IP Library Granted Patent US 10,434,459
Granted Patent B2
US 10,434,459 · App. 15/541,934 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Method and device for treating nitroso compound

Inventors: Koichi Yokoyama (Yokohama, JP); Eiji Miyamoto (Yokohama, JP); Jun Shimamura (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,434,459
App. No.
15/541,934
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for decomposing a nitroso compound, comprising: adding an aqueous solution containing hydrogen halide to a liquid to be treated that contains the nitroso compound in such a manner that the hydrogen halide is present in an amount of 2 mol or more and 20 mol or less per mol of a nitroso group in the nitroso compound; and subsequently heating the resulting liquid to be treated at a temperature of not lower that 75° C. and not higher than a boiling point of water under ordinary pressure, thereby an amines are recovered.

Claims (17)

1. A method for decomposing a nitroso compound, the method comprising:

adding an aqueous solution containing hydrogen halide to a liquid to be treated that contains the nitroso compound so as to obtain a mixture, wherein an amount of the hydrogen halide in the mixture is 2 mol or more and 20 mol or less per mol of a nitroso group in the nitroso compound; and

subsequently heating the mixture at a temperature of not lower than 75° C. and not higher than 100° C. and under ordinary pressure to decompose the nitroso compound.

2. The method for decomposing the nitroso compound according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrogen halide is at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrogen chloride, hydrogen bromide and hydrogen iodide.

3. The method for decomposing the nitroso compound according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid to be treated is a remaining liquid obtained upon reclaiming an aqueous solution of amines used for absorbing carbon dioxide in a combustion exhaust gas.

4. The method for decomposing the nitroso compound according to claim 1 , further comprising, when the liquid to be treated is basic, neutralizing the liquid to be treated using at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, hydroiodic acid, sulfuric acid and nitric acid before the heating of the liquid.

5. A method for decomposing a nitroso compound in a method for recovering carbon dioxide in a gas to be treated, the method comprising:

a step (I) of bringing a gas to be treated that contains carbon dioxide into contact with a CO 2 lean absorption liquid containing amines for absorbing the carbon dioxide into the CO 2 lean absorption liquid to obtain a CO 2 rich absorption liquid;

a step (II) of heating the CO 2 rich absorption liquid for releasing the carbon dioxide to regenerate the CO 2 lean absorption liquid;

a step (IIIa) of adding an aqueous solution containing hydrogen halide to part of the CO 2 lean absorption liquid regenerated in the step (II) that contains the nitroso compound so as to obtain a mixture, wherein an amount of the hydrogen halide in the mixture is 2 mol or more and 20 mol or less per mol of a nitroso group in the nitroso compound contained in the part of the CO 2 lean absorption liquid regenerated in the step (II), and subsequently heating the mixture at a temperature of not lower than 75° C. and not higher than 100° C. and under ordinary pressure to decompose the nitroso compound; and

a step (IV) of providing the step (I) with the rest of the CO 2 lean absorption liquid regenerated in the step (II) and/or the mixture heated in the step (Ma) to be mixed with the CO 2 lean absorption liquid for bringing into contact with the gas to be treated that contains carbon dioxide in the step (I).

6. A method for decomposing a nitroso compound in a method for recovering carbon dioxide in a gas to be treated, the method comprising:

a step (I) of bringing a gas to be treated that contains carbon dioxide into contact with a CO 2 lean absorption liquid containing amines for absorbing the carbon dioxide into the CO 2 lean absorption liquid to obtain a CO 2 rich absorption liquid;

a step (II) of heating the CO 2 rich absorption liquid for releasing the carbon dioxide to regenerate the CO 2 lean absorption liquid;

a step (V) of reclaiming a part of the CO 2 lean absorption liquid regenerated in the step (II) to remove a heat stable salt;

a step (IIIb) of adding an aqueous solution containing hydrogen halide to a remaining liquid obtained in the step (V) that contains the nitroso compound so as to obtain a mixture, wherein an amount of the hydrogen halide in the mixture is 2 mol or more and 20 mol or less per mol of a nitroso group in the nitroso compound contained in the remaining liquid, and subsequently heating the mixture at a temperature of not lower than 75° C. and not higher than 100° C. and under ordinary pressure to decompose the nitroso compound and recover amines; and

a step (IV) of providing the step (I) with the rest of the CO 2 lean absorption liquid regenerated in the step (II) and/or the amines recovered in the step (IIIb) to be mixed with the CO 2 lean absorption liquid for bringing into contact with the gas to be treated that contains carbon dioxide in the step (I).

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2017
From: YOKOYAMA, KOICHI; MIYAMOTO, EIJI; SHIMAMURA, JUN
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 043373/0274 →
Continuity (1)
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