IP Library Granted Patent US 11,236,907
Granted Patent B2
US 11,236,907 · App. 16/321,977 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Exhaust gas treatment device and exhaust gas treatment method

Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Hirata (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Kamijo (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuya Tsujiuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
F23R3/40B01D53/343B01D53/62B01D53/78B01D53/8625B01D53/8696B01D53/90F01K23/101B01D2257/404B01D2257/504B01D2258/0283
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Patent No.
US 11,236,907
App. No.
16/321,977
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust gas treatment device includes an exhaust gas line where a combustion exhaust gas discharged from a power generation facility flows through, an exhaust gas line where a second combustion exhaust gas discharged from a second power generation facility flows through, exhaust gas exhaust line disposed by branching off from exhaust gas line, discharging a part of combustion exhaust gases as exhaust combustion exhaust gases, a nitrogen oxide removing unit removing nitrogen oxide contained in an integrated combustion exhaust gas that integrates the combustion exhaust gases, an integrated waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat from the integrated combustion exhaust gas, and a CO 2 recovery unit recovering CO 2 contained in the integrated combustion exhaust gas by using CO 2 absorbing liquid.

Claims (28)

1. An exhaust gas treatment device comprising:

a first exhaust gas flow path where a first combustion exhaust gas discharged from a first power generation facility flows through;

a second exhaust gas flow path where a second combustion exhaust gas discharged from a second power generation facility flows through;

an exhaust gas exhaust flow path disposed by branching off from at least one of the first exhaust gas flow path and the second exhaust gas flow path, and configured to discharge an exhaust combustion exhaust gas, the exhaust combustion exhaust gas including at least a part of at least one of the first combustion exhaust gas flowing through the first exhaust gas flow path and the second combustion exhaust gas flowing through the second exhaust gas flow path;

a nitrogen oxide removing unit configured to remove nitrogen oxide contained in an integrated combustion exhaust gas obtained by integrating the first combustion exhaust gas flowing through the first exhaust gas flow path with the second combustion exhaust gas flowing through the second exhaust gas flow path;

an integrated waste heat recovery unit configured to recover waste heat from the integrated combustion exhaust gas with nitrogen oxide removed by the nitrogen oxide removing unit; and

a CO 2 recovery unit configured to recover CO 2 contained in the integrated combustion exhaust gas by using CO 2 absorbing liquid, the waste heat of the integrated combustion exhaust gas being recovered by the integrated waste heat recovery unit.

2. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising an exhaust gas waste heat recovery unit configured to recover the waste heat from the exhaust combustion exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust gas exhaust flow path.

3. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit configured to control a flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas and the second combustion exhaust gas both introduced to the integrated waste heat recovery unit.

4. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit controls, based on power loads of the first power generation facility and the second power generation facility, the flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas and the second combustion exhaust gas both introduced to the integrated waste heat recovery unit.

5. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit controls, based on the power outputs of the first power generation facility and the second power generation facility as the power load, the flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas and the second combustion exhaust gas both introduced to the integrated waste heat recovery unit.

6. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit controls the flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas and the second combustion exhaust gas both introduced to the integrated waste heat recovery unit, based on at least one of the flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas flowing through the first exhaust gas flow path, the flow rate of the second combustion exhaust gas flowing through the second exhaust gas flow path, and the flow rate of the exhaust combustion exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust gas exhaust flow path, as the power loads.

7. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 4 , wherein

the control unit controls, based on an exhaust gas load calculated using Equation (1) in a case where the power load is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, the flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas and the second combustion exhaust gas both introduced to the integrated waste heat recovery unit;

Exhaust gas load (%)=Flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas or the second combustion exhaust gas flowing through the first exhaust gas flowpath or the second exhaust gas flow path to be measured/Full load flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas or the second combustion exhaust gas flowing through the first exhaust gas flow path or the second exhaust gas flow path×100   Equation (1).

8. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit configured to adjust the flow rate of the first combustion exhaust gas and the second combustion exhaust gas introduced to the nitrogen oxide removing unit to control temperatures of the integrated combustion exhaust gas to be 300° C. or higher and 400° C. or lower.

9. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the nitrogen oxide removing unit is disposed in the integrated waste heat recovery unit.

10. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the nitrogen oxide removing unit includes a nitrogen oxide removing catalyst removing nitrogen oxide and a reducing agent injecting unit injecting a reducing agent.

11. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 10 , further comprising a control unit configured to control supply amount of the reducing agent, based on the gas flow rate and the concentration of nitrogen oxide of the integrated combustion exhaust gas introduced to the CO 2 recovery unit.

12. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated waste heat recovery unit forms steam for driving a CO 2 compression portion by using the waste heat from the integrated combustion exhaust gas with nitrogen oxide removed, the CO 2 compression portion compressing CO 2 discharged from the CO 2 recovery unit, and supplies the formed steam for driving CO 2 compression portion to the CO 2 compression portion.

13. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated waste heat recovery unit forms steam for driving turbine by the waste heat from the integrated combustion exhaust gas with nitrogen oxide removed, and supplies the formed steam for driving turbine to a steam turbine.

14. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 13 , further comprising a control unit configured to measures the temperature and the gas flow rate of the integrated combustion exhaust gas introduced to the nitrogen oxide removing unit and control at least one of amounts of fuel supplied to combustors of the first power generation facility and the second power generation facility and an amount of steam supplied to the steam turbine, based on the temperature and the gas flow rate which are measured.

15. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first power generation facility and the second power generation facility includes an existing power generation facility.

16. An exhaust gas treatment method comprising the steps of:

discharging, in a case where at least one of power loads of a first power generation facility and a second power generation facility is less than a predetermined threshold value, at least a part of a first combustion exhaust gas discharged from the first power generation facility and a second combustion exhaust gas discharged from the second power generation facility, the power load of the first power generation facility and the second power generation facility being less than the predetermined threshold value to outside;

integrating the first combustion exhaust gas and the second combustion exhaust gas into an integrated combustion exhaust gas, at least a part of the first combustion exhaust gas and the second combustion exhaust gas being discharged to outside, and removing nitrogen oxide contained in the integrated combustion exhaust gas;

recovering waste heat from the integrated combustion exhaust gas with nitrogen oxide removed; and

recovering CO 2 contained in the integrated combustion exhaust gas with the waste heat recovered, by using a CO 2 absorbing liquid.

Assignments (3)
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 Feb 26, 2019
From: TANAKA, HIROSHI; HIRATA, TAKUYA; KAMIJO, TAKASHI; TSUJIUCHI, TATSUYA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048438/0910 →