IP Library Granted Patent US 11,148,095
Granted Patent B2
US 11,148,095 · App. 16/635,440 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Reclaiming apparatus and method for reclaiming

Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Hirata (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Kamijo (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuya Tsujiuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
B01D53/1425B01D53/1456B01D53/1493B01D2252/103B01D2252/204B01D2257/504
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Patent No.
US 11,148,095
App. No.
16/635,440
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reclaiming apparatus includes: a reclaimer configured to extract a lean solution that is a part of an acid gas absorbing liquid regenerated in a regenerator in a recovery unit that recovers acid gas components in gas with the acid gas absorbing liquid, and introduce and receive an extracted lean liquid; an alkaline agent supply pipe configured to supply an alkaline agent to an inside of the reclaimer; a water supply pipe configured to supply supply water to the inside of the reclaimer; a recovered steam discharge pipe configured to introduce recovered steam discharged from the reclaimer into the regenerator; a thermometer that measures temperature in the reclaimer; a pressure guage configured to measure pressure in the reclaimer; and a reclaimer controller.

Claims (18)

1. A reclaiming apparatus comprising:

a reclaimer configured to extract a lean solution that is a part of an acid gas absorbing liquid regenerated in a regenerator in a recovery unit that recovers acid gas components in gas with the acid gas absorbing liquid, and introduce and receive an extracted lean liquid;

an alkaline agent supply pipe configured to supply an alkaline agent to an inside of the reclaimer;

a water supply pipe configured to supply supply water to the inside of the reclaimer;

a recovered steam discharge pipe configured to introduce recovered steam discharged from the reclaimer into the regenerator;

a thermometer that measures temperature in the reclaimer;

a pressure guage configured to measure pressure in the reclaimer; and

a reclaimer controller configured to control pressure in the reclaimer so that temperature in the reclaimer at a timing of terminating introduction of the extracted lean liquid into the reclaimer is determined to be a standard temperature and the standard temperature is maintained when terminating the introduction of the extracted lean liquid into the reclaimer and further recovering an absorption component from a residue in the reclaimer.

2. The reclaiming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a case where pressure in the reclaimer reaches an upper limit pressure value of operation upper limit of the reclaimer,

the reclaimer controller is configured to change a target standard temperature to be lower than the standard temperature and control the pressure in the reclaimer so that the changed standard temperature is maintained.

3. The reclaiming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the change in the target standard temperature is determined to be a lower temperature range within a predetermined temperature from the standard temperature in the reclaimer at the time of terminating the introduction of the extracted lean liquid into the reclaimer.

4. The reclaiming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case of a pressurizing type reclaimer, the pressure in the reclaimer is controlled by installing a throttle valve in the recovered steam discharge pipe and controlling the throttle valve.

5. The reclaiming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the case of a vacuum type reclaimer, the pressure in the reclaimer is controlled by controlling a pressure reduction unit installed in the recovered steam discharge pipe.

6. A method for reclaiming comprising:

reclaiming of removing non-volatile components including extracting lean liquid that is a part of an acid gas absorbing liquid regenerated in a regenerator in a recovery unit that recovers acid gas components in gas with the acid gas absorbing liquid, continuously introducing the extracted lean liquid into a reclaimer and receiving the extracted lean liquid, introducing an alkaline agent and supply water and heating, and removing the non-volatile components in the extracted lean liquid while recovering remaining absorption component from the extracted lean liquid as recovered steam;

terminating introduction of the extracted lean liquid into the reclaimer; and

finish reclaiming of controlling pressure in the reclaimer so that temperature in the reclaimer at a time of terminating the introduction of the extracted lean liquid into the reclaimer is determined to be a standard temperature and the standard temperature is maintained when the absorption component is further recovered from a residue in the reclaimer.

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 5, 2020
From: TANAKA, HIROSHI; HIRATA, TAKUYA; KAMIJO, TAKASHI; TSUJIUCHI, TATSUYA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051720/0959 →