Exhaust gas treatment device and waste water treatment method for exhaust gas treatment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821268-B2
Application number	US-201615252141-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	Sep 2, 2014
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

In order to reduce energy consumed for waste water treatment, in a scrubber, an exhaust gas is purified into a purified gas by bringing SO 2 contained in the exhaust gas into contact with cleaning seawater and SO 2 -absorbed cleaning seawater is discharged as waste water. Then, a flow rate and a concentration of SO 2 of the exhaust gas and a concentration of SO 2 of the purified gas are measured. These measurement values are used as a basis to calculate an amount of HSO 3 − obtained by being absorbed into the cleaning seawater, and an amount of dilution seawater in accordance with this calculation result is supplied to the waste water.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exhaust gas treatment device comprising:
a scrubber configured to purify an exhaust gas into a purified gas by bringing SO 2 contained in the exhaust gas into contact with cleaning seawater to form SO 2 -absorbed cleaning seawater, the scrubber further configured for discharging the SO 2 -absorbed cleaning seawater as waste water;
a first measurer configured to measure a flow rate of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber to determine a first measurement value;
a second measurer configured to measure a concentration of the SO 2 of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber to determine a second measurement value;
a third measurer configured to measure a concentration of SO 2 of the purified gas to determine a third measurement value; and
a controller configured to calculate an amount of HSO 3 − of the waste water based on the first, second and third measurement values of the first through third measurers to thereby obtain a calculation result, and configured to supply an amount of an alkaline substance, in accordance with the calculation result, to the waste water.

2. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller supplies the alkaline substance to the waste water so that a total sum of alkaline ions of the alkaline substance and alkaline ions of the cleaning seawater is greater than a number of moles of the HSO 3 − of the waste water.

3. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller supplies the alkaline substance to the waste water so that a total sum of alkaline ions of the alkaline substance and alkaline ions of the cleaning seawater is equal to or more than twice a number of moles of the HSO 3 − of the waste water and equal to or less than 2.33 times the number of moles of the HSO 3 − of the waste water.

4. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller updates the total sum of the alkaline ions of the alkaline substance and the alkaline ions of the cleaning seawater in accordance with a navigation area.

5. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a fourth measurer configured to measure a flow rate of the cleaning seawater to be supplied to the scrubber to determine a fourth measurement value,
wherein the controller calculates the amount of the alkaline substance to be supplied to the waste water, based on the fourth measurement value of the fourth measurer and the amount of HSO 3 − of the waste water.

6. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller calculates an amount of HSO 3 − of the waste water at given time intervals to determine another calculation result, and uses the another calculation result as a basis to update the amount of alkaline substance to be supplied to the waste water.

7. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the alkaline substance comprises seawater.

8. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the alkaline substance comprises at least one of NaOH water solution, Mg(OH) 2 slurry solution, Ca(OH) 2 slurry solution, and CaCO 3 slurry solution.

9. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 8 , wherein the controller charges the waste water, to which the alkaline substance is supplied, into the scrubber to circulate the waste water to use as the cleaning seawater after the waste water has been supplied with the alkaline substance.

10. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 9 , wherein the controller switches between charging the waste water, to which the alkaline substance is supplied, into the scrubber to be used as the cleaning seawater, and externally discharging the waste water.

11. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller calculates a desulfurization rate of the scrubber based on the second and third measurement values of the second and third measurers,
the controller controls a flow rate of the cleaning seawater based on the desulfurization rate.

12. The exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls aeration treatment on the waste water by mixing air into the waste water.

13. A waste water treatment method for an exhaust gas treatment device, comprising:
purifying an exhaust gas charged in a scrubber into a purified gas by bringing SO 2 contained in the exhaust gas into contact with cleaning seawater so that the cleaning seawater absorbs SO 2 from the exhaust gas;
discharging the SO 2 -absorbed cleaning seawater as waste water;
measuring a flow rate and a concentration of SO 2 of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber, a concentration of SO 2 of the purified gas, and a flow rate of the cleaning seawater to be supplied to the scrubber;
calculating an amount of HSO 3 − of the waste water based on measurement values used in said measuring to thereby obtain a calculation result; and
supplying an amount of alkaline substance in accordance with the calculation result to the waste water.

14. An exhaust gas treatment device comprising:
a scrubber configured to purify an exhaust gas into a purified gas by bringing SO 2 contained in the exhaust gas into contact with cleaning seawater so that the cleaning seawater absorbs SO 2 from the exhaust gas, and for discharging the SO 2 -absorbed cleaning seawater as waste water;
a first measurer configured to measure a flow rate of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber to determine a first measurement value;
a second measurer configured to measure a concentration of the SO 2 of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber to determine a second measurement value;
a third measurer configured to measure a concentration of SO 2 of the purified gas to determine a third measurement value; and
a controller configured to calculate an amount of HSO 3 − of the waste water based on the first, second and third measurement values of the first through third measurers to thereby obtain a calculation result, and configured to supply an amount of the cleaning seawater, in accordance with the calculation result, to the scrubber.

15. A waste water treatment method for an exhaust gas treatment device, comprising:
purifying an exhaust gas charged in a scrubber into a purified gas by bringing SO 2 contained in the exhaust gas into contact with cleaning seawater so that the cleaning seawater absorbs SO 2 from the exhaust gas;
discharging the SO 2 -absorbed cleaning seawater as waste water;
measuring a flow rate and a concentration of SO 2 of the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is charged into the scrubber, a concentration of SO 2 of the purified gas, and a flow rate of the cleaning seawater to be supplied to the scrubber;
calculating a desulfurization rate based on measurement values in said measuring to thereby obtain a first calculation result;
supplying a flow rate of cleaning seawater, in accordance with the first calculation result, to the scrubber;
calculating an amount of HSO 3 − of the waste water based on measurement values in said measuring to thereby obtain a second calculation result; and
supplying an amount of alkaline substance, in accordance with the second calculation result, to the waste water.

Assignees

• Fuji Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• TOUYAMA Hiroyuki

Classifications

• C02F1/74

  with air (aeration of stretches of water C02F7/00) · CPC title

• C02F1/686

  Devices for dosing liquid additives · CPC title

• B01D53/92

  of engine exhaust gases (exhaust {or silencing} apparatus {for internal combustion engines, machines or engines in general}, having means for purifying, {rendering innocuous} or otherwise treating exhaust gases F01N3/00) · CPC title

• B01D2251/604

  Hydroxides · CPC title

• C02F1/66

  by neutralisation; pH adjustment (for degassing C02F1/20; using ion-exchange C02F1/42; for flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities C02F1/52; for removing dissolved compounds C02F1/58) · CPC title