Waste treatment system and waste treatment method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12459018-B2
Application number	US-202318499516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2023
Priority date	Apr 13, 2018
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A waste treatment system 100 for performing a hydrothermal treatment of wastes includes a hydrothermal treatment device 10 for performing the hydrothermal treatment by bringing steam into contact with the wastes, a storage facility 8, 9 for storing a fuel produced from a reactant of the hydrothermal treatment, and a heat recovery steam generator 18 for generating the steam to be supplied to the hydrothermal treatment device 10 . The heat recovery steam generator 18 is configured to generate the steam by using a combustion energy generated by combustion of the fuel stored in the storage facility 8, 9.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A waste treatment system for performing a hydrothermal treatment of waste, comprising:
at least one hydrothermal treatment device for performing the hydrothermal treatment by bringing steam into contact with the waste; a fuel production device for producing a solid fuel from solids of a reactants of the hydrothermal treatment; a first storage facility for storing the solid fuel; at least two steam generators for generating the steam to be supplied to the at least one hydrothermal treatment device; a gasifier for gasifying the solid fuel to produce fuel gas; and a second storage facility for storing the fuel gas produced in the gasifier, wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device is a batch-type hydrothermal treatment system which includes
an enclosure into which the steam is injected,
an inlet for feeding the waste into the enclosure, and
an outlet for discharging the reactants from the enclosure,
wherein the at least two steam generators include a first steam generator that uses combustion energy generated by combustion of the solid fuel to generate the steam, and a second steam generator that generates the steam using combustion energy generated by combustion of the fuel gas, wherein the waste treatment system further comprises a first steam output line for supplying the steam from the first steam generator to the at least one hydrothermal treatment device, and a second steam output line for supplying the steam from the second steam generator to the at least one hydrothermal treatment device, and wherein the first steam output line supplies the steam from the first steam generator to the at least one hydrothermal treatment device while bypassing the second steam generator.

2 . The waste treatment system according to claim 1 , further comprising a gas engine provided to burn the fuel gas, wherein the second steam generator is configured to generate the steam using heat of an exhaust gas discharged from the gas engine.

3 . The waste treatment system according to claim 2 , wherein the fuel production device includes a drying device for drying the solids of the reactants of the hydrothermal treatment, and wherein the drying device is configured to dry the solids of the reactants using combustion exhaust gas of the at least two steam generators after the steam is generated in the at least two steam generators.

4 . The waste treatment system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device is configured to dry the reactants after the hydrothermal treatment.

5 . The waste treatment system according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device comprises two hydrothermal treatment devices, each of the two hydrothermal treatment devices having a steam supply port and a steam discharge port, and
wherein the steam discharge port of one of the two hydrothermal treatment devices is connected to the steam supply port of the other of the two hydrothermal treatment devices by piping.

6 . The waste treatment system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device comprises two hydrothermal treatment devices, each of the two hydrothermal treatment devices having a steam supply port and a steam discharge port, and
wherein the steam discharge port of one of the two hydrothermal treatment devices is connected to the steam supply port of the other of the two hydrothermal treatment devices by piping.

7 . The waste treatment system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device is configured to dry the reactants after the hydrothermal treatment.

8 . The waste treatment system according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device comprises two hydrothermal treatment devices, each of the two hydrothermal treatment devices having a steam supply port and a steam discharge port, and
wherein the steam discharge port of one of the two hydrothermal treatment devices is connected to the steam supply port of the other of the two hydrothermal treatment devices by piping.

9 . The waste treatment system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device comprises two hydrothermal treatment devices, each of the two hydrothermal treatment devices having a steam supply port and a steam discharge port, and
wherein the steam discharge port of one of the two hydrothermal treatment devices is connected to the steam supply port of the other of the two hydrothermal treatment devices by piping.

10 . The waste treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the fuel production device includes a drying device for drying the solids of the reactants of the hydrothermal treatment, and wherein the drying device is configured to dry the solids of the reactants using combustion exhaust gas of the at least two steam generators after the steam is generated in the at least two steam generators.

11 . The waste treatment system according to claim 10 ,
wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device is configured to dry the reactants after the hydrothermal treatment.

12 . The waste treatment system according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device comprises two hydrothermal treatment devices, each of the two hydrothermal treatment devices having a steam supply port and a steam discharge port, and
wherein the steam discharge port of one of the two hydrothermal treatment devices is connected to the steam supply port of the other of the two hydrothermal treatment devices by piping.

13 . The waste treatment system according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device comprises two hydrothermal treatment devices, each of the two hydrothermal treatment devices having a steam supply port and a steam discharge port, and
wherein the steam discharge port of one of the two hydrothermal treatment devices is connected to the steam supply port of the other of the two hydrothermal treatment devices by piping.

14 . The waste treatment system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device is configured to dry the reactants after the hydrothermal treatment.

15 . The waste treatment system according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device comprises two hydrothermal treatment devices, each of the two hydrothermal treatment devices having a steam supply port and a steam discharge port, and
wherein the steam discharge port of one of the two hydrothermal treatment devices is connected to the steam supply port of the other of the two hydrothermal treatment devices by piping.

16 . The waste treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one hydrothermal treatment device comprises two hydrothermal treatment devices, each of the two hydrothermal treatment devices having a steam supply port and a steam discharge port, and
wherein the steam discharge port of one of the two hydrothermal treatment devices is connected to the steam supply port of the other of the two hydrothermal treatment devices by piping.

17 . The waste treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the first steam output line merges together with the second steam output line at a point which is downstream of both of the first and second steam generators with respect to a flow of the steam from the first and second steam generators to the at least one hydrothermal treatment device.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Yukumoto Atsuhiro
• Noma Akira
• Seiki Yoshio
• Aoki Yasumichi
• Ukai Nobuyuki
• Kawai Kazuhiro
• Satou Jun
• Okino Susumu

Classifications

• C02F11/12

  by de-watering, drying or thickening · CPC title

• F22G3/00

  Steam superheaters characterised by constructional features; Details or component parts thereof · CPC title

• F22B1/02

  by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers · CPC title

• F01K21/00 Primary

  Steam engine plants not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• C12P5/023

  Methane · CPC title