IP Library Granted Patent US 10,201,781
Granted Patent B2
US 10,201,781 · App. 15/505,313 · Granted Feb 12, 2019

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Patent No.
US 10,201,781
App. No.
15/505,313
Granted
Feb 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An absorption column is equipped with: a CO 2 absorption section absorbing CO 2 from CO 2 -containing exhaust gas using a lean solution; a main rinse section recovering an entrained CO 2 absorbent using rinse water; a rinse water circulation line circulating a rinse water containing the CO 2 absorbent recovered in a liquid storage section of the main rinse section; a pre-rinse section provided between the CO 2 absorption section and the main rinse section; a rinse section extraction liquid supply line extracting a portion of the rinse water containing the CO 2 absorbent from the rinse water circulation line, and introducing the same into a reflux section of an absorption liquid regeneration tower; and a refluxed water supply line extracting a portion of refluxed water, introducing the same as pre-rinse water for the pre-rinse section, and connected on the pre-rinse section side.

Claims (22)

1. A CO 2 recovery device comprising:

a CO 2 absorption column that brings a CO 2 -containing flue gas containing CO 2 into contact with a CO 2 absorption liquid and removes CO 2 ; and

an absorption liquid regeneration column that regenerates the CO 2 absorption liquid that has absorbed the CO 2 ,

wherein a lean solution, from which CO 2 has been removed in the absorption liquid regeneration column, is reused in the CO 2 absorption column,

the CO 2 absorption column includes

a CO 2 absorption section that absorbs CO 2 in the CO 2 -containing flue gas with the CO 2 absorption liquid,

a main rinse section that is provided on a gas flow downstream side of the CO 2 absorption section, cools flue gas after CO 2 removal with rinse water, and recovers an entrained CO 2 absorbent with the rinse water,

a rinse water circulation line that supplies and circulates the rinse water containing the CO 2 absorbent recovered in a liquid storage section of the main rinse section from a top part side of the main rinse section,

a pre-rinse section that is provided between the CO 2 absorption section and the main rinse section,

a rinse section extraction liquid supply line that extracts a portion of the rinse water containing the CO 2 absorbent from the rinse water circulation line, is connected to a top part side of a reflux section, of the absorption liquid regeneration column, and introduces the portion of the rinse water into the reflux section, and

a refluxed water supply line that extracts a portion of refluxed water from a side closer to a column bottom part than an introduction position of the reflux section, is connected to the pre-rinse section side, and introduces the portion of the refluxed water as pre-rinse water of the pre-rinse section.

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

a deep rinse section that is provided on a gas flow downstream side of the main rinse section, and further performs deep rinsing of the flue gas after CO 2 removal after main rinsing with rinse water supplied from the outside.

3. The CO 2 recovery device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pre-rinse section includes a pre-rinse water circulation line that supplies and circulates pre-rinse water from a top part side of the pre-rinse section, and

wherein the refluxed water supply line is connected to the pre-rinse water circulation line, and a portion of the refluxed water is introduced as the pre-rinse water.

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

a deep rinse section that is provided on a gas flow downstream side of the main rinse section, and further performs deep rinsing of the flue gas after CO 2 removal after main rinsing with rinse water supplied from the outside.

5. A CO 2 recovery method of reusing a lean solution, from which CO 2 has been removed in an absorption liquid regeneration column, in a CO 2 absorption column, using the CO 2 absorption column that brings a CO 2 -containing flue gas containing CO 2 into contact with a CO 2 absorption liquid and removes CO 2 , and an absorption liquid regeneration column that regenerates the CO 2 absorption liquid that separates CO 2 from the CO 2 absorption liquid that has absorbed the CO 2 , the method comprising:

pre-rinsing the CO 2 -removed flue gas using pre-rinse water extracted from a portion of reflux section obtained by a portion of rinse water used for the main rinsing being extracted, introduced into a reflux section of the absorption liquid regeneration column, and mixed with high-temperature refluxed water in the reflux section when main rinsing of CO 2 -removed flue gas is performed with rinse water on a downstream side of the CO 2 absorption column, and pre-rinsing of the CO 2 -removed flue gas after CO 2 recovery is performed on an upstream side where the main rinsing is performed.

6. The CO 2 recovery method according to claim 5 ,

wherein deep rinsing is performed with deep rinsing water supplied from the outside of a rinse section on a downstream side of the main rinse section.

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 21, 2017
From: TANAKA, HIROSHI; HIRATA, TAKUYA; YUKUMOTO, ATSUHIRO; OISHI, TSUYOSHI; ENDO, TAKAHIKO; TSUJIUCHI, TATSUYA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 041316/0160 →