Vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12228280-B2
Application number	US-202217946131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2022
Priority date	Jul 12, 2021
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

A vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology belongs to the technical fields of waste heat utilization and steam generation. The system comprises a vapor-liquid ejector, a flash vaporization tank and a intermediate heat exchanger, wherein the vapor-liquid ejector uses high-pressure steam to raise temperature and pressure of low-pressure water absorbed from the flash vaporization tank; the pressure-increased water is flashed into low-pressure saturated steam after entering the flash vaporization tank; the saturated water which is not flashed is collected at the bottom of the flash vaporization tank. The system generates multiple low-pressure flash vaporization saturated steam with a small portion of high-pressure steam, and realizes the recovery and utilization of waste heat such as flue gas of boiler, improves the economy of thermal process, and provides a flexible and adjustable vapor source for heavy oil thermal recovery, seawater desalination or sewage treatment equipment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology, the vapor source system comprising a vapor-liquid ejector ( 1 ), a intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ), a flash vaporization tank ( 3 ) and a feed water pump ( 4 ), wherein each device is connected by pipeline; the vapor-liquid ejector is successively connected by a convergent-divergent primary nozzle ( 5 ), a suction chamber ( 6 ), a mixing chamber ( 7 ) and a diffusion chamber ( 8 ), and a high-pressure steam inlet is connected to the inlet of the primary nozzle ( 5 ), meanwhile an injection fluid inlet of the suction chamber ( 6 ) is connected to a bottom of the flash vaporization tank ( 3 ), and an outlet of the diffusion chamber ( 8 ) is connected to a cold fluid inlet of the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ); wherein, the vapor source system is driven by high-pressure motive steam, and a supersonic jet is generated at the outlet of the primary nozzle ( 5 ), then vacuum is formed in the suction chamber ( 6 ), so low-pressure water of the flash vaporization tank ( 3 ) is sucked into the vapor-liquid ejector ( 1 ), and the vapor-liquid mixing and condensation pressure increasing are completed in the mixing chamber ( 7 ), then the pressure of the mixed fluid is continued to increase in the diffusion chamber ( 8 ), and the mixed fluid is sent into the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) to increase temperature to saturated or nearly saturated fluid, then sent into the flash vaporization tank ( 3 ) to flash, and low-pressure saturated steam is generated; the low-pressure saturated water which is not flashed is collected at the bottom of the flash vaporization tank ( 3 ), and is connected with the injection inlet of the vapor-liquid ejector ( 1 ) via the extraction pipe at the bottom of the flash vaporization tank ( 3 ), so as to realize a circulating supercharging flash vaporization; the feed water pump ( 4 ) sends the low-pressure water to the bottom of the flash vaporization tank ( 3 ) to ensure continuous and stable operation of the vapor source system.

2. The vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) of the vapor source system utilizes waste heat of flue gas of a steam boiler ( 9 ) as heating heat source, and the specific form thereof is a split-type heat pipe heat exchanger, a heat-conducting oil heat exchanger or a flue gas heat exchanger.

3. The vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology according to claim 2 , when the form of the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) of the vapor source system is a split-type heat pipe heat exchanger, the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) and the split-type heat pipe evaporator ( 10 ) form a closed loop, and the split-type heat pipe evaporator ( 10 ) is arranged in the rear flue of the steam boiler ( 9 ) to utilize the waste heat of the flue gas, and the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) of the vapor source system apply latent heat of condensation of heat pipe working medium to release heat.

4. The vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology according to claim 2 , when the form of the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) of the vapor source system is a heat-conducting oil heat exchanger, the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) and a heat-conducting oil heat collector ( 11 ) form a closed loop, and the heat-conducting oil heat collector ( 11 ) is arranged in the rear flue of the steam boiler ( 9 ) to utilize the waste heat of the flue gas, and the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) uses the heat-conducting oil as a heating heat source.

5. The vapor source system based on vapor-liquid ejector supercharging combined with flash vaporization technology according to claim 2 , when the form of the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) of the vapor source system is a flue gas heat exchanger, the intermediate heat exchanger ( 2 ) is arranged in the rear flue of the steam boiler ( 9 ) to directly utilize the waste heat of the flue gas.

Assignees

• Univ Dalian Tech
• Univ Dalian Ocean

Inventors

• Yang Yong
• Zhang Xingyao
• Xie Zelong
• Zhang Yuzhe
• Zhang Kun
• Shen Shengqiang

Classifications

• F22B3/045 Primary

  the drop in pressure being achieved by compressors, e.g. with steam jet pumps · CPC title

• F28D21/001

  for thermal power plants or industrial processes · CPC title

• F28D15/0266

  with separate evaporating and condensing chambers connected by at least one conduit; Loop-type heat pipes; with multiple or common evaporating or condensing chambers (F28D15/043 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02A20/124

  Water desalination · CPC title

• F22B27/14

  built-up from heat-exchange elements arranged within a confined chamber having heat-retaining walls {(F22B1/288 takes precedence)} · CPC title