Loop tower CO2 capture system, carbonator, calciner and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610537-B2
Application number	US-201414275223-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2014
Priority date	Dec 11, 2013
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A loop tower CO2 capture system includes a feeding unit, a carbonator, an accumulator, a calciner, a combustion chamber and a gas blower. The feeding unit has a first gas pipe. The carbonator includes multiple first cyclone dust collecting units. The first gas pipe has one end connected to the uppermost first cyclone dust collecting unit. The accumulator is connected to the lowermost first cyclone dust collecting unit, and is located between the carbonator and the calciner. The calciner includes multiple second cyclone dust collecting units. The accumulator is connected to the uppermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The first gas pipe has the other end connected to the lowermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The combustion chamber is connected to the lowermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The gas blower is connected to the first gas pipe of the feeding unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A loop tower CO 2 capture system, comprising:
a feeding unit, having a first gas pipe;
a carbonator, comprising a first feed inlet, a first feed outlet, and a plurality of first cyclone dust collecting units connected to one another, one end of the first gas pipe being connected to an uppermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units;
an accumulator, connected to a lowermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units;
a calciner, comprising a second feed inlet, a second feed outlet, and a plurality of second cyclone dust collecting units, the accumulator being located between the carbonator and the calciner, the accumulator being connected to an uppermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units, one other end of the first gas pipe being connected to a lowermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units;
a combustion chamber, connected to the lowermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units; and
a gas blower, connected to the first gas pipe of the feeding unit.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein powder of a metal carbonate descends into the second cyclone dust collecting units, and mixes and calcines with a gas in a reverse direction to produce a metal oxide and CO 2 , and the metal oxide is driven and forwarded to the first gas pipe by the gas blower to enter the feeding unit.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the metal oxide descends into the first cyclone dust collecting units via the feeding unit, and mixes with a CO 2 -containing gas in a reverse direction to produce the powder of the metal carbonate, and the powder of the metal carbonate enters the calciner via the accumulator.

4. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second gas pipe; and
a gas recirculating blower;
wherein, a CO 2 -containing gas in a second uppermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units is forwarded to the gas recirculating gas blower via the second gas pipe, and the gas recirculating blower drives and transports the CO 2 -containing gas to an entrance of the combustion chamber to utilize the CO 2 -containing gas as a cooling gas for controlling a calcination temperature of the combustion chamber.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a feed outlet of the uppermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units, a feed inlet of a second uppermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units, and a gas outlet of a middle unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units are connected; a feed outlet of the uppermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units, a feed inlet of a second uppermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units, and a gas outlet of a middle unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units are connected.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a feed outlet of a second uppermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units, a feed inlet of a middle unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units, and a gas outlet of the lowermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units are connected; a feed outlet of a second uppermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units, a feed inlet of a middle unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units, and a gas outlet of the lowermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units are connected.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a feed outlet of a middle unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units, a feed inlet of the lowermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units, and a gas inlet for transporting a CO 2 -containing gas are connected; a feed outlet of a middle unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units, a feed inlet of the lowermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units, and a gas inlet for transporting the CO 2 -containing gas are connected.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the calciner and the carbonator are vertically stacked to form a vertical tower structure.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first feed inlet is located at a top portion of the carbonator;
the feed inlet is connected to the uppermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units; and
the first feed outlet, located at a bottom portion of the carbonator, is connected to the lowermost unit of the first cyclone dust collecting units and a rotary valve disposed at the first feed outlet.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein a number of the plurality of first cyclone dust collecting units connected to one another is 3 to 7.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second feed inlet is located at a top portion of the calciner;
the second feed inlet is connected to the uppermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units; and
the second feed outlet, located at a bottom portion of the calciner, is connected to the lowermost unit of the second cyclone dust collecting units and a rotary valve disposed at the second feed outlet.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein a number of the plurality of second cyclone dust collecting units connected to one another is 3 to 7.

13. An operating method for a loop tower CO 2 capture system, the loop tower CO 2 capture system comprising a feeding unit, a carbonator comprising a plurality of first cyclone dust collecting units connected to one another, an accumulator, a calciner comprising a plurality of second cyclone dust collecting units connected to one another, a combustion chamber, a gas blower and a gas recirculating blower, the method comprising:
driving and forwarding an absorbent by the gas blower to a top portion of the carbonator via the feeding unit, and feeding a CO 2 -containing gas via a bottom portion of the carbonator, such that the absorbent descends into the first cyclone dust collecting units, and mixes with the CO 2 -containing gas in a reverse direction to produce powder of a metal carbonate;
forwarding the powder of the metal carbonate into a top portion of the calciner via the accumulator, and feeding in a high temperature gas, after combustion in the combustion chamber, via the second cyclone dust collecting unit in a bottom portion of the calciner, such that the powder mixes and calcines with the high temperature gas in a reverse direction in the second cyclone dust collecting units to produce a metal oxide and to release CO 2 ;
driving and transporting the high temperature gas containing CO 2 in the second cyclone dust collecting units by the gas recirculating blower to an entrance of the combustion chamber to utilize the high temperature gas containing CO 2 as a feed transporting gas for the powder; and
discharging and forwarding the metal oxide via a bottom portion of the calciner into the feeding unit to utilize the metal oxide as the absorbent.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein pure oxygen and a fuel are added into the combustion chamber to perform pure oxygen combustion.

15. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising storing or reusing CO 2 in the high temperature gas.

16. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the calciner and the carbonator are vertically stacked to form a vertical tower structure, and the absorbent descends from a top portion of the tower to a bottom portion of the tower to complete a cycle.

17. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the metal carbonate comprises CaCO 3 , MgCO 3 , MnCO 3 and NiCO 3 .

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst
• Taiwan Cement Corp

Inventors

• Chen Wei-Cheng
• Ouyang Shoung
• Huang Chin-Ming
• Shen Cheng-Hsien
• Hsu Heng-Wen

Classifications

• B01D2251/602

  Oxides · CPC title

• B01J8/384

  being subject to a circulatory movement only (B01J8/382 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C01B31/24

  Chemistry & Metallurgy · mapped topic

• C01B13/14

  Methods for preparing oxides or hydroxides in general (particular individual oxides or hydroxides, see the relevant groups of subclasses C01B - C01G or C25B, according to the element combined with the oxygen or hydroxy group) · CPC title

• B01D2257/504

  Carbon dioxide · CPC title