Coupling system of supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation and lithium extraction from brine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12305259-B2
Application number	US-202217869309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2022
Priority date	Aug 26, 2021
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

This disclosure provides a system for coupling supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation and lithium extraction from brine. The system comprises an absorption heat pump unit, a supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit, and a unit for extracting lithium from brine. This system organically couples the exothermic characteristics of the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle system with the endothermic characteristics of the lithium extraction from brine system, and the waste heat is recycled in a cascade as the heat source in the lithium extraction from brine system, thereby effectively reducing the total energy consumption of power generation and lithium extraction and reduce the total equipment investment of the system, and significantly improving the efficiency of adsorption and lithium precipitation in the lithium extraction from brine system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for coupling supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation and lithium extraction from brine, the system comprising an absorption heat pump unit, a supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit, and a unit for extracting lithium from brine, wherein
the absorption heat pump unit comprises a driving heat source inlet, a driving heat source outlet, a to-be-heated material inlet, and a heated material outlet;
the unit for extracting lithium from brine comprises a brine inlet and a lithium extraction device, and the lithium extraction device comprises a raw material inlet, a heating medium inlet, and a heating medium outlet; the brine inlet is in communication with the to-be-heated material inlet of the absorption heat pump unit, and the heated material outlet of the absorption heat pump unit is in communication with the raw material inlet of the lithium extraction device;
the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit comprises a carbon dioxide cycle cold end outlet and a carbon dioxide cycle cold end inlet; and
the carbon dioxide cycle cold end outlet is in communication with the heating medium inlet of the unit for extracting lithium from brine and/or the driving heat source inlet of the absorption heat pump unit, and the carbon dioxide cycle cold end inlet of the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit is in communication with the heating medium outlet of the unit for extracting lithium from brine and/or the driving heat source outlet of the absorption heat pump unit.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium extraction device comprises an evaporation concentration device and a lithium precipitation reaction device; and
the carbon dioxide cycle cold end outlet of the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit is in communication with a heating medium inlet of the evaporation concentration device,
a heating medium outlet of the evaporation concentration device is in communication with a heating medium inlet of the lithium precipitation reaction device, and
a heating medium outlet of the lithium precipitation reaction device is in communication with the driving heat source inlet of the absorption heat pump unit.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the evaporation concentration device comprises a first heater and a gas-liquid separator,
the lithium precipitation reaction device comprises a second heater and a lithium precipitation reactor,
the unit for extracting lithium from brine further comprises an adsorption device and a membrane separation device that are in sequential communication;
a lithium-rich permeate outlet of the membrane separation device is in communication with an endothermic side inlet of the first heater,
an endothermic side outlet of the first heater is in communication with an inlet of the gas-liquid separator,
a liquid phase outlet of the gas-liquid separator is in communication with an endothermic side inlet of the second heater, and
an endothermic side outlet of the second heater is in communication with a raw material inlet of the lithium precipitation reactor,
the carbon dioxide cycle cold end outlet of the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit is in communication with an exothermic side inlet of the first heater,
an exothermic side outlet of the first heater is in communication with an exothermic side inlet of the second heater, and
an exothermic side outlet of the second heater is in communication with the driving heat source inlet of the absorption heat pump unit.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the lithium extraction device further comprises a preheater;
an endothermic side inlet of the preheater is in communication with the lithium-rich permeate outlet of the membrane separation device; and
an endothermic side outlet of the preheater is in communication with the endothermic side inlet of the first heater; and
a gas phase outlet of the gas-liquid separator is in communication with an exothermic side inlet of the preheater.

5. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the lithium precipitation reaction device further comprises a sodium carbonate solution inlet, and the sodium carbonate solution inlet is in communication with the endothermic side inlet of the second heater.

6. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the unit for extracting lithium from brine further comprises a strainer, and the strainer is disposed between the brine inlet of the unit for extracting lithium from brine and the to-be-heated material inlet of the absorption heat pump unit.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the absorption heat pump unit comprises a generator, a condenser, an absorber, and a desorber;
an exothermic side inlet of the generator forms the driving heat source inlet in communication with the heating medium outlet of the unit for extracting lithium from brine; and
an exothermic side outlet of the generator forms the driving heat source outlet in communication with the carbon dioxide cycle cold end inlet of the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit; and
an endothermic side inlet of the desorber forms the to-be-heated material inlet in communication with the brine of inlet the unit for extracting lithium from brine, an endothermic side outlet of the desorber is in communication with an endothermic side inlet of the condenser of the absorption heat pump unit, and an endothermic side outlet of the condenser forms the heated material outlet of the absorption heat pump unit in communication with the raw material inlet of the lithium extraction device.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit further comprises an electric generator, a turbine, a high-temperature regenerator, and a low-temperature regenerator,
the electric generator is coaxially connected to the turbine,
an outlet of the turbine, an exothermic side of the high-temperature regenerator, and an exothermic side inlet of the low-temperature regenerator are in sequential communication, and
an exothermic side outlet of the low-temperature regenerator is in communication with the carbon dioxide cycle cold end outlet of the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit further comprises a cooler, a first compressor, and a third heater,
the carbon dioxide cycle cold end inlet of the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit, an exothermic side of the cooler, and an inlet of the first compressor are in sequential communication,
an outlet of the first compressor, an endothermic side of the low-temperature regenerator, an endothermic side of the high-temperature regenerator, and an endothermic side inlet of the third heater are in sequential communication, and
an endothermic side outlet of the third heater is in communication with an inlet of the turbine.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit further comprises a three-way diverting control valve, a three-way mixing control valve, and a second compressor,
an inlet of the three-way diverting control valve is in communication with the exothermic side outlet of the low-temperature regenerator,
a first outlet of the three-way diverting control valve forms the carbon dioxide cycle cold end outlet of the supercritical carbon dioxide cycle power generation unit,
a second outlet of the three-way diverting control valve is in communication with an inlet of the second compressor,
an outlet of the second compressor is in communication with a f

Assignees

• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Yuegeng
• Lian Junlan
• Lin Hongye

Classifications

• F25B30/04

  of the sorption type · CPC title

• F25B27/02

  using waste heat, e.g. from internal-combustion engines · CPC title

• B01D2311/2626

  Absorption or adsorption · CPC title

• B01D61/027

  Nanofiltration · CPC title

• B01D1/0058

  Use of waste energy from other processes or sources, e.g. combustion gas (for water treatment C02F1/16) · CPC title