Patents Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
  • Patent number: 11365882
    Abstract: A gas combustion treatment device that subjects an ammonia-containing gas, a hydrogen cyanide-containing gas, and a hydrogen sulfide-containing gas to combustion treatment includes: a first combustion unit configured to introduce therein fuel, the ammonia-containing gas, the hydrogen cyanide-containing gas, and air and burn and reduce the fuel and the gases at an air ratio lower than 1; a second combustion unit provided downstream of the first combustion unit and configured to burn and reduce, in a reducing atmosphere, nitrogen oxide in a first combustion gas sent from the first combustion unit; and a third combustion unit provided downstream of the second combustion unit and configured to introduce therein hydrogen sulfide-containing gas with air in addition to a second combustion gas sent from the second combustion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaori Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11347918
    Abstract: This validation processing device is provided with: a processing unit that performs model checking on a model to be checked; and a selection unit that selects, on the basis of the result of the model checking, one element from among elements that have undergone state change in a process leading to an unsafe event. The processing unit further performs model checking again on the model to be checked excluding the one element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Takao, Keita Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20220161184
    Abstract: An absorption solvent regeneration device includes: a regenerator for regenerating an absorption solvent by separating CO2 from the absorption solvent which has absorbed CO2; a main rich solvent line for supplying the absorption solvent which has absorbed CO2 to the regenerator; a regeneration reboiler for heating an absorption solvent extracted from the regenerator; a reboiler line configured to extract the absorption solvent stored in the regenerator and return the absorption solvent to the regenerator via the regeneration reboiler; a branch rich solvent line branching from the main rich solvent line and connected to a portion of the reboiler line downstream of the regeneration reboiler; and a heating part for heating the absorption solvent flowing through the branch rich solvent line, the heating part being disposed on the branch rich solvent line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Sorimachi, Takashi Kamijo, Shinya Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20220152550
    Abstract: An absorption solvent regeneration device includes: a regenerator for regenerating an absorption solvent by separating CO2 from the absorption solvent which has absorbed CO2; a main rich solvent line for supplying the absorption solvent which has absorbed CO2 to the regenerator; a first heating part for heating the absorption solvent flowing through the main rich solvent line, the first heating part being disposed on the main rich solvent line; and a branch rich solvent line for supplying a part of the absorption solvent flowing through the main rich solvent line to the regenerator, the branch rich solvent line branching from the main rich solvent line. The absorption solvent regeneration device further includes a regulating part for regulating a ratio between a first flow rate of the absorption solvent flowing through the first branch portion and a second flow rate of the absorption solvent flowing through the second branch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Sorimachi, Takashi Kamijo, Shinya Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20220153592
    Abstract: A cooling absorption tower for a CO2 recovery device, comprises: an outer shell; a cooling section for cooling a flue gas, the cooling section being disposed in the outer shell; and an absorbing section configured to cause CO2 in the flue gas cooled by the cooling section to be absorbed in an absorption solvent, the absorbing section being disposed in the outer shell and above the cooling section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki SORIMACHI, Takashi KAMIJO, Shinya KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11333348
    Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler includes: a steam drum containing first water; an economizer for heat exchange between exhaust gas and the first water supplied from the steam drum; and a feedwater pipe for supplying the first water with second water having a lower temperature than the first water. The exhaust gas cooler is configured such that the first water flowing out of the economizer is introduced into the steam drum. The second water is divided and supplied to the first water flowing out of the economizer and the first water flowing into the economizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Moritoshi Murakami, Ayumu Yamazaki, Rikio Kan, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Koji Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11311833
    Abstract: A method for recovering an acidic gas, includes: a step of bringing a gas to be treated that contains an acidic gas into gas-liquid into contact with an amine absorbing solution, allowing the amine absorbing solution to absorb the acidic gas, thereby removing the acidic gas from the gas to be treated; a step of allowing the amine absorbing solution that has absorbed the acidic gas to release the acidic gas, thereby regenerating the amine absorbing solution, and at the same time, recovering the released acidic gas; and an analysis step of calculating concentrations of iron ions and/or heavy metal ions in the amine absorbing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Okamoto, Shinji Nakamura, Takuya Hirata
  • Patent number: 11306636
    Abstract: A plant according to an embodiment includes a gas turbine; a heat recovery unit that includes a primary heat recovery steam generator in which a primary heat exchanging unit generates primary steam by exchanging heat that is the thermal energy of the flue gas from the gas turbine, and a secondary heat recovery steam generator that is installed independently from the primary heat exchanging unit, and in which a secondary heat exchanging unit generates secondary steam by exchanging heat that is the thermal energy of the flue gas partly having exchanged heat in the primary heat exchanging unit included in the primary heat recovery steam generator; a primary steam turbine; a CO2 recovery unit; and a first reboiler heat supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Takahito Yonekawa, Takashi Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20220096996
    Abstract: A composite amine absorbent according to the present invention is an absorbent for absorbing CO2 or H2S, or both of CO2 and H2S in a gas. The absorbent is obtained by dissolving (1) a linear monoamine, (2) a diamine, and (3) propylene glycol alkyl ether, for example, represented by the following chemical formula (I) in water. In the composite amine absorbent, the components complexly interact, and the synergistic effect thereof provides good absorbability of CO2 or H2S, or both of CO2 and H2S and good releasability of CO2 or H2S absorbed during regeneration of the absorbent. Furthermore, the amount of water vapor in a reboiler 26 used during regeneration of the absorbent in a CO2 recovery unit 12 can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd., The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Takashi Kamijo, Tomoki Noborisato
  • Patent number: 11273407
    Abstract: An acid gas regenerator includes a regenerator condenser that condenses moisture from entraining gas entraining a corrosive substance and acid gas discharged from a column top portion of a regenerator that regenerates acid gas absorbent. The regenerator condenser includes: a gas discharge line that discharges the entraining gas from the column top portion of the regenerator, a cooler installed on the discharge line; a gas-liquid separator that separates CO2 gas from regenerator condensed water obtained by condensing vapor using the cooler, a reflux line that refluxes the regenerator condensed water closer to the column top portion than the rich solution introducing unit; a condensed water receiver storing the condensed water introduced by the reflux line; and a first condensed water extraction line that extracts the condensed water from a condensed water extractor of the condensed water receiver and is connected to a lean solution supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Hirata, Hiroshi Tanaka, Kaori Yoshida, Takahiko Endo
  • Patent number: 11236907
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment device includes an exhaust gas line where a combustion exhaust gas discharged from a power generation facility flows through, an exhaust gas line where a second combustion exhaust gas discharged from a second power generation facility flows through, exhaust gas exhaust line disposed by branching off from exhaust gas line, discharging a part of combustion exhaust gases as exhaust combustion exhaust gases, a nitrogen oxide removing unit removing nitrogen oxide contained in an integrated combustion exhaust gas that integrates the combustion exhaust gases, an integrated waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat from the integrated combustion exhaust gas, and a CO2 recovery unit recovering CO2 contained in the integrated combustion exhaust gas by using CO2 absorbing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 11229873
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery device includes: an absorption tower configured to bring an emission gas including CO2 in contact with an absorbent solution, to remove the CO2 from the emission gas, and to thereby generate a rich solution corresponding to the absorbent solution having absorbed the CO2; a regeneration tower configured to regenerate the absorbent solution by removing the CO2 from the rich solution; a heat exchanger configured to carry out heat exchange between the rich solution and the absorbent solution which is higher in temperature than the rich solution and from which the CO2 is removed; an absorbent-solution delivery pipe configured to deliver the absorbent solution subjected to the heat exchange in the heat exchanger to the absorption tower; and a bypass pipe configured to deliver the rich solution before the heat exchange to the absorbent-solution delivery pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakagawa, Daisuke Shimada, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 11209165
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment device includes an exhaust gas line through which a combustion exhaust gas discharged from a power generation facility flows, a waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat of the combustion exhaust gas, a branch exhaust gas line provided to be connected between a front stage and a downstream stage of the waste heat recovery boiler on a main exhaust gas line, a nitrogen oxide removal unit removing nitrogen oxide in an integrated combustion exhaust gas into which a combustion exhaust gas flowing through the main exhaust gas line and a combustion exhaust gas flowing through the branch exhaust gas line are integrated, an integrated waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat of the integrated combustion exhaust gas from which nitrogen oxide has been removed, and a CO2 recovery unit recovering CO2 in the integrated combustion exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 11192061
    Abstract: A dehydration device removes moisture from a process gas compressed by a compressor, and includes a contactor that causes a dehydration solvent to absorb the moisture, a still column that separates the moisture from the dehydration solvent, a carrying line that carries the dehydration solvent from the contactor to the still column, a dehydration solvent conveying pump, a bypass line that couples the carrying lines upstream and downstream of the dehydration solvent conveying pump, a first on-off valve disposed in the bypass line, and a control device. In a case where the pressure detected by a pressure sensor is lower than a first predetermined pressure, the control device closes the first on-off valve and causes the conveying pump to operate, whereas in a case where the pressure detected by the pressure sensor is equal to or higher than the first predetermined pressure, the control device opens the first on-off valve and causes the conveying pump to stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Miyamoto, Masayuki Inui, Takahito Yonekawa
  • Publication number: 20210356128
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment device includes an exhaust gas line where a combustion exhaust gas discharged from a power generation facility flows through, an exhaust gas line where a second combustion exhaust gas discharged from a second power generation facility flows through, exhaust gas exhaust line disposed by branching off from exhaust gas line, discharging a part of combustion exhaust gases as exhaust combustion exhaust gases, a nitrogen oxide removing unit removing nitrogen oxide contained in an integrated combustion exhaust gas that integrates the combustion exhaust gases, an integrated waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat from the integrated combustion exhaust gas, and a CO2 recovery unit recovering CO2 contained in the integrated combustion exhaust gas by using CO2 absorbing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Publication number: 20210356129
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment device includes an exhaust gas line through which a combustion exhaust gas discharged from a power generation facility flows, a waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat of the combustion exhaust gas, a branch exhaust gas line provided to be connected between a front stage and a downstream stage of the waste heat recovery boiler on a main exhaust gas line, a nitrogen oxide removal unit removing nitrogen oxide in an integrated combustion exhaust gas into which a combustion exhaust gas flowing through the main exhaust gas line and a combustion exhaust gas flowing through the branch exhaust gas line are integrated, an integrated waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat of the integrated combustion exhaust gas from which nitrogen oxide has been removed, and a CO2 recovery unit recovering CO2 in the integrated combustion exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Publication number: 20210322921
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide recovery apparatus is disclosed including a flue gas cooling unit that brings flue gas cooling water into contact with a flue gas to cool the flue gas, a circulation channel through which the flue gas cooling water and condensed water are returned to the flue gas cooling unit, an absorption unit including a carbon dioxide absorbing section, and a flue gas washing section that brings the flue gas including carbon dioxide absorbed in the carbon dioxide absorbing section into contact with flue gas washing water and washes the flue gas, a regeneration unit that removes carbon dioxide from the absorbent including carbon dioxide absorbed in the absorption unit, a supply channel through which circulating water is guided, and a discharge channel through which the circulating water circulating through the flue gas cooling unit and the circulation channel is discharged to outside of a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Miyamoto, Takashi Kamijo, Shinya Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11148095
    Abstract: A reclaiming apparatus includes: a reclaimer configured to extract a lean solution that is a part of an acid gas absorbing liquid regenerated in a regenerator in a recovery unit that recovers acid gas components in gas with the acid gas absorbing liquid, and introduce and receive an extracted lean liquid; an alkaline agent supply pipe configured to supply an alkaline agent to an inside of the reclaimer; a water supply pipe configured to supply supply water to the inside of the reclaimer; a recovered steam discharge pipe configured to introduce recovered steam discharged from the reclaimer into the regenerator; a thermometer that measures temperature in the reclaimer; a pressure guage configured to measure pressure in the reclaimer; and a reclaimer controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 11135543
    Abstract: A reduction device, an acid gas recovery device, a recovery device collector, and a first removed substance returning line are provided. The reduction device is configured to perform a reduction process to turn iron oxide to reduced iron by adding a reducing agent. The acid gas recovery device is configured to recover CO2 being acid gas with CO2 absorbing liquid being acid gas absorbing liquid from exhaust gas containing at least powder-shaped iron-based solid substances and the acid gas, which are discharged from the reduction device. The recovery device collector is configured to collect the iron-based solid substance contained in the absorbing liquid with a filter. The iron-based solid substances collected by the recovery device collector are removed, and removed substances containing the removed iron-based solid substances are returned to the reduction device side through the first removed substance returning line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Hirata, Hiroshi Tanaka, Takashi Kamijo, Masayuki Inui, Shimpei Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11110944
    Abstract: A travel management device is configured to transmit a reservation request for a block section to be reserved based on track information indicating a plurality of block sections constituting a track on which a vehicle travels and a connection relationship between the block sections, the block section to be reserved being among the block sections included in the track on which the vehicle travels. A resource management device is configured to record the block section to be reserved indicated by the reservation request as a reserved block section of the vehicle which has transmitted the reservation request in case where the block section to be reserved indicated by the reservation request is not reserved by a vehicle other than the vehicle which has transmitted the reservation request at a time at which the reservation request is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Yanai, Masahiro Yamada, Yutaka Miyajima, Hiroki Nonaka, Kazuyuki Wakasugi