IP Library Granted Patent US 8,741,034
Granted Patent B2
US 8,741,034 · App. 13/641,786 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Exhaust gas treatment system with carbon dioxide chemical absorption equipment

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Patent No.
US 8,741,034
App. No.
13/641,786
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas treatment system that effectively use heat recovered from an exhaust gas without any limitation in a CO 2 chemical absorption equipment that requires enormous heat energy, and thus enabling reduction in running cost of the CO 2 chemical absorption equipment. Disclosed is an exhaust gas treatment system with a CO 2 chemical absorption equipment, which is provided with a heat recovery device that recovers exhaust heat from an exhaust gas discharged from a boiler; and a CO 2 chemical absorption equipment that absorbs CO 2 in the exhaust gas by bringing the exhaust gas into contact with an amine absorbing solution in a carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) absorption column, heats the absorbing solution that have absorbed CO 2 thereby releasing CO 2 into a CO 2 regeneration column, heats the absorbing solution after release of CO 2 via a reboiler, and then circulates the absorbing solution in a CO 2 absorption column; the exhaust gas treatment system comprising a heat exchange unit that applies heat recovered by the heat recovery device to the absorbing solution that is delivered to the reboiler from the CO 2 regeneration column of the CO 2 chemical absorption equipment.

Claims (16)

1. An exhaust gas treatment system comprising:

a CO 2 chemical absorption equipment comprising a CO 2 absorption column in which an absorbing solution contacts an exhaust gas discharged from a boiler to absorb CO 2 contained in the exhaust gas, and a CO 2 regeneration column in which the absorbing solution that has absorbed CO 2 is heated to release CO 2 from the absorbing solution, and wherein the absorbing solution after release of CO 2 is delivered from the CO 2 regeneration column to the CO 2 absorption column;

a heat recovery device for recovering heat from the exhaust gas;

a heat exchange unit for giving the heat recovered by the heat recovery device to the absorbing solution after release of CO 2 is delivered from the CO 2 regeneration column; and

a reboiler for heating the absorbing solution delivered from the heat exchange unit.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchange unit comprises a heat exchanger equipped in a piping from the CO 2 regeneration column to the reboiler and a circulation unit of a heating medium that communicates between the heat exchanger and the heat recovery device.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the reboiler uses steam for heating.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the reboiler comprises a heat-transfer tube wherein steam passes through the heat-transfer tube.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the absorbing solution comprises an amine.

6. An exhaust gas treatment system comprising:

a CO 2 chemical absorption equipment comprising a CO 2 absorption column in which an absorbing solution contacts an exhaust gas discharged from a boiler to absorb CO 2 contained in the exhaust gas, and a CO 2 regeneration column in which the absorbing solution that has absorbed CO 2 is heated to release CO 2 from the absorbing solution, and wherein the absorbing solution after release of CO 2 is delivered from the CO 2 regeneration column to the CO 2 absorption column;

a heat recovery device for recovering heat from the exhaust gas and giving the recovered heat to the absorbing solution after release of CO 2 , wherein the absorbing solution after release of CO 2 is delivered from the CO 2 regeneration column; and

a reboiler for heating the absorbing solution delivered from the heat recovery device.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the reboiler uses steam for heating.

8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the reboiler comprises a heat-transfer tube and wherein steam passes through the heat-transfer tube.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the absorbing solution comprises an amine.

Assignments (5)
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 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 17, 2015
From: BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035003/0333 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 5, 2015
From: BABCOCK-HITACHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034720/0166 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2012
From: KONISHI, TOMOYUKI; NAKAMOTO, TAKANORI; ODA, NAOKI; MORIMORO, NOBUO
To: BABCOCK-HITACHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 029256/0465 →