Method and system for removing carbon dioxide from reaction gas, and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11958012-B2
Application number	US-202117482415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2021
Priority date	Jan 24, 2019
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for removing carbon dioxide from a reaction gas. The present invention fully utilizes the available heat in each part of the carbon dioxide removal system to reduce external heat exchange, and thereby significantly reduces the carbon dioxide content in the gas returned to the reactor, and also greatly reduces the steam consumption during the regeneration of the rich decarburizing solution. The present invention also discloses a system for removing carbon dioxide from the reaction gas and use thereof.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for removing carbon dioxide from a reaction gas, comprising:
S1.performing a heating treatment on a reaction gas from which carbon dioxide is to be removed by heat exchanging the reaction gas with a washing water and a regeneration gas; and the step S1 comprises the following steps:
1A. dividing the reaction gas from which carbon dioxide is to be removed into a gas stream I and a gas stream II;
1B. heating the gas stream I by heat exchanging with a regeneration gas exiting from a top of a regeneration tower to obtain a gas stream Ia;
1C. heating the gas stream II by heat exchanging with the washing water to obtain a gas stream IIa; and
1D. mixing the gas stream Ia with the gas stream IIa to obtain the gas stream III;
S2. performing a decarbonizing treatment on the gas stream III obtained in step S1 by using a decarburizing solution to obtain a gas stream IV; and
S3. cooling the gas stream IV to obtain a CO 2 -removed purified gas,
wherein the washing water is first cooled by a cooling device, then exchanges heat with the gas stream IV, subsequently exchanges heat with the decarburizing solution, finally exchanges heat with the reaction gas from which carbon dioxide is to be removed, and after that returns to the cooling device for cooling circulation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio of the gas stream I to the gas stream II is (0-70):(100-30).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the decarburizing solution is a lean liquid from a bottom of a regeneration tower; and the step S2 comprises the following steps:
2A. allowing the gas stream III to countercurrent contact with a first stream of the decarburizing solution to obtain a gas stream IIIa and a first stream of a rich liquid; and
2B. allowing the gas stream IIIa to countercurrent contact with a second stream of the decarburizing solution to obtain the gas stream IV and a second stream of a rich liquid.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first stream of the decarburizing solution and the second stream of the decarburizing solution are the lean liquid from the bottom of the regeneration tower; the first stream of the decarburizing solution directly countercurrent contacts with the gas stream III to obtain the first stream of the rich liquid; the second stream of the decarburizing solution first exchanges heat with a stream of the rich liquid having a lower temperature, then exchanges heat with a circulation washing water, and finally countercurrent contacts with the gas stream IIIa to obtain the second stream of the rich liquid; and the first stream of the rich liquid and the second stream of the rich liquid return to the regeneration tower for regeneration.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
by using heat contained in a regeneration gas exiting from the top of a regeneration tower, providing heat to a lithium bromide chiller of a cooling device to generate chilled-water, decreasing the temperature of the washing water by the chilled-water, and then cooling the gas stream IV.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the following steps:
S0. dividing the reaction gas from a compressor into a gas stream A′ and a gas stream B′, the gas stream A′ being treated according to the steps S1 to S3; and
S4. mixing the gas stream B′ with the CO 2 -removed purified gas obtained according to the steps S1 to S3 and recirculating back to the reactor.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a molar ratio of the gas stream A′ to the gas stream B′ is (70-100):(30-0).

8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the molar ratio of the gas stream I to the gas stream II is (30-70):(70-30).

9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the molar ratio of the gas stream I to the gas stream II is (40-60):(60-40).

10. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the decarburizing solution is a carbonate solution.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the molar ratio of the gas stream A′ to the gas stream B′ is (75-90):(25-10).

Assignees

• China Petroleum & Chem Corp
• Sinopec Nanjing Res Institute Of Chemical Industry Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Xiangyun
• Li Haitao
• Zhang Ye
• Xu Li
• Zhao Yunsheng
• Wu Xiaolian
• Yu Pinhua

Classifications

• B01D53/62 Primary

  Carbon oxides · CPC title

• B01D53/1425

  Regeneration of liquid absorbents · CPC title

• B01D53/78

  with gas-liquid contact · CPC title

• B01D53/96

  Regeneration, reactivation or recycling of reactants · CPC title

• B01D2251/606

  Carbonates · CPC title