coal boiler is comprising the steps of:

stopping to supply fuel into the furnace from a burner located in a middle stage among the plurality of stages of burners installed on the wall surface of the furnace of the pulverized coal boiler;

installing a new burner to an opening of the after-air port provided on the wall surface of the furnace of the pulverized coal boiler; and

installing a supply line to introduce the oxygen manufactured by the air separation unit and part of the recirculation gas, which is part of the exhaust gas exhausted from the pulverized coal boiler, circulated into the pulverized coal boiler, to the plurality of stages of burners except for the stopped burner and to the new burner installed to the opening of the after-air port through the supply line, and supplying the oxygen and the recirculation gas from the plurality of stages of burners and the new burner into the furnace.

2. The method for retrofitting a pulverized coal boiler according to claim 1 ,

wherein the method for retrofitting the combustion pulverized coal boiler is further comprising the steps of:

installing an another supply line to introduce part of the recirculation gas, which is part of the exhaust gas exhausted from the pulverized coal boiler, circulated into the pulverized coal boiler, to the stopped burner through the another supply line, and supplying the recirculation gas from the stopped burners into the furnace.

3. A method for retrofitting a pulverized coal boiler in an air combustion boiler system having a plurality of burners over a plurality of stages along the vertical direction on a wall surface of a furnace of the pulverized coal boiler, a main after-air port and a sub-after-air port located in the lower stage of the main after-air port for introducing air for two-stage combustion located above the burners to retrofit into a two-stage combustion pulverized coal boiler in an oxyfuel combustion boiler system, wherein installing an air separation unit for separating oxygen from air and a CO 2 recovery device for absorbing and separating CO 2 gas from combustion exhaust gas generated in the boiler furnace,

wherein the method for retrofitting the combustion pulverized coal boiler is comprising the steps of:

stopping to supply fuel into the furnace from a burner located in a middle stage among the plurality of stages of burners installed on the wall surface of the furnace of the pulverized coal boiler;

installing another burner to an opening of the main after-air port provided on the wall surface of the furnace of the pulverized coal boiler; and

installing a supply line to introduce the oxygen manufactured by the air separation unit and part of the recirculation gas, which is part of the exhaust gas exhausted from the pulverized coal boiler, circulated into the pulverized coal boiler, to the plurality of stages of burners except for the stopped burner and to the another burner installed to the opening of the main after-air port through the supply line, and supplying the oxygen and the recirculation gas from the plurality of stages of burners and the another burner into the furnace.

4. The method for retrofitting a pulverized coal boiler according to claim 3 ,

wherein the method for retrofitting the combustion pulverized coal boiler is comprising the steps of:

installing an another supply line to introduce part of the recirculation gas, which is part of the exhaust gas exhausted from the pulverized coal boiler, circulated into the pulverized coal boiler, to the stopped burner through the another supply line, and supplying the recirculation gas from the stopped burners into the furnace; and

installing a other supply line to introduce part of the recirculation gas to a new windbox installed to an opening of the sub after-air port provided on the wall surface of the furnace through the other supply line, and supplying the recirculation gas from the stopped burner and the opening of the sub after-air port into the furnace.

5. A method for retrofitting a pulverized coal boiler in an air combustion boiler system having a plurality of burners over a plurality of stages along the vertical direction on a wall surface of a furnace of the pulverized coal boiler and an after-air port for introducing air for two-stage combustion located above the burners to retrofit into a two-stage combustion pulverized coal boiler in an oxyfuel combustion boiler system, wherein installing an air separation unit for separating oxygen from air and a CO 2 recovery device for absorbing and separating CO 2 gas from combustion exhaust gas generated in the boiler furnace,

wherein the method for retrofitting the combustion pulverized coal boiler is comprising the steps of:

stopping to supply fuel into the furnace from a burner located in a middle stage among the plurality of stages of burners installed on the wall surface of the furnace of the pulverized coal boiler;

installing a new burner to an opening of the after-air port provided on the wall surface of the furnace of the pulverized coal boiler;

installing a new windbox to the plurality of stages of burners except for the stopped burner and to the new burner installed to the opening of the after-air port; and

installing a supply line to introduce the oxygen manufactured by the air separation unit and part of the recirculation gas, which is part of the exhaust gas exhausted from the pulverized coal boiler, circulated into the pulverized coal boiler, to the plurality of stages of burners except for the stopped burner and to the new windbox installed to the opening of the after-air port through the supply line, and supplying the oxygen and the recirculation gas from the plurality of stages of burners and the new burner into the furnace.

6. The method for retrofitting a pulverized coal boiler according to claim 5 ,

wherein the method for retrofitting the combustion pulverized coal boiler is comprising the steps of:

installing an another supply line to introduce part of the recirculation gas, which is part of the exhaust gas exhausted from the pulverized coal boiler, circulated into the pulverized coal boiler, to the stopped burner through the another supply line, and supplying the recirculation gas from the stopped burners into the furnace.

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 Sep 17, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033758/0624 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2010
From: TATSUMI, TETSUMA; TANIGUCHI, MASAYUKI; SHIBATA, TSUYOSHI; HAYASHI, YOSHIHARU
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025517/0091 →