IP Library Granted Patent US 12,409,411
Granted Patent B2
US 12,409,411 · App. 17/786,084 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Exhaust gas processing equipment and gas turbine plant

Inventors: Takashi Kamijo (Yokohama, JP); Atsushi Tsutsumi (Yokohama, JP); Hiromi Ishii (Yokohama, JP); Takahiro Araya (Yokohama, JP); Tetsuya Tanaka (Yokohama, JP); Kazunori Tsujii (Yokohama, JP); Naoyuki Nagafuchi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
B01D53/343B01D53/18B01D53/62B01D53/78F02C3/34F02C6/18B01D2258/0283
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Patent No.
US 12,409,411
App. No.
17/786,084
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This exhaust gas processing equipment is provided with an exhaust line through which exhaust gas discharged from a boiler circulates, a carbon dioxide recovering device for recovering carbon dioxide included in the exhaust gas, and an exhaust gas heating device provided downstream of the carbon dioxide recovering device to heat the exhaust gas. The carbon dioxide recovering device includes a first medium line through which a first medium circulates, and a second medium line through which a second medium higher in temperature than the first medium circulates. The exhaust gas heating device includes a first heating unit for heating the exhaust gas by means of heat exchange with the first medium, and a second heating unit for heating the exhaust gas passing through the first heating unit even more by heat exchange with the second medium.

Claims (48)

1. Exhaust gas processing equipment comprising:

an exhaust line through which an exhaust gas discharged from a boiler circulates;

a carbon dioxide recovery device that is provided on the exhaust line, and that recovers carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas; and

an exhaust gas heating device that is provided on a downstream side of the carbon dioxide recovery device in the exhaust line, and that heats the exhaust gas,

wherein the carbon dioxide recovery device includes

a first medium line through which a first medium circulates,

a second medium line through which a second medium having a temperature higher than that of the first medium circulates,

an absorber through which an absorption liquid chemically absorbing the carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas by coming into contact with the exhaust gas circulates, and

an absorber cooling line provided in the absorber, and serving as the first medium line through which a heat medium as the first medium cooling the exhaust gas by exchanging heat with the exhaust gas in the absorber circulates, and

the exhaust gas heating device includes

a heat exchanger provided on the absorber cooling line, and serving as a first heating section exchanging heat between the first medium and the exhaust gas, and

a second heating section that further heats the exhaust gas passing through the first heating section by heat exchange with the second medium.

2. Exhaust gas processing equipment comprising:

an exhaust line through which an exhaust gas discharged from a boiler circulates;

a carbon dioxide recovery device that is provided on the exhaust line, and that recovers carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas; and

an exhaust gas heating device that is provided on a downstream side of the carbon dioxide recovery device in the exhaust line, and that heats the exhaust gas,

wherein the carbon dioxide recovery device includes a first medium line through which a first medium circulates,

a second medium line through which a second medium having a temperature higher than that of the first medium circulates,

an absorber through which an absorption liquid chemically absorbing the carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas by coming into contact with the exhaust gas circulates,

a regenerator that regenerates the absorption liquid by heating the absorption liquid chemically absorbing the carbon dioxide in the absorber, and

an absorption liquid supply line serving as the first medium line that supplies the absorption liquid regenerated in the regenerator to the absorber, and

the exhaust gas heating device includes

a heat exchanger provided on the absorption liquid supply line, and serving as a first heating section that heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between the absorption liquid as the first medium and the exhaust gas, and

a second heating section that further heats the exhaust gas passing through the first heating section by heat exchange with the second medium.

3. The exhaust gas processing equipment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the carbon dioxide recovery device further includes,

a regenerator through which the absorption liquid chemically absorbing the carbon dioxide in the absorber circulates,

an absorption liquid extraction line that extracts the absorption liquid in the regenerator, and

a reboiler that is provided on the absorption liquid extraction line, and that heats and regenerates the absorption liquid by exchanging heat between the absorption liquid and the second medium, and

the exhaust gas heating device includes

a heat exchanger connected to the reboiler, and serving as the second heating section that heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between the second medium and the exhaust gas.

4. The exhaust gas processing equipment according to claim 2 ,

wherein the carbon dioxide recovery device further includes

an absorption liquid extraction line that extracts the absorption liquid in the regenerator, and

a reboiler that is provided on the absorption liquid extraction line, and that heats and regenerates the absorption liquid by exchanging heat between the absorption liquid and the second medium, and

the exhaust gas heating device includes

a heat exchanger connected to the reboiler, and serving as the second heating section that heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between the second medium and the exhaust gas.

5. The exhaust gas processing equipment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the carbon dioxide recovery device includes

a regenerator that heats and regenerates the absorption liquid by exchanging heat between the absorption liquid chemically absorbing the carbon dioxide in the absorber and a heat medium as the second medium, and

the exhaust gas heating device includes a heat exchanger serving as the second heating section that heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between the carbon dioxide discharged from the regenerator and the exhaust gas.

6. The exhaust gas processing equipment according to claim 2 ,

wherein

the exhaust gas heating device includes a heat exchanger serving as the second heating section that heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between the carbon dioxide discharged from the regenerator and the exhaust gas.

7. The exhaust gas processing equipment according to claim 1 ,

wherein the exhaust gas heating device further includes a third heating section that further heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between a part of steam generated by the boiler and the exhaust gas passing through the second heating section.

8. The exhaust gas processing equipment according to claim 2 ,

wherein the exhaust gas heating device further includes a third heating section that further heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between a part of steam generated by the boiler and the exhaust gas passing through the second heating section.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2023
From: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065403/0164 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 30, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065388/0633 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2022
From: KAMIJO, TAKASHI; TSUTSUMI, ATSUSHI; ISHII, HIROMI; ARAYA, TAKAHIRO; TANAKA, TETSUYA; TSUJII, KAZUNORI; NAGAFUCHI, NAOYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.; MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060226/0240 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-239000 · Dec 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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