Multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system and method with segmented air supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12312926-B2
Application number	US-202217956865-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2022
Priority date	Apr 29, 2021
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

Present disclosure a multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system and method with segmented air supply. The outlet of a water tank is communicated with the preheated water inlet of a multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body, the preheated water outlet of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body is communicated with the cold fluid inlet of a heat exchanger, the product outlet at the upper part of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body is communicated with the thermal fluid inlet of the heat exchanger, and the slag outlet at the lower part of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body is communicated with the inlet of a slag discharge lock hopper. Through the reasonable coupling design of the supercritical water gasification heat absorption zone and the oxidation reaction heat release zone in the multi-component thermal fluid generator, the self-heating of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system is realized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply, comprising a multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ), a heat exchanger ( 6 ), a gas-liquid separator ( 11 ), a water tank ( 12 ), a storage tank ( 4 ), a slag discharge lock hopper ( 14 ) and an air compressor ( 1 ); wherein a preheated water inlet of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) is communicated with the water tank ( 12 ); a preheated water outlet of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) is communicated with a cold fluid inlet of the heat exchanger ( 6 ); a heat exchange sleeve ( 15 ) is provided in the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ), an air delivery pipe ( 17 ) is provided in the heat exchange sleeve ( 15 ), and a spiral pipe ( 16 ) is wound around the air delivery pipe ( 17 ); a cold fluid outlet of the heat exchanger ( 6 ) is communicated with an inlet of the spiral pipe ( 16 ), and an outlet of the spiral pipe ( 16 ) is communicated with a preheated water inlet of the heat exchange sleeve ( 15 ); an outlet of the storage tank ( 4 ) is communicated with a material inlet provided on the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ); an outlet of the air compressor ( 1 ) is respectively communicated with an upper air inlet and a lower air inlet of the air delivery pipe ( 17 ); a product outlet at an upper part of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) is communicated with a thermal fluid inlet of the heat exchanger ( 6 ), and a slag outlet at a lower part is communicated with an inlet of the slag discharge lock hopper ( 14 ); a thermal fluid outlet of that heat exchange ( 6 ) is divided into two path, one path is communicated with the gas-liquid separator ( 11 ) through a cooler ( 9 ), and the other path is connected with an inlet of a multi-component supercritical thermal fluid injection well ( 7 ); a liquid product outlet of the gas separator ( 11 ) is communicated with an inlet of the water tank ( 12 );
an air supply unit is provided in the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ), so as to realize segmented air supply in the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ).

2. The multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply according to claim 1 , wherein an outlet of the water tank ( 12 ) is communicated with the preheated water inlet of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) through a preheated water pump ( 13 ).

3. The multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet of the storage tank ( 4 ) is communicated with the material inlet through a material pump ( 5 ), and the material inlet is provided on a cooling wall ( 26 ) in the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ).

4. The multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply according to claim 3 , wherein a multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator cooling zone is located between an inner wall of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) and the cooling wall ( 26 ), a supercritical water gasification heat absorption zone is located between the cooling wall ( 26 ) and the heat exchange sleeve ( 15 ), and an inner cavity of the heat exchange sleeve ( 15 ) is an oxidation reaction heat release zone.

5. The multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply according to claim 4 , wherein a first flow valve ( 3 ) is provided between an outlet of the air compressor ( 1 ) and the upper air inlet of the air delivery pipe ( 17 ), and a second flow valve ( 2 ) is provided between the outlet of the air compressor ( 1 ) and the lower air inlet of the air delivery pipe ( 17 ).

6. The multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply according to claim 1 , wherein the air supply unit is provided at the air delivery pipe ( 17 ) in the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ), and the air supply unit comprises a first air outlet ( 18 ), a second air outlet ( 19 ), a third air outlet ( 20 ) and a fourth air outlet ( 21 ) provided at the air delivery pipe from bottom to top ( 17 ) in sequence.

7. The multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply according to claim 1 , wherein the air supply unit is connected with an upper air inlet and a lower air inlet of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) through the outlet of the air compressor ( 1 ), and the air supply unit comprises an upper air outlet and a lower air outlet formed inside the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ).

8. The multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply according to claim 1 , wherein the air supply unit is in a form of an air spiral delivery pipe in the heat exchange sleeve ( 15 ), and there are several air spiral delivery pipes which are uniformly distributed on a central axis of the heat exchange sleeve ( 15 ).

9. The multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation system with segmented air supply according to claim 1 , wherein an outer wall of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) is provided with a first auxiliary heating device ( 23 ), a second auxiliary heating device ( 24 ) and a third auxiliary heating device ( 25 ) from top to bottom in sequence.

10. A multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generation method with segmented air supply using the system according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
1) preparing materials by a material preparation device, and then feeding prepared materials into a material storage tank ( 4 );
2) closing a high temperature stop valve ( 8 );
3) transporting water in the water tank ( 12 ) by the preheated water pump ( 13 ) and the water flowing into a multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator cooling zone; the preheated water flowing out of the preheated water outlet of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) flowing into the supercritical water gasification heat absorption zone through the heat exchanger ( 6 ) and the spiral pipe ( 16 ); the system adjusting a system pressure through a back pressure valve ( 10 ) so that the system pressure is stably maintained above a supercritical pressure;
4) starting the first auxiliary heating device ( 23 ), the second auxiliary heating device ( 24 ) and the third auxiliary heating device ( 25 ), and the cold water delivered by the preheated water pump ( 13 ) passing through the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator cooling zone, the heat exchanger ( 6 ) and the spiral pipe to be heated to a supercritical state;
5) transporting the materials stored in the storage tank ( 4 ), after pressure boost by the material pump ( 5 ), to the supercritical water gasification heat absorption zone where supercritical water gasification reaction occurs; a mixture of gas products and supercritical water produced by the reaction entering the heat exchanger ( 6 ) through a product outlet of the multi-component supercritical thermal fluid generator body ( 22 ) to exchange heat, then entering the cooler ( 9 ) to be cooled, and finally entering the gas-liquid separator ( 11 ) for gas-liquid separation; wherein separated gas products are recycled, and separated liquid returns to the water tank ( 12 );
6) starting the air compressor ( 1 )

Assignees

• Univ Xi An Jiaotong

Inventors

• Guo Liejin
• Xu Jialing
• Peng Zhiyong
• Rong Siqi
• Jin Hui
• Su Di
• Cheng Zening

Classifications

• B01F33/71

  working at super-atmospheric pressure, e.g. in pressurised vessels · CPC title

• B01F23/29

  Mixing systems, i.e. flow charts or diagrams · CPC title

• E21B43/24 Primary

  using heat, e.g. steam injection · CPC title

• F22B3/00 Primary

  Other methods of steam generation; Steam boilers not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title