System of ultra-low nitrogen oxide emissions, negative carbon emissions and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11976242-B2
Application number	US-202217713781-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2022
Priority date	Dec 7, 2021
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

A system for use in carbon negative emission methods, a nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system, an air supply device and a flow control module. The system for use in carbon negative emission methods enables biomass to produce inorganic carbon and pyrolysis gas/gasification gas to realize negative emission of carbon. The nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system enables fuel to be in mixed combustion with the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas to remove nitrogen oxides, which realizes ultra-low emission of the nitrogen oxides. The air supply device is in communication with a biomass pyrolysis coupling partial gasification and is in communication with the system for use in carbon negative emission methods and the nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system. The pyrolysis gas/gasification gas enters the nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system. The flow control module controls a flow ratio of a pyrolysis agent/gasification agent entering the system for use in carbon negative emission methods and flow of the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas and air entering the nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a system for use in a carbon negative emission method;
wherein the system for use in a carbon negative emission method is configured to produce a pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction of a biomass or produce a pure pyrolysis reaction of the biomass to generate inorganic carbon and pyrolysis gas/gasification gas, wherein the inorganic carbon is usable for making carbon-based materials to realize negative emission of carbon,
a system having reduced nitrogen oxide emissions;
wherein the system having reduced nitrogen oxide emission is configured for mixed combustion of fuel with the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas to remove nitrogen oxides generated by combustion of the fuel,
an air supply device;
wherein the air supply device is in communication with the system for use in a carbon negative emission method via a first pipeline, and provides a pyrolysis agent/gasification agent required for biomass pyrolysis coupling partial gasification, and the air supply device is in communication with the system for use in a carbon negative emission method and the system having reduced nitrogen oxide emission via a second pipeline, wherein the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas enters the system having reduced nitrogen oxide emission via the second pipeline, and is in mixed combustion with fuel in the system having reduced nitrogen oxide emission to reduce and remove the nitrogen oxides; and
a flow control module,
wherein the flow control module controls a flow ratio of three pyrolysis agents/gasification agents, wherein said three pyrolysis agents/gasification agents originate from an air blower, a water vapor generator, and a combustion chamber respectively entering the system for use in a carbon negative emission method and flow of the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas and air entering the system having reduced nitrogen oxide emission,
wherein the system for use in a carbon negative emission method comprises a dryer, a pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace, and a first cyclone separator sequentially in communication via pipelines,
wherein the dryer dries the biomass and wherein the dried biomass enters the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace via an outlet of the dryer to undergo the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction or the pure pyrolysis reaction, and wherein a product after reaction of the biomass enters the first cyclone separator via an outlet of the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace to undergo gas-solid separation,
wherein the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace comprises:
a reaction furnace body;
a reaction furnace shell;
an inorganic carbon chamber;
an inorganic carbon emission port and a pyrolysis agent/gasification agent air port,
wherein the reaction furnace body is disposed inside the reaction furnace shell and a circulation space of the pyrolysis agent/gasification agent is formed between the reaction furnace shell and the reaction furnace body, wherein the reaction furnace shell is in communication with an outlet of the first pipeline,
wherein the inorganic carbon chamber is disposed at a bottom of the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace and a bottom of the inorganic carbon chamber is provided with the inorganic carbon emission port, and
wherein the pyrolysis agent/gasification agent air port is formed in the reaction furnace body,

wherein the system with reduced nitrogen oxide emission comprises:
a boiler;
a first air supply mechanism and a second air supply mechanism, wherein the first air supply mechanism is disposed at a bottom of the boiler, and the second air supply mechanism is disposed corresponding to a combustion zone of the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas in the boiler,
wherein the boiler is configured to combust the fuel and the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas, and the air supply mechanisms are configured to be in communication with the boiler to provide the boiler with gas required for combustion of the fuel, and the boiler is in communication with a top outlet of the first cyclone separator through the second pipeline; and
at least one fuel feed bin and an oxygen meter, wherein each of the at least one fuel feed bin(s) provides fuel required for combustion within the boiler and the oxygen meter is disposed corresponding to the combustion zone of the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas in the boiler, and the oxygen meter is configured to monitor content of oxygen in the combustion zone of the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas in the boiler,
wherein the air supply device comprises the air blower and the combustion chamber, and an outlet pipeline of the air blower is in communication with an inlet of the first pipeline, such that the air blower provides the pyrolysis agent/gasification agent required for biomass pyrolysis coupling partial gasification, the pyrolysis agent/gasification agent comprises nitrogen or air,
wherein the combustion chamber is in communication with an inlet of the dryer via a third pipeline, the combustion chamber is configured to combust part of the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas, and the combustion chamber is in communication with a middle part of the second pipeline via a fourth pipeline, and the first cyclone separator is in communication with the boiler via the second pipeline;
wherein flue gas generated by combustion in the combustion chamber enters the dryer through the third pipeline and provides heat for drying the biomass in the dryer, and after drying, flue gas that had entered the dryer and provided heat for drying biomass in the dryer enters the first pipeline together with water vapor vaporized in a process of drying biomass fuel;

wherein, in an upper portion of the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace, a pyrolysis reaction occurs, and volatiles of the biomass are heated and vaporized to produce reductive pyrolysis,
wherein a partial gasification reaction occurs to inorganic carbon of the biomass falling in the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace to produce reductive gasification gas.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising an induced draft fan and a gas component analyzer, wherein the induced draft fan is disposed at an inlet of the second pipeline, and the gas component analyzer is disposed at an outlet of the second pipeline.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the air supply device further comprises:
a first outlet pipeline and a water vapor generator, wherein the inlet of the first-pipeline is in communication with a first outlet of the dryer via the first outlet pipeline;
flue gas exiting the first outlet of the dryer is provided for the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace via the first outlet pipeline together with the water vapor vaporized and the process of drying biomass fuel as the pyrolysis agent/gasification agent; and
an outlet pipeline of the water vapor generator is in communication with the inlet of the first pipeline, and the water vapor generator provides the pyrolysis agent/gasification agent required for the pyrolysis coupling partial gasification reaction furnace.

4. The system according to claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of flow monitoring meters and a plurality of electric butterfly valves,
wherein the plurality of flow monitoring meters are respectively disposed on the outlet pipeline of the air blower, the outlet pipeline of the water vapor generator, the first outlet pipeline, and the outlet of the second pipeline;
wherein the plurality of electric butterfly valves comprise:
a first electric butterfly valve disposed on the outlet pipeline of the air blower;
a second electric butterfly valve disposed on the outlet pipeline of the water vapor generator;
a third electric butte

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Luo Zhongyang
• Wang Qinhui
• Yu Chunjiang
• Zhou Jinsong
• Fang Mengxiang
• Wang Yinchen

Classifications

• C10B53/02 Primary

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• B01D45/16

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• C10B41/00

  Safety devices, e.g. signalling or controlling devices for use in the discharge of coke · CPC title

• C10B57/10

  Drying · CPC title

• C10J3/00 Primary

  Production of combustible gases containing carbon monoxide from solid carbonaceous fuels (destructive distillation processes C10B) · CPC title