CO2 recovery device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9399189-B2
Application number	US-201214004708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2012
Priority date	Apr 13, 2011
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

A CO 2 recovery device includes a cooling tower including a cooling unit for bringing the flue gas, which contains CO 2 , into contact with water so as to cool flue gas; a CO 2 -absorbing unit for bringing the flue gas into contact with a CO 2 absorbent (lean solution) so as to remove CO 2 from flue gas; and a regenerator including an absorbent regenerating unit for releasing CO 2 from a rich solution so as to regenerate the CO 2 absorbent. The CO 2 -absorbing unit includes: a cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit provided in a cocurrent flow CO 2 absorber, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO 2 absorbent in a cocurrent flow so as to remove CO 2 from flue gas and a countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit provided in a CO 2 absorber, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO 2 absorbent in a countercurrent flow so as to remove CO 2 from flue gas.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A CO 2 recovery device comprising:
a cooling tower including a cooling unit for bringing flue gas, which contains CO 2 , into contact with water so as to cool the flue gas;
a CO 2 absorber including a CO 2 -absorbing unit for bringing the flue gas into contact with a CO 2 absorbent absorbing CO 2 so as to remove CO 2 from the flue gas; and
a regenerator including an absorbent regenerating unit for releasing CO 2 from a rich solution which is the CO 2 absorbent having absorbed CO 2 so as to regenerate the CO 2 absorbent and discharge the CO 2 absorbent as a lean solution, wherein the lean solution is reused in the CO 2 -absorbing unit,
at least one countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit provided in the CO 2 absorber, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO 2 absorbent in a countercurrent flow so as to remove CO 2 from the flue gas;
a cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorber provided upstream of the CO 2 absorber, the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorber including at least one cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO 2 absorbent in a cocurrent flow so as to remove CO 2 from the flue gas;
a semi-rich solution extraction line for supplying a semi-rich solution to a flue gas introduction side of the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit, the semi-rich solution being the CO 2 absorbent having absorbed CO 2 in the CO 2 -absorbing unit and stored in a bottom part of the CO 2 -absorbing unit; and
a rich solution feed line for feeding the rich solution stored in a bottom part of the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorber to the absorbent regenerating unit,
where a packing height of the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit is equal to or less than 43% when a packing height of the countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit of the CO 2 absorber is 100%.

2. The CO 2 recovery device according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a cooler interposed on the semi-rich solution extraction line, for cooling the semi-rich solution.

3. The CO 2 recovery device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a cross-section ratio (S 1 /S 2 ) of a cross-sectional area (S 1 ) of the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit and a cross-sectional area (S 2 ) of the countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit of the CO 2 absorber is equal to or less than 1.

4. A CO 2 recovery device comprising:
a cooling tower including a cooling unit for bringing flue gas, which contains CO 2 , into contact with water so as to cool the flue gas;
a CO 2 absorber including a CO 2 -absorbing unit for bringing flue gas into contact with a CO 2 absorbent absorbing CO 2 so as to remove CO 2 from the flue gas; and
a regenerator including an absorbent regenerating unit for releasing CO 2 from a rich solution which is the CO 2 absorbent having absorbed CO 2 so as to regenerate the CO 2 absorbent and discharge the CO 2 absorbent as a lean solution, wherein the lean solution is reused in the CO 2 -absorbing unit,
at least one first countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit provided in the CO 2 absorber, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO 2 absorbent in a countercurrent flow so as to remove CO 2 from the flue gas;
a cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorber provided upstream of the CO 2 absorber, the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorber including at least one cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO 2 absorbent in a cocurrent flow so as to remove CO 2 from the flue gas;
a semi-rich solution extraction line for supplying a semi-rich solution to a flue gas introduction side of the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit, the semi-rich solution being the CO 2 absorbent having absorbed CO 2 in the CO 2 -absorbing unit and stored in a bottom part of the CO 2 -absorbing unit;
a second countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit provided downstream of the cooling unit of the cooling tower, for bringing the flue gas into contact with the CO 2 absorbent in a countercurrent flow so as to remove CO 2 from the flue gas;
a rich solution extraction line for supplying a rich solution to a top side of the second countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit in the cooling tower, the rich solution being a CO 2 absorbent having absorbed CO 2 in the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit and stored in a bottom part of the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit; and
a rich solution feed line for feeding a rich solution to the absorbent regenerating unit, the rich solution being a CO 2 absorbent having absorbed CO 2 in the second countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit and stored in a receiving unit of the second countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit,
where a packing height of the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit is equal to or less than 43% when a packing height of the first countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit of the CO 2 absorber is 100%.

5. The CO 2 recovery device according to claim 4 ,
further comprising a cooler interposed on the semi-rich solution extraction line, for cooling the semi-rich solution.

6. The CO 2 recovery device according to claim 4 ,
wherein a cross-section ratio (S 1 /S 2 ) of a cross-sectional area (S 1 ) of the cocurrent flow CO 2 -absorbing unit and a cross-sectional area (S 2 ) of the first countercurrent CO 2 -absorbing unit of the CO 2 absorber is equal to or less than 1.

Assignees

• Tsujiuchi Tatsuya
• Tanaka Hiroshi
• Nagayasu Hiromitsu
• Hirata Takuya
• Oishi Tsuyoshi
• Tatsumi Masahiko
• Kadono Koji
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd
• Kansai Electric Power Co

Inventors

• Tsujiuchi Tatsuya
• Tanaka Hiroshi
• Nagayasu Hiromitsu
• Hirata Takuya
• Oishi Tsuyoshi
• Tatsumi Masahiko
• Kadono Koji

Classifications

• B01D53/1406 Primary

  Multiple stage absorption · CPC title

• B01D2257/504

  Carbon dioxide · CPC title

• B01D53/1425 Primary

  Regeneration of liquid absorbents · CPC title

• B01D2252/204

  Amines · CPC title

• Y02C10/06

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic