IP Library Granted Patent US 12,031,720
Granted Patent B2
US 12,031,720 · App. 17/269,012 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Pulverized coal drying system for pulverizer, pulverized coal drying method therefor, pulverized coal drying program, pulverizer, and integrated gasification combined cycle

Inventors: Yuichiro Urakata (Yokohama, JP); Koji Nishimura (Yokohama, JP); Jun Kasai (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F23K1/04C10J3/46F23K3/02F23K2200/00F23K2201/103F23K2201/20F23K2900/05001
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Patent No.
US 12,031,720
App. No.
17/269,012
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a pulverized coal drying system for a pulverizer, a pulverized coal drying method therefor, a pulverized coal drying program, a pulverizer, and an integrated gasification combined cycle capable of stably drying a carbonaceous feedstock irrespective of the type of the carbonaceous feedstock to be used. There is provided a controller ( 50 ) of a pulverizer ( 10 ) that dries a supplied carbonaceous feedstock by using a drying fluid and includes a flow rate controller that controls the flow rate of the drying fluid within upper and lower limits of the flow rate of the drying fluid that are set to dry a plurality of types of the carbonaceous feedstock having different moisture contents in such a way that the temperature of the drying fluid discharged from the pulverizer ( 10 ) approaches a target temperature.

Claims (23)

1. A pulverized coal drying system for a pulverizer that dries a supplied carbonaceous feedstock by using a drying fluid, the pulverized coal drying system comprising:

a flow rate controller that controls a flow rate of the drying fluid within upper and lower limits of the flow rate of the drying fluid that are set to dry a plurality of types of the carbonaceous feedstock having different moisture contents in such a way that a temperature of the drying fluid discharged from the pulverizer approaches a target temperature, wherein

the drying fluid is a transport gas that transports the carbonaceous feedstock,

the upper and lower limits are set with respect to a predetermined amount of supplied carbonaceous feedstock in a state in which the drying fluid discharged from the pulverizer has the target temperature in such a way that the upper limit is the flow rate of the drying fluid for drying the carbonaceous feedstock containing a largest moisture content and the lower limit is the flow rate of the drying fluid for drying the carbonaceous feedstock containing a lowest moisture content, and

the target temperature is a temperature of the transport gas discharged from the pulverizer, the temperature being expected when the dried carbonaceous feedstock reaches a desired dryness.

2. The pulverized coal drying system according to claim 1 , further comprising a temperature setter that lowers the target temperature by a predetermined temperature when the flow rate of the drying fluid reaches the upper limit of the upper and lower limits and raises the target temperature by a predetermined temperature when the flow rate of the drying fluid reaches the lower limit of the upper and lower limits.

3. The pulverized coal drying system according to claim 1 , further comprising a temperature setter that changes the target temperature in such a way that a conversion ratio at which carbonyl sulfide is converted into hydrogen sulfide in a raw syngas generated when the carbonaceous feedstock is partially combusted into a gas approaches a predetermined reference conversion ratio.

4. The pulverized coal drying system according to claim 1 , further comprising a temperature setter that changes the target temperature in a raw syngas generated when the carbonaceous feedstock is partially combusted into a gas based on a flow rate of discharged water recovered from the raw syngas.

5. A pulverizer comprising the pulverized coal drying system according to claim 1 .

6. An integrated gasification combined cycle comprising:

a coal feeding unit including the pulverizer according to claim 5 ;

a gas turbine rotated by combusting at least part of a combustion gas generated in a gasification unit and purified;

a steam turbine rotated by steam generated in a heat recovery steam generator by using an exhaust gas discharged from the gas turbine; and

a generator linked to the rotary motion of the gas turbine and/or the steam turbine.

7. A pulverized coal drying method for a pulverizer that dries a supplied carbonaceous feedstock by using a drying fluid, the method comprising

a flow rate control step of controlling a flow rate of the drying fluid within upper and lower limits of the flow rate of the drying fluid that are set to dry a plurality of types of the carbonaceous feedstocks having different moisture contents in such a way that a temperature of the drying fluid discharged from the pulverizer approaches a target temperature, wherein

the drying fluid is a transport gas that transports the carbonaceous feedstock,

the upper and lower limits are set with respect to a predetermined amount of supplied carbonaceous feedstock in a state in which the drying fluid discharged from the pulverizer has the target temperature in such a way that the upper limit is the flow rate of the drying fluid for drying the carbonaceous feedstock containing a largest moisture content and the lower limit is the flow rate of the drying fluid for drying the carbonaceous feedstock containing a lowest moisture content, and

the target temperature is a temperature of the transport gas discharged from the pulverizer, the temperature being expected when the dried carbonaceous feedstock reaches a desired dryness.

8. A pulverized coal drying program for a pulverizer that dries a supplied carbonaceous feedstock by using a drying fluid, the program causing a computer to carry out a flow rate control process of controlling a flow rate of the drying fluid within upper and lower limits of the flow rate of the drying fluid that are set to dry a plurality of types of the carbonaceous feedstock having different moisture contents in such a way that a temperature of the drying fluid discharged from the pulverizer approaches a target temperature, wherein

the drying fluid is a transport gas that transports the carbonaceous feedstock,

the upper and lower limits are set with respect to a predetermined amount of supplied carbonaceous feedstock in a state in which the drying fluid discharged from the pulverizer has the target temperature in such a way that the upper limit is the flow rate of the drying fluid for drying the carbonaceous feedstock containing a largest moisture content and the lower limit is the flow rate of the drying fluid for drying the carbonaceous feedstock containing a lowest moisture content, and

the target temperature is a temperature of the transport gas discharged from the pulverizer, the temperature being expected when the dried carbonaceous feedstock reaches a desired dryness.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD
Reel/Frame 060742/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2021
From: URAKATA, YUICHIRO; NISHIMURA, KOJI; KASAI, JUN
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055293/0842 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-218426 · Nov 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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