IP Library Granted Patent US 8,894,941
Granted Patent B2
US 8,894,941 · App. 13/701,168 · Granted Nov 25, 2014

Air pollution control system and method

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Patent No.
US 8,894,941
App. No.
13/701,168
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

SO x removal equipment for reducing sulfur oxides from flue gas from a boiler, a cooler provided on a downstream side of the SO x removal equipment, for reducing the sulfur oxides that remain in the flue gas and decrease a gas temperature, CO 2 recovery equipment including an absorber for bringing CO 2 in the flue gas into contact with a CO 2 absorption liquid to be reduced, and a regenerator for causing the CO 2 absorption liquid to emit CO 2 to recover CO 2 and regenerate the CO 2 absorption liquid, a heat exchanger which is provided on an inlet passage side of the electric dust collector, for decreasing a temperature of the flue gas are included, and a mist generation material in the flue gas is converted from a gas state to a mist state to cause particulates in the flue gas to arrest and reduce the mist generation material in the mist state.

Claims (14)

1. An air pollution control system, comprising:

a boiler;

a CO 2 recovery equipment for recovering CO 2 in flue gas from the boiler, the CO 2 recovery equipment having an absorber for bringing CO 2 in the flue gas into contact with a CO 2 absorption liquid so as to reduce CO 2 in the flue gas and a regenerator for causing the CO 2 absorption liquid to emit CO 2 and regenerate the CO 2 absorption liquid;

a flow path for flowing the flue gas from the boiler to the CO 2 recovery equipment;

a heat exchanger provided on the flow path, for decreasing a temperature of the flue gas so as to convert a mist generation material from a gas state to a mist state so that the mist generation material contained in the flue gas becomes a mist generation factor in the absorber of the CO 2 recovery equipment;

an electric dust collector provided on the flow path and downstream of the heat exchanger, for reducing particulates from the flue gas from a boiler and preliminarily reduce the mist generation material in the mist state;

SO x removal equipment provided on the flow path and downstream of the electric dust collector, for reducing sulfur oxides from the flue gas after the dust reduction; and

a cooler which is provided on the flow path and downstream side of the SO x removal equipment, for reducing the sulfur oxides that remain in the flue gas and for decreasing a gas temperature,

wherein the mist generation material which is contained in the flue gas and becomes the mist generation factor in the absorber is converted from a gas state to a mist state and the mist generation material which is in the mist state and contained in the particulates is arrested and reduced.

2. The air pollution control system according to claim 1 , further comprising NO x removal equipment for reducing nitrogen oxides from the flue gas.

3. An air pollution control method, comprising:

recovering CO 2 in flue gas from a boiler in a CO 2 recovery equipment by bringing CO 2 in the flue gas into contact with a CO 2 absorption liquid so as to reduce CO 2 in the flue gas and causing the CO 2 absorption liquid to emit CO 2 and regenerate the CO 2 absorption liquid;

prior to the step of recovering CO 2 , performing the steps of: decreasing a temperature of the flue gas so as to convert a mist generation material from a gas state to a mist state so that the mist generation material contained in the flue gas becomes a mist generation factor in the CO 2 recovery equipment, reducing particulates from the flue gas and preliminarily reducing the mist generation material in the mist state, reducing sulfur oxides from the flue gas, and reducing the sulfur oxides that remain in the flue gas and decreasing a gas temperature; and

arresting and reducing the mist generation material which is in the mist state and contained in particulates so as to decrease an amount of the mist generation material in the flue gas introduced to the CO 2 recovery equipment to a predetermined amount or less.

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 Feb 1, 2013
From: NAGAYASU, TATSUTO; KAMIJO, TAKASHI; INUI, MASAYUKI; OISHI, TSUYOSHI; NAGAYASU, HIROMITSU; TANAKA, HIROSHI; HIRATA, TAKUYA; TSUJIUCHI, TATSUYA; OKINO, SUSUMU; KAMIYAMA, NAOYUKI; YOSHIHARA, SEIJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029740/0440 →