IP Library Granted Patent US 9,429,043
Granted Patent B2
US 9,429,043 · App. 13/641,771 · Granted Aug 30, 2016

Gasification power generation plant

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Patent No.
US 9,429,043
App. No.
13/641,771
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gasifier ( 101 ) including a fluid communication channel ( 131 ) that communicates a fluid, which undergoes heat exchange in the furnace, and that generates syngas by gasifying fuel; gas purifying equipment that removes impurities contained in the syngas generated by the gasifier ( 101 ); a gas turbine that is driven by the gas purified by the gas purifying equipment; and a heat exchanger that heats a fluid with exhaust expelled from the gas turbine. The fluid heated by the heat exchanger is supplied to the fluid communication channel ( 131 ) by being pressurized by pressurizing gas when performing warm-up of the gasifier ( 101 ).

Claims (11)

1. A gasification power generation plant comprising:

a gasifier that generates syngas by gasifying fuel, the gasifier including a communication channel that communicates water to an interior of the gasifier to undergo heat exchange with the generated syngas;

gas purifying equipment connected to the gasifier so as to receive syngas generated by the gasifier and remove impurities from the syngas;

a gas turbine connected to the gas purifying equipment, wherein the gas turbine is driven by the syngas purified by the gas purifying equipment;

a heat exchanger connected to the gas turbine such that the heat exchanger heats water with gas exhausted from the gas turbine, wherein a downstream side of the heat exchanger is connected to the communication channel so that at least a portion of the heated water can be supplied to the communication channel;

a gas-liquid separator connected to the communication channel, the gas-liquid separator having a water region connected to the communication channel and a gas region; and

a non-condensable pressurizing gas supplier connected to the gas region of the gas-liquid separator to pressurize an interior of the gas-liquid separator, the non-condensable pressurizing gas supplier being capable of pressurizing water in the water region of the gas-liquid separator to or above a saturated pressure of the heated water when the heated water is at a temperature of about 250° C., wherein water in the water region of the gas-liquid separator is received by the communication channel,

wherein in a case where a warm-up of the gasifier is performed,

the non-condensable pressurizing gas supplier supplies non-condensable pressurizing gas to the gas region of the gas-liquid separator,

the gas-liquid separator guides the water pressurized by the non-condensable pressurizing gas to the communication channel, and

the heat exchanger supplies the water heated by the heat exchanger to the communication channel.

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 6, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034906/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2012
From: HAARI, KENTA; SHIBATA, YASUNARI; KITAGAWA, YUICHIRO; SHINADA, OSAMU
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029145/0192 →