IP Library Granted Patent US 9,901,873
Granted Patent B2
US 9,901,873 · App. 14/420,248 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

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Patent No.
US 9,901,873
App. No.
14/420,248
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

CO 2 absorber includes a CO 2 absorbing section in which a CO 2 -containing flue gas and a CO 2 absorbent are brought into contact with each other to remove CO 2 , and an aqueous cleaning section in which a decarbonated flue gas and rinsing water are brought into contact with each other to remove an accompanying substance. A lean solution is re-used in the absorber. The CO 2 recovery device includes a degassing basin which is interposed in a rich solution supply line that supplies the rich solution from the CO 2 absorber to the absorbent regenerator, and which includes a retaining section configured to remove oxygen in the rich solution.

Claims (15)

1. A CO 2 recovery device, comprising:

a CO 2 absorber including a CO 2 absorbing section in which a flue gas and a basic amine compound absorbent are brought into contact with each other to allow CO 2 in the flue gas to be absorbed in the basic amine compound absorbent, and an aqueous cleaning section in which a decarbonated flue gas, from which CO 2 is already removed in the CO 2 absorbing section, and rinsing water are brought into contact with each other to remove an accompanying substance that accompanies the decarbonated flue gas, and

an absorbent regenerator that separates CO 2 from a rich solution to which CO 2 is already absorbed, and regenerates the basic amine compound absorbent into a lean solution,

wherein the lean solution from which CO 2 is already removed is re-used as the basic amine compound absorbent in the CO 2 absorber; and

a degassing basin that is interposed in a rich solution supply line that supplies the rich solution from the CO 2 absorber to the absorbent regenerator,

wherein the degassing basin includes

the retaining section that retains the rich solution for a predetermined time and is configured to separate oxygen in the rich solution by floating separation,

a partition wall that allows the rich solution, from which oxygen is flotation separated in the retaining section, to gravity fall along a wall surface thereof and is configured to remove oxygen, and

a storage section that stores the rich solution which falls along the partition wall and from which oxygen is removed.

2. The CO 2 recovery device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a purge gas introducing unit that purges a gas, which does not contain oxygen, into a space of the degassing basin.

3. The CO 2 recovery device according claim 1 , further comprising:

a degassing tower that is provided on a downstream side of the degassing basin, and further degasses the rich solution, from which oxygen is removed, in a decompressed state.

4. The CO 2 recovery device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a heat exchange unit that is provided on an upstream side of the degassing basin, and heats the rich solution.

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 Feb 6, 2015
From: OISHI, TSUYOSHI; NAGAYASU, HIROMITSU; TANAKA, HIROSHI; HIRATA, TAKUYA; KAMIJO, TAKASHI; SHIMADA, DAISUKE
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034915/0890 →