Oxyfuel combustion boiler system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9945558-B2
Application number	US-201414484985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2012
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A combined heat exchanger including a flue gas cooler heat-transfer unit supplied with cooling fluid by a supply pump and an upstream GGH heat-transfer unit for circulation of circulating fluid with a downstream GGH by a circulation pump is arranged at an outlet of a gas air heater for heat exchange of flue gas from a boiler body for oxyfuel combustion with recirculation flue gases. A low-low temperature ESP is arranged at an outlet of the combined heat exchanger. A heat-exchange-duty adjustment device is arranged to regulate heats exchanged in the heat-transfer units in the heat exchanger such that at least flue gas temperature at the inlet of the low-low temperature ESP is kept to an inlet set temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An oxyfuel combustion boiler system comprising:
a boiler body for oxyfuel combustion,
a gas air heater for heating recirculation flue gas with flue gas from said boiler body during oxyfuel combustion,
a combined heat exchanger arranged at an outlet of said gas air heater,
a low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator arranged at an outlet of said combined heat exchanger,
a downstream gas-gas heat exchanger arranged downstream of said low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator,
a compartment wall arranged in said combined heat exchanger to provide first and second chambers,
a flue gas cooler heat-transfer unit arranged in said first chamber in said combined heat exchanger,
an upstream gas-gas heat exchanger heat-transfer unit arranged in said second chamber in said combined heat exchanger,
a supply pump which supplies cooling fluid to said flue gas cooler heat-transfer unit,
a circulation pump which circulates circulating fluid between said downstream gas-gas heat exchanger and said upstream gas-gas heat exchanger heat-transfer unit, and
a heat-exchange-duty adjustment device which adjusts heat exchange duties in said flue gas cooler heat-transfer unit and said upstream gas-gas heat exchanger heat-transfer unit to keep at least a temperature of flue gas at an inlet of the low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator at an inlet set temperature,
wherein said heat-exchange-duty adjustment device comprises:
first and second inner vanes which independently regulate flow rates of flue gas flowing to said flue gas cooler heat-transfer unit and said upstream gas-gas heat-exchanger heat-transfer unit, respectively,
a cooling-fluid bypass valve that enables the cooling fluid to bypass said flue gas cooler heat-transfer unit,
a circulating-fluid bypass valve that enables the circulating fluid to bypass said upstream gas-gas heat exchanger heat transfer unit and return to the downstream gas-gas heat exchanger,
an inlet thermometer which detects a temperature of flue gas at an inlet of said low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator,
an outlet thermometer which detects a temperature of flue gas at an outlet of said downstream gas-gas heat exchanger,
a vane opening-degree controller which independently controls opening degrees of said first and second inner vanes,
an inlet temperature controller which controls opening degrees of said cooling-fluid and circulating-fluid bypass valves to adjust a temperature of the flue gas at the inlet of said low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator detected by the inlet thermometer and make the temperature of the flue gas at the inlet of said low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator equal to the inlet set temperature,
an outlet temperature controller which controls the opening degree of said second inner vane via said vane opening-degree controller to adjust a temperature of flue gas at the outlet of said downstream gas-gas heat exchanger detected by the outlet thermometer and make the temperature of the flue gas at the outlet of said downstream gas-gas heat exchanger equal to an outlet set temperature, and
an operational controller which command-controls said vane opening-degree controller and said inlet and outlet temperature controllers depending on an operational condition.

2. The oxyfuel combustion boiler system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said vane opening-degree controller is adapted to:
control the first inner vane to a fully closed position and control the second inner vane to a fully opened position during air combustion at startup of the oxyfuel combustion boiler system,
control the first inner vane from the fully closed position, by gradually increasing its opening degree, to a fully opened position and control the second inner vane from the fully opened position, by gradually decreasing its opening degree, to a minimum opening degree during switching between air and oxyfuel combustions, and
control the first inner vane to the fully opened position and control the second inner vane to a predetermined opening degree during oxyfuel combustion;
wherein said inlet temperature controller is adapted to:
control the opening degree of said circulating-fluid bypass valve such that the temperature at the inlet of said low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator detected by the inlet thermometer is made equal to the inlet set temperature during said air combustion, wherein an amount of the cooling fluid flowing to the flue gas cooler heat-transfer unit is regulated to a minimum flow rate using said cooling-fluid bypass valve and wherein an amount of the circulating fluid flowing to the upstream gas-gas heat exchanger heat-transfer unit is regulated to a predetermined flow rate using said circulating-fluid bypass valve,
control the opening degree of said circulating-fluid bypass valve in a step before an intermediate point of a switch process of said first and second inner vanes such that the temperature of the flue gas at the inlet of said low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator detected by the inlet thermometer is made equal to the inlet set temperature during said switch process, wherein amounts of the cooling and circulating fluids flowing to the flue gas cooler heat-transfer unit and the upstream gas-gas heat exchanger heat-transfer unit, respectively, are preliminarily regulated to predetermined flow rates using the cooling-fluid and circulating-fluid bypass valves, respectively, and
control the opening degree of said cooling-fluid bypass valve such that the temperature of the flue gas at the inlet of said low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator detected by the inlet thermometer is made equal to the inlet set temperature in a step after the intermediate point of the switch process during said switch process and during said oxyfuel combustion; and
wherein said outlet temperature controller is adapted to control the opening degree of the second inner vane via said vane opening-degree controller such that the temperature of the flue gas detected by the outlet thermometer at the outlet of said downstream gas-gas heat exchanger is made equal to the outlet set temperature during said oxyfuel combustion.

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Uchida Terutoshi

Classifications

• F23N2225/10

  stack temperature · CPC title

• F23L7/007 Primary

  Supplying oxygen or oxygen-enriched air · CPC title

• F23L2900/07001

  Injecting synthetic air, i.e. a combustion supporting mixture made of pure oxygen and an inert gas, e.g. nitrogen or recycled fumes · CPC title

• F23N3/06

  by conjoint operation of two or more valves or dampers (by power-assisted systems F23N3/08) · CPC title

• F23C9/08

  for reducing temperature in combustion chamber, e.g. for protecting walls of combustion chamber · CPC title