IP Library Granted Patent US 9,901,872
Granted Patent B2
US 9,901,872 · App. 14/407,866 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Air pollution control system

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Patent No.
US 9,901,872
App. No.
14/407,866
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air pollution control system includes CO 2 absorber that removes CO 2 , and an absorbent regenerator that releases CO 2 from the amine absorbent. The CO 2 absorber is equipped with a CO 2 absorption unit that absorbs CO 2 in the flue gas by the amine absorbent (lean solution), and a water-repellent filter unit that is provided on an upper part (gas flow downstream) side of the CO 2 absorption unit and collects the mist amine absorbent accompanied by the CO 2 -free flue gas. The mist amine accompanied by the CO 2 -free flue gas is collected.

Claims (16)

1. An air pollution control system comprising a CO 2 recovery unit equipped with a CO 2 absorber that removes CO 2 in a flue gas from a boiler by an amine absorbent, and an absorbent regenerator that regenerates the amine absorbent,

wherein the CO 2 absorber is equipped with a CO 2 absorption unit that absorbs CO 2 in the flue gas by the amine absorbent,

a water-repellent filter unit that collects mist amine absorbent accompanied by a CO 2 -free flue gas is disposed on a gas flow downstream side of the CO2 absorption unit, wherein the water-repellent filter unit is equipped with a filter cylinder having a gas introduction space into which the CO 2 -free flue gas rising from the CO 2 absorption unit is introduced, and a plurality of water-repellent filters provided on a side surface of the filter cylinder to allow the introduced CO 2 -free flue gas to pass through the filters in a direction orthogonal to a gas flow direction,

a first water cleaning unit, provided between the CO 2 absorption unit and the water-repellent filter unit, in which the flue gas comes into gas-liquid contact with a cleaning water and a gaseous amine absorbent accompanied by the CO 2 -free flue gas is removed prior to introduction into the water-repellent filter unit,

a demister that collects mist having a large particle diameter is provided in a gas flow downstream side of the water cleaning unit, and

a wire mesh demister that collects mist generated by re-scattering is provided on a tower top side of a downstream side of the water-repellent filter unit.

2. The air pollution control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cleaning unit for cleaning a gas in-flow surface of the water-repellent filter is provided in the filter cylinder.

3. The air pollution control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a collecting unit for collecting falling water falling down along the surface of the filter is provided on a lower end side of the water-repellent filter.

4. The air pollution control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the water-repellent filter unit is integrally provided within the CO 2 absorber.

5. The air pollution control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the water-repellent filter unit is provided separately from the CO 2 absorber.

6. The air pollution control system according to claim 1 ,

further comprising a second water cleaning unit provided on a downstream side of the gas flow of the water-repellent filter unit.

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 Jul 26, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING LTD.
Reel/Frame 046633/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2014
From: NAGAYASU, HIROMITSU; KAMIJO, TAKASHI; SATO, YUICHIRO; HIRATA, TAKUYA; TANAKA, HIROSHI; HORIZOE, KOUJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034498/0883 →