Graded oxygen regulating, explosion preventing and recycling system and method for liquid nitrogen wash tail gas

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12259129-B2
Application number	US-202117398531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	Apr 22, 2021
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a graded oxygen regulating, explosion preventing and recycling system and method for liquid nitrogen wash tail gas, and relates to the technical field of environmental protection and energy utilization. The system provided by the present disclosure includes a multi section catalytic combustor, the multi-section catalytic combustor being divided into a first-section catalytic combustion region, a second-section catalytic combustion region, and a third-section catalytic combustion region, the first-section catalytic combustion region and the second-section catalytic combustion region being internally filled with multiple layers of catalysts that are disposed at intervals, and an air flow guide pipe being arranged above each layer of catalyst; a first-section heat exchanger communicating with the first-section catalytic combustion region; a second-section heat exchanger communicating with the second-section catalytic combustion region; a pulverized coal drying section communicating with the second-section heat exchanger; and a boiler section communicating with the third-section catalytic combustion region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A graded oxygen regulating, explosion preventing and recycling method for liquid nitrogen wash tail gas, comprising the following steps:
(a) liquid nitrogen wash tail gas entering a first-section heat exchanger ( 2 ) through a cold inlet ( 2 - 1 ) for heat exchange with first-section high-temperature exhaust gas from a bottom outlet ( 1 - 1 - 2 ) of a first-section catalytic combustion region 1 - 1 ; after the heat exchange, the liquid nitrogen wash tail gas entering a top inlet ( 1 - 1 - 1 ) of the first-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 1 ) through a heat outlet ( 2 - 2 ) and undergoing, in a layer-by-layer manner, first-section catalytic reaction on multiple layers of catalysts that are disposed in the first-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 1 ) at intervals to obtain first-section high-temperature exhaust gas, wherein in the process of layer-by-layer first-section catalytic reaction, the liquid nitrogen wash tail gas is mixed with air from an air flow guide pipe ( 6 ) above each layer of catalyst, and the first-section catalytic reaction is oxygen-deficient reaction;
(b) discharging the first-section high-temperature exhaust gas from the bottom outlet ( 1 - 1 - 2 ) of the first-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 1 ) to a first-section heat exchanger ( 2 ) through a heat inlet ( 2 - 3 ) for heat exchange; after the heat exchange, the first-section high-temperature exhaust gas entering a top inlet ( 1 - 2 - 1 ) of a second-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 2 ) through a cold outlet ( 2 - 4 ) of the first-section heat exchanger ( 2 ) and undergoing, in a layer-by-layer manner, second-section catalytic reaction on multiple layers of catalysts that are disposed in the second-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 2 ) at intervals to obtain second-section high-temperature exhaust gas, wherein in the process of layer-by-layer second-section catalytic reaction, the first-section high-temperature exhaust gas is mixed with air from the air flow guide pipe ( 6 ) above each layer of catalyst, and the second-section catalytic reaction is oxygen-deficient reaction;
(c) discharging the second-section high-temperature exhaust gas from a bottom outlet ( 1 - 2 - 2 ) of the second-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 2 ) to a second-section heat exchanger ( 3 ) through a heat inlet ( 3 - 3 ) for heat exchange with low-temperature exhaust gas discharged through a low-temperature exhaust gas outlet ( 4 - 1 ) of a pulverized coal drying section ( 4 ) in the second-section heat exchanger ( 3 ); after the heat exchange, discharging the low-temperature exhaust gas through a heat outlet ( 3 - 2 ) of the second-section heat exchanger ( 3 ) to the pulverized coal drying section ( 4 ) via a hot exhaust gas inlet ( 4 - 2 ), partially discharging the low-temperature exhaust gas through an exhaust gas discharge port ( 4 - 3 ); after the heat exchange, discharging the second-section high-temperature exhaust gas through a cold outlet ( 3 - 4 ) of the second-section heat exchanger ( 3 ) to a top inlet ( 1 - 3 - 1 ) of a third-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 3 ) for third-section catalytic reaction on a catalyst of the third-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 3 ) to obtain third-section high-temperature exhaust gas, wherein in the process of third-section catalytic reaction, the second-section high-temperature exhaust gas is mixed with air from the air flow guide pipe ( 6 ) above the catalyst of the third-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 3 ), and the third-section catalytic reaction is oxygen-rich reaction;
(d) discharging the third-section high-temperature exhaust gas through a bottom outlet ( 1 - 3 - 2 ) of the third-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 3 ) to a boiler ( 5 - 1 ) via a heated gas inlet ( 5 - 1 - 1 ), transferring heat to soft water in a steam pocket ( 5 - 2 ) through the boiler ( 5 - 1 ), and delivering out medium-pressure steam formed from the soft water for use, wherein after transferring the heat, the third-section high-temperature exhaust gas is discharged from a heated gas outlet ( 5 - 1 - 2 ) of the boiler ( 5 - 1 ) to the pulverized coal drying section ( 4 ) via the hot exhaust gas inlet ( 4 - 2 ).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third-section high-temperature exhaust gas enters the pulverized coal drying section ( 4 ) via the hot exhaust gas inlet ( 4 - 2 ) after being discharged from the bottom outlet ( 1 - 3 - 2 ) of the third-section catalytic combustion region ( 1 - 3 ).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the first-section high-temperature exhaust gas in the step (a) is 450 to 480° C., and the temperature of the liquid nitrogen wash tail gas rises to 230 to 240° C. after the heat exchange.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the first-section high-temperature exhaust gas after the heat exchange in the step (b) drops to 220 to 240° C., and the temperature of the second-section high-temperature exhaust gas is 450 to 480° C.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the low-temperature exhaust gas in the step (c) is 90 to 100° C.; the temperature of the low-temperature exhaust gas after the heat exchange rises to 150 to 180° C.; the temperature of the second-section high-temperature exhaust gas after the heat exchange drops to 300 to 350° C.; the temperature of the third-section high-temperature exhaust gas is 550 to 650° C.; and the volume content of O 2 in the third-section catalytic reaction is 3 to 4%.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the third-section high-temperature exhaust gas after the heat transfer in the step (d) drops to 250 to 300° C.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen content in the pulverized coal drying section ( 4 ) in the step (c) and the step (d) is less than or equal to 38, and the total content of CO and H 2 is less than 200 ppm.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the volume content of O 2 in the first-section catalytic reaction and the second-section catalytic reaction is independently 0.4 to 0.9%.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the temperature of the first-section high-temperature exhaust gas in the step (a) is 450 to 480° C., and the temperature of the liquid nitrogen wash tail gas rises to 230 to 240° C. after the heat exchange.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the temperature of the first-section high-temperature exhaust gas after the heat exchange in the step (b) drops to 220 to 240° C., and the temperature of the second-section high-temperature exhaust gas is 450 to 480° C.

Assignees

• Univ Kunming Science & Technology

Inventors

• Zhang Qiulin
• Ning Ping
• Gao Lianyun
• Chen Jianjun
• Shao Tianrun

Classifications

• F23K2201/20

  Drying · CPC title

• F23G2206/10

  reintroducing the heat in the same process, e.g. for predrying · CPC title

• F23G2202/60

  in a catalytic combustion chamber · CPC title

• F23G2202/102

  with supplementary heating · CPC title

• F23G2206/20

  using the heat in association with another installation · CPC title