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Granted Patent B2
US 12,023,626 · App. 16/977,961 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

System for capturing and recycling carbon dioxide in exhaust gas

Inventors: Won Seok Chang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yoon Soo Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Mun Sei Oh (Seoul, KR); Kyung Min Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Ji Hye Yu (Incheon, KR); Young Jae Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Korea District Heating Corp.
B01D53/75B01D53/229B01D53/62B01D53/84C01F5/24C01F11/18C12M21/02C12M21/04C12M43/04B01D2255/802B01D2257/504
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Patent No.
US 12,023,626
App. No.
16/977,961
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a system for capturing and recycling carbon dioxide in an exhaust gas, which includes a CO 2 capture unit into which an exhaust gas containing CO 2 is input, and which captures the CO 2 as a high concentration enriched gas and separates a first treatment gas; a mineralization process unit which mineralizes the CO 2 after receiving the high concentration enriched gas captured in the CO 2 capture unit and discharges a second treatment gas; a mixing tank which receives the first treatment gas and the second treatment gas and mixes them so that the contained CO 2 has a predetermined concentration; a photo-culture process unit which receives the resulting third treatment gas from the mixing tank to perform a photo-culture process using microalgae; and a control unit which controls the flow rates and the CO 2 contents of the gases supplied and discharged to/from the CO 2 capture unit, the mineralization process unit, the mixing tank and the photo-culture process unit.

Claims (11)

1. A system for capturing and recycling carbon dioxide in an exhaust gas, comprising:

an exhaust gas inlet into which an exhaust gas is input and which distributes the gas;

a photo-culture process unit which receives the exhaust gas from the exhaust gas inlet to perform a photo-culture process using microalgae and discharge a first treatment gas;

a mixing tank which mixes the exhaust gas from the exhaust gas inlet and the first treatment gas from the photo-culture process unit and discharges a second treatment gas;

a CO 2 capture unit which receives the second treatment gas from the mixing tank and captures CO 2 contained in the second treatment gas at a high concentration as an enriched gas;

a mineralization process unit which receives the enriched gas captured in the CO 2 capture unit to mineralize the CO 2 , and discharges a third treatment gas; and

a control unit which controls the flow rates and the CO 2 contents of the gases supplied and discharged to/from the exhaust gas inlet, the photo-culture process unit, the mixing tank, the CO 2 capture unit and the mineralization process unit,

wherein the third treatment gas is input into the mixing tank.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls an amount of the exhaust gas supplied to the photo-culture process unit through the exhaust gas inlet by considering a CO 2 treatment efficiency of the photo-culture process unit.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the CO 2 concentration in the mixing tank to 8 to 10%.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the enriched gas is supplied in a liquefied state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2021
From: CHANG, WON SEOK; CHOI, YOON SOO; OH, MUN SEI; KIM, KYUNG MIN; YU, JI HYE; LEE, YOUNG JAE
To: KOREA DISTRICT HEATING CORP.
Reel/Frame 057597/0695 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0026373 · Mar 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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