Combined heat and power system for greenhouse carbon dioxide enrichment with unified transmission pipes for hot water and carbon dioxide

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9756793-B2
Application number	US-201314404587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2013
Priority date	May 10, 2013
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A combined heat and power system for greenhouse carbon dioxide enrichment purifies carbon dioxide from exhaust gas of the combined heat and power system generating and supplying power and heat by combusting fuel and supplies the purified carbon dioxide to a greenhouse. The combined heat and power system includes a unified pipe system configured to simultaneously transmit hot water and carbon dioxide through a single pipe by dissolving the purified carbon dioxide in a heat transmission medium, a storage system configured to store the carbon dioxide transmitted to demand destinations along with the hot water, and supply unit configured to supply the carbon dioxide transmitted to and stored in the demand destinations depending on a heat and carbon dioxide load condition of a demand destination.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A combined heat and power system for greenhouse carbon dioxide enrichment which purifies carbon dioxide from exhaust gas of the combined heat and power system generating and supplying power and heat by combusting fuel and supplies the purified carbon dioxide to a greenhouse, the combined heat and power system comprising:
a unified pipe system configured to dissolve the purified carbon dioxide in a heat transmission medium to simultaneously transmit hot water and carbon dioxide through a single pipe;
a storage system configured to store the carbon dioxide and the hot water in which the carbon dioxide is dissolved transmitted to demand destinations;
a supply means configured to supply the carbon dioxide transmitted to and stored in the demand destinations depending on a heat and carbon dioxide load condition of a demand destination;
a combined heat and power generation unit configured to include a combustor which combusts the fuel and a power generator which generates power by combustion in the combustor;
a heat exchanger configured to heat the hot water by heat generated from a power generator of the combined heat and power generation unit;
a hot water pipe configured to supply the hot water which is produced by the heat exchange in the heat exchanger, to the greenhouse;
a booster pump configured to be equipped in the hot water pipe to press the hot water so as to increase solubility of the carbon dioxide generated from the combined heat and power generation unit;
an exhaust gas treating unit configured to treat exhaust gas generated from the combined heat and power generation unit;
a compressor configured to press the purified carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas treating unit;
a three way valve configured to be connected to the hot water pipe to control a recovery and enrichment amount of the carbon dioxide;
a heater configured to be equipped in the greenhouse and connected to the three way valve to heat the greenhouse;
a heat storage tank configured to be connected to the three way valve to store the hot water in which the carbon dioxide is dissolved,
wherein the heat storage tank further includes a pressure controller which controls an internal pressure thereof to control the solubility of carbon dioxide of the hot water stored in the heat storage tank.

2. The combined heat and power system of claim 1 , wherein the greenhouse includes an injector connected to the heat storage tank provided therein to inject the hot water in which the carbon dioxide is dissolved into the greenhouse.

3. The combined heat and power system of claim 2 , wherein the heat storage tank is connected to a control unit to control the pressure controller, the injector, and the air blower.

4. The combined heat and power system of claim 1 , wherein the greenhouse includes an air blower connected to the heat storage tank provided therein to supply the carbon dioxide into the greenhouse.

5. The combined heat and power system of claim 1 , wherein the heat storage tank is connected to a control unit to control the pressure controller, the injector, and the air blower.

6. The combined heat and power system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a power supply line configured to directly connect the combined heat and power generation unit with the greenhouse to operate a lighting apparatus which is equipped in the greenhouse using predetermined power generated from the combined heat and power generation unit.

Assignees

• Korea Energy Research Inst

Inventors

• Im Yong Hoon
• Lee Jae Yong

Classifications

• F24D2220/0292

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• F24D2200/18

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• A01G9/18 Primary

  Greenhouses for treating plants with carbon dioxide or the like · CPC title

• F24D10/00

  District heating systems · CPC title

• A01G9/245

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