IP Library Granted Patent US 7,581,395
Granted Patent B2
US 7,581,395 · App. 11/288,278 · Granted Sep 1, 2009

Heat recovery equipment

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Patent No.
US 7,581,395
App. No.
11/288,278
Granted
Sep 1, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Heat recovery equipment recovers heat from flue gas. The heat recovery equipment includes a power generation plant that drives a steam turbine by superheated steam produced in a boiler, and an exhaust-gas treatment line that treats flue gas output from the boiler. The exhaust-gas treatment line includes a first air preheater, a heat extractor unit, and a dry electrostatic precipitator. The power generation plant includes a condensed water line. The condensed water line includes a condenser, a condensed water heater, and a low-pressure feedwater heater. The condensed water heater heats water condensed by the condenser with the heat recovered by the heat extractor unit.

Claims (45)

1. Heat recovery equipment for recovering heat from flue gas, comprising:

a power generation plant that drives a steam turbine by superheated steam produced in a boiler, the power generation plant including a condensed water line, the condensed water line including a condenser, a condensed water heater, and a low-pressure feedwater heater in order; and

an exhaust-gas treatment line that treats flue gas output from the boiler, the exhaust-gas treatment line including a first air preheater, a heat extractor unit, and a dry electrostatic precipitator in order, wherein

the heat extractor unit recovers heat from the flue gas, and

the condensed water heater heats water condensed by the condenser with the heat recovered by the heat extractor unit.

2. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a heat medium line that supplies the heat recovered by the heat extractor unit to the condensed water heater using a heat medium; and

a heat medium heater that heats the heat medium that returns to the heat extractor unit.

3. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 2 , wherein

the heat medium line includes a bypass line.

4. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a heater that heats a bottom plate of the heat extractor unit.

5. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a desulfurization unit that is provided in a rear side of the dry electrostatic precipitator, and that desulfurizes the flue gas.

6. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a soot blower that blows off soot adhering to a heat exchange tube of the heat extractor unit; and

a drain remover that removes steam drain of the soot blower.

7. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 6 , wherein the soot blower includes

a first cylinder that introduces the steam from the boiler,

a second cylinder that can be freely inserted into and pulled out from the first cylinder, and

a steam hole that is formed on a tip end of a pullout side of the second cylinder, and through which the steam is ejected from the first cylinder.

8. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 6 , wherein

a gas flow passed through the heat extractor unit is a horizontal gas flow.

9. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 6 , wherein

the heat exchange tube of the heat extractor unit is a finned tube made of carbon steel.

10. Heat recovery equipment for recovering heat from flue gas, comprising:

a power generation plant that drives a steam turbine by superheated steam produced in a boiler; and

an exhaust-gas treatment line that treats the flue gas output from the boiler, the exhaust-gas treatment line including a first air preheater, a heat extractor unit, and a dry electrostatic precipitator in order and a supplementary air preheater that is provided on an air introduction side of the first air preheater, wherein

the heat extractor unit recovers heat from the flue gas, and

the supplementary air preheater heats the air by the heat recovered by the heat extractor unit.

11. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a heater that heats a bottom plate of the heat extractor unit.

12. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a desulfurization unit that is provided in a rear side of the dry electrostatic precipitator, and that desulfurizes the flue gas.

13. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a soot blower that blows off soot adhering to a heat exchange tube of the heat extractor unit; and

a drain remover that removes steam drain of the soot blower.

14. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the soot blower includes

a first cylinder that introduces the steam from the boiler,

a second cylinder that can be freely inserted into and pulled out from the first cylinder, and

a steam hole that is formed on a tip end of a pullout side of the second cylinder, and through which the steam is ejected from the first cylinder.

15. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 13 , wherein

a gas flow passed through the heat extractor unit is a horizontal gas flow.

16. The heat recovery equipment according to claim 13 , wherein

the heat exchange tube of the heat extractor unit is a finned tube made of carbon steel.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035101/0029 →