With Heating Patents (Class 95/227)
  • Patent number: 11833467
    Abstract: A boiler plant includes a carbon dioxide capture system. The carbon dioxide capture system has an absorbing-liquid regeneration device and an absorber. The absorbing-liquid regeneration device includes a regenerator, a first circulation line in which the absorbing liquid is taken out from the regenerator and is returned to the regenerator, and a second circulation line in which the absorbing liquid is taken out from the regenerator and is returned to the regenerator, a heat exchanger, a heater, and a switcher. The heat exchanger heats the absorbing liquid by exchanging heat between the absorbing liquid flowing through the first circulation line and steam from the boiler. The heater heats the absorbing liquid flowing in the second circulation line. The switcher switches between a first heating state, in which the absorbing liquid flows in the first circulation line, and a second heating state, in which the absorbing liquid flows in the second circulation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tsutsumi, Hiromi Ishii, Tetsuya Tanaka, Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Takashi Kamijo
  • Patent number: 11814288
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for hydrogen production as well as apparatuses useful in such systems and methods. Hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of a hydrocarbon in a gas heated reformer that is heated using one or more streams comprising combustion products of a fuel in an oxidant, preferably in the presence of a carbon dioxide circulating stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Rodney John Allam
  • Patent number: 11786841
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems of purifying solvents. The purified solvents can be used for cleaning a semiconductor substrate in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Pejman Ahmadiannamini, Bryan Hinzie
  • Patent number: 11691874
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for hydrogen production as well as apparatuses useful in such systems and methods. Hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of a hydrocarbon in a gas heated reformer that is heated using one or more streams comprising combustion products of a fuel in an oxidant, preferably in the presence of a carbon dioxide circulating stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Rodney John Allam
  • Patent number: 11491444
    Abstract: The invention discloses a preparation method and application of in-situ high-efficiency degradation carbon based material of VOCs in landfill based on waste regeneration, which comprises the following steps: air drying the agricultural and forestry wastes to a moisture content of 0.001 wt %˜20 wt %, and the agricultural and forestry wastes mainly include: straw, wheat straw, leaves, branches, weeds, crushing them to a particle size of 0-50 mm with a grinder, and then using urea or amide as modifier The nitrogen enriched biochar was prepared by mixing the crushed agricultural and forestry wastes with a mass ratio of 1:50-1:10; the nitrogen enriched biochar was prepared by retorting the nitrogen doped agricultural and forestry wastes at 300-600° C. for 20-60 min, and then cooling them rapidly; the nitrogen enriched biochar was mixed with the sewage sludge with a moisture content of 90-98 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF ROCK AND SOIL MECHANICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yong Wan, Lei Liu, Linbo Qin, Jiangshan Li, Yijun Chen
  • Patent number: 10850224
    Abstract: An air treatment system for at least partially removing at least one gaseous contaminant contained in indoor air of a room structured for human occupants. The system may comprise an air treatment assembly having an indoor air inlet configured to receive indoor airflow directly from a room, a regenerable adsorbent material configured to adsorb at least one gaseous contaminant contained in the indoor airflow, at least one airflow element for directing the indoor airflow to flow through the air treatment assembly, an indoor air outlet for expelling the indoor air, from the air treatment assembly back into the room, a purge air inlet configured to receive and direct purge air over and/or through the adsorbent material for removal of at least a portion of the at least one gaseous contaminant, and a purge air outlet for expelling the purge air out of the air treatment assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: enVerid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Udi Meirav, Israel Biran, Abraham Bechar
  • Patent number: 8961665
    Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas treatment system including a CO2 recovery unit with further enhanced energy efficiency. The exhaust gas treatment system (1) includes: a CO2 recovery unit (10) including a CO2 absorption column (11), an absorbing solution regeneration column (16), a condensate supply pipeline (15) for supplying condensate, which contains CO2 absorbing solution discharged from the CO2 absorption column (11) to a bottom portion of the absorbing solution regeneration column (16), and a CO2 separation section (22) for performing heat exchange, via a heat exchanger (23), between the CO2 discharged from the absorbing solution regeneration column (16) and the condensate; and an exhaust gas heat exchanger (5) provided on a gas upstream side of the CO2 recovery unit (10) for performing heat exchange between exhaust gas before flowing into the CO2 recovery unit (10) and the condensate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Shintaro Honjo, Takahito Yonekawa, Satoru Sugita, Motofumi Ito, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Takuya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8950081
    Abstract: Methods of removing moisture from a compressor using a sorbent technology are provided. A dehydration device incorporating the sorbent technology is disposed in a system that contains a hygroscopic fluid. By passing the hygroscopic fluid over the sorbent technology, moisture is removed from the hygroscopic fluid. The systems include sealed devices and integral components for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and refrigeration devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew J. Heidecker
  • Publication number: 20150000244
    Abstract: A system for reducing emissions includes a gas production source that produces nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, hydrogen sulfide, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, formaldehyde, benzene, metal oxides, or volatile organic compound emissions. An exhaust plenum is downstream from the gas production source, and structure for dispersing a solvent is in the exhaust plenum. A collection tank is in fluid communication with the exhaust plenum to receive the solvent from the exhaust plenum, and a heat source is in the exhaust plenum downstream from the structure for dispersing the solvent. A method for reducing emissions from a gas production source includes flowing exhaust gases through an exhaust plenum, dispersing a solvent through a nozzle in the exhaust plenum, collecting the dispersed solvent in a collection tank, and heating the exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust plenum downstream from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Thatcher, Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Andrew Mitchell Rodwell, Brett Matthew Thompson
  • Patent number: 8911538
    Abstract: A system for treating an effluent stream including a carbon capture system utilizing an amine-containing solution to remove carbon dioxide from a flue gas stream, the carbon capture system generating an effluent stream comprising degradation products generated by the amine-containing solution; storage means for storing at least a portion of the effluent stream, the storage means being fluidly coupled to the carbon capture system. The system also including at least one nozzle connected to a combustion zone of a boiler, the at least one nozzle being fluidly coupled to the storage means for providing at least a portion of the effluent stream present in the storage means to the combustion zone of the boiler through the at least one nozzle, wherein the effluent stream provided to the combustion zone is co-incinerated with a fuel in the combustion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Staffan Joensson, Bjorn Ungerer, Christoph Weingartner, Shin G. Kang, Armand A. Levasseur
  • Patent number: 8906133
    Abstract: A process for cooling an acid that is withdrawn from an absorption apparatus of a sulfuric acid plant includes pumping the acid to be cooled from an acid pump tank and supplying the acid to a shell space of a heat exchanger. Water is supplied as a heat transport medium to heat transfer elements disposed in the shell space so as to at least partially convert, by heat transfer from the acid, the water to steam. The acid which was cooled in the heat exchanger is supplied back to the absorption apparatus. The water is separated from the steam in a steam drum. The separated water is recirculated to the heat exchanger using a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Outotec Oyj
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Daum, Wolfram Schalk
  • Patent number: 8906141
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating and recovering CO2 from a CO2 absorbent, includes: a regeneration tower for regenerating the absorbent that has absorbed CO2 by heating it to separate and remove CO2 therefrom and to exhaust CO2 gas; a compressor for compressing the CO2 gas exhausted from the tower; and a heat exchanger for heating the absorbent in the tower by exchanging heat with a part of the compressed CO2 by the compressor which is introduced into the tower. The apparatus may include a plurality of the compressors and a plurality of the heat exchangers. The plurality of compressors is arranged in series to sequentially compress the CO2 gas exhausted from the tower. The plurality of heat exchangers is configured so that each part of the CO2 compressed by the plurality of compressors is introduced to the tower in parallel to exchange heat with the absorbent in the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Shintaro Honjo, Takahito Yonekawa, Satoru Sugita
  • Patent number: 8906149
    Abstract: The present application relates to a system for removal of gaseous contaminants from a gas stream. The system includes an absorber for contacting the gas stream with a wash solution to form a used wash stream, a regenerator for regenerating the used wash solution, a reboiler and at least two heat exchangers in fluid communication with the absorber, regenerator and reboiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Barath Baburao, Jonathan W. Leister, Frederic Vitse
  • Patent number: 8900355
    Abstract: Impure carbon dioxide (“CO2”) comprising a first contaminant selected from the group consisting of oxygen (“O2”) and carbon monoxide (“CO”) is purified by separating expanded impure carbon dioxide liquid in a mass transfer separation column system. The impure carbon dioxide may be derived from, for example, flue gas from an oxyfuel combustion process or waste gas from a hydrogen (“H2”) PSA system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Rodney John Allam
  • Publication number: 20140311342
    Abstract: The method of removing acid compounds contained in a gaseous effluent consists in contacting in column C1 a gaseous effluent with an absorbent solution 4 made up of an aqueous solution of one or more diamines belonging to the bis(amino-3-propyl)ether or (amino-2-ethyl)-(amino-3-propyl)ether family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bruno Delfort, Dominique Le Pennec, Fabien Porcheron, Thierry Huard, Julien Grandjean
  • Patent number: 8864879
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising contacting a residual flue gas stream with a lean solution stream in an appendix stripper; where the residual flue gas stream comprises nitrogen, oxygen and moisture; and where the lean solution stream comprises ammonium, ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium sulfate; forming a vapor phase that comprises ammonia vapor, water vapor, carbon dioxide and nitrogen; forming a liquid phase that comprises water, ammonium sulfate and ammonia; discharging the vapor phase to a capture system; and discharging the liquid phase to a direct contact cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Inventors: Jalal Askander, Fred Kozak
  • Publication number: 20140290483
    Abstract: The method for eliminating acidic compounds contained in a gaseous effluent consists of placing into contact, in column C1, a gaseous effluent 1 with an absorbent solution 4 comprising an aqueous solution of one or a plurality of dihydroxyalkylamines having one of the formulas (I) and (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Bruno Delfort, Dominique Le Pennec, Julien Grandjean
  • Patent number: 8845790
    Abstract: A method and system for removing gaseous contaminants from a gas stream by contacting the gas stream with a wash solution and regenerating the wash solution in a regeneration system for future use in removing gaseous contaminants from the gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Jonathan W. Leister, Barath Baburao, Frederic Vitse
  • Patent number: 8845786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying a gas stream including CO2, elemental mercury (Hg0) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Alain Briglia, Christian Monereau
  • Patent number: 8845788
    Abstract: A syngas treatment plant is configured to remove sulfurous compounds from syngas in a configuration having two flash stages for a physical solvent to so enrich the acid gas to at least 40 mol % H2S or higher as required by the Claus unit and to flash and recycle CO2 back to the syngas feed. Contemplated methods and configurations advantageously remove sulfur to less than 10 ppmv while increasing H2S selectivity at high pressure operation to thereby allow production of an H2S stream that is suitable as feed gas to a Claus plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: John Mak
  • Patent number: 8845789
    Abstract: The present application relates to systems and processes for removal of gaseous contaminants from gas streams. In particular, the application relates to a process for removal of gaseous contaminants from a gas stream comprising contacting the gas stream with a wash solution to remove gaseous contaminants from the gas stream by absorption into the wash solution; and regenerating the used wash solution to remove gaseous contaminants from the used wash solution, to provide a regenerated wash solution and a gas comprising removed contaminants, wherein in a first regeneration stage the gas comprising removed contaminants is cooled to minimize loss of water vapor from the regeneration step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Barath Baburao, Jonathan W. Leister, Frederic Vitse
  • Patent number: 8828130
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to solve these problems and to provide a exhaust gas treatment system which prevents formation of deposits in a main duct and a flue, on and after the point where the exhaust gases converge, after the removal of CO2 and reduces labor required for maintenance such as cleaning, and thus enabling a long-term operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Shimamura, Toshio Katsube, Shigehito Takamoto, Masaharu Kuramoto, Naoki Oda
  • Patent number: 8821615
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for treating a gas mixture containing carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide, including the following steps: deacidificating the gas mixture by bringing the gas mixture into contact with a first lean absorbent solution stream, delivering a deacidified gas mixture, and a first rich absorbent solution stream; regenerating the first rich absorbent solution stream, delivering the first lean absorbent solution stream and a sour gas stream; distillating the sour gas stream, delivering a first carbon-dioxide-rich stream and a hydrogen-sulphide-rich stream; purifying the first carbon-dioxide-rich stream by bringing the first carbon-dioxide-rich stream into contact with a second lean absorbent solution stream, delivering a second carbon-dioxide-rich stream and a second rich absorbent solution stream, the molar concentration of carbon dioxide in the second carbon-dioxide-rich stream being greater than the molar concentration of carbon dioxide in the first carbon-dioxide-rich stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Total S.A.
    Inventors: Claire Weiss, Renaud Cadours, Kamal Bouzalmata
  • Patent number: 8801838
    Abstract: This technology relates to the enlargement by water condensation in a laminar flow of airborne particles with diameters of the order of a few nanometers to hundreds of nanometers to form droplets with diameters of the order of several micrometers. The technology presents several advanced designs, including the use of double-stage condensers. It has application to measuring the number concentration of particles suspended in air or other gas, to collecting these particles, or to focusing these particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Aerosol Dynamics Inc.
    Inventors: Susanne V. Hering, Gregory S. Lewis, Steven R. Spielman
  • Patent number: 8795413
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for dissolving carbon dioxide from flue or other gas and for the neutralization of the solution obtained. The gas, in which the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is at least 0.4 bar, is led to a dissolution process, where the major part of the carbon dioxide is dissolved into a flow of water. The aqueous solution of carbon dioxide thus obtained is neutralized by passing it through a material containing feldspar minerals, at which time the hydrogen ions of said solution are replaced by ions of alkali or alkaline earth metals, and the aluminum in said material is converted into aluminum compounds that can be separated and utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Cuycha Innovation Oy
    Inventor: Matti Nurmia
  • Patent number: 8790452
    Abstract: A system adapted to separate a natural gas feed stream into a sweetened gas stream, at least one liquid waste stream and at least one gaseous waste stream, and to discharge, recover or destroy the at least one liquid waste stream and the at least one gaseous waste stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Paul Posa
  • Patent number: 8757599
    Abstract: In a process, a portion of a liquid mixture flow is vaporized to produce a vapor and a depleted flow of liquid. The vapor is introduced to a brine which is adapted to exothermically absorb one or more components from the vapor, and heat is withdrawn, to produce at least a flow of heat and a flow of brine which is enriched in the one or more components. The heat previously withdrawn is transferred, to drive the vaporization. This heat transfer is associated with the change of a working fluid from a gaseous into a liquid state. The heat withdrawal involves the change of the working fluid from the liquid to the gaseous state. In the liquid state, the working fluid flows only by one or more of gravity, convection and wicking. In the gaseous state, the working fluid flows only by one or more of diffusion and convection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Drystill Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ian R. McGregor, Christopher H. Belchers
  • Patent number: 8741034
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas treatment system that effectively use heat recovered from an exhaust gas without any limitation in a CO2 chemical absorption equipment that requires enormous heat energy, and thus enabling reduction in running cost of the CO2 chemical absorption equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Konishi, Takanori Nakamoto, Naoki Oda, Nobuo Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8728220
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery system according to the present invention includes: a cooling tower that uses cooling water to cool a CO2-containing exhaust gas discharged from industrial equipment such as a boiler or a gas turbine; a CO2 absorber that brings the cooled CO2-containing exhaust gas into contact with a CO2-absorbent that absorbs CO2, thereby removing the CO2 from the exhaust gas; and a first absorbent regenerator and a second absorbent regenerator that release CO2 from a CO2-absorbent that has absorbed CO2 (rich solution), thereby regenerating the CO2-absorbent. A second lean solution at the outlet of the second absorbent regenerator is subjected to vacuum flash vaporization, and the resulting vapor is inputted to the first absorbent regenerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Iijima, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi
  • Patent number: 8728209
    Abstract: A method for reducing energy requirements of a CO2 capture system comprises: contacting a flue gas stream with a CO2 lean absorbent stream in an absorber, thereby removing CO2 from the flue gas and providing a CO2 rich absorbent stream; heating a first portion of the CO2 rich absorbent stream using heat from the CO2 lean absorbent stream, and providing the heated first portion of the CO2 rich absorbent stream to a regenerator; providing a second portion of the CO2 rich absorbent stream to the regenerator, wherein the heated first portion is hotter than the second portion and the heated first portion is provided to the regenerator at a lower elevation in the regenerator relative to that of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Joseph P. Naumovitz, Michael Koch
  • Patent number: 8702839
    Abstract: Provided are a CO2 absorber that reduces CO2 contained in flue gas; a regenerator that reduces CO2 contained in rich solvent absorbing CO2 to regenerate the rich solvent, so that lean solvent having the CO2 reduced in the regenerator is reused in the CO2 absorber; a heat exchanger that allows the rich solvent to exchange heat with the lean solvent; and a controller that controls to extract rich solvent portion that is part of the rich solvent, to allow the rich solvent portion to bypass the heat exchanger, and to be supplied into the top of the regenerator without exchanging heat so as to minimize a sum of an enthalpy that is taken out of the regenerator as CO2 gas accompanying steam and an enthalpy of the lean solvent after heat exchange with the rich solvent in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Iijima, Kouki Ogura, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi
  • Patent number: 8696798
    Abstract: Acid gas is removed from a feed gas using a physical solvent that is regenerated using successive flashing stages after heating of the rich solvent using low-level waste heat that is preferably produced or available within the acid gas removal plant. Especially preferred waste heat sources include compressor discharges of the refrigeration system and/or recompression system for CO2, and/or (low level) heat content from the feed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: John Mak
  • Patent number: 8696797
    Abstract: A method for removing CO2 from a pressurized gas stream with the effluent CO2 remaining at system pressure or higher is disclosed. Specifically, the removal method provides near isothermal absorption of CO2 from a gas stream in a suitable solvent at an elevated pressure and relatively low temperature. The solvent is then removed from contact with the gas stream, and the temperature is increased to such an extent that the CO2 will flash from the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Raymond Douglas Steele
  • Patent number: 8690992
    Abstract: Processes for operating an ammonia stripper at a low pressure in a gas purification system include providing a first side-draw stream from the ammonia stripper; heating the first side-draw stream with a second side-draw stream from a regenerator; providing a stripper offgas stream from the ammonia stripper to a stripper overhead condenser; and utilizing the stripper offgas stream as a heat source for a regenerating system fluidly coupled to the stripper overhead condenser. Also disclosed are systems for implementing the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Sanjay Kumar Dube, Daniel Nicolaus Secundus Mattstedt, Joseph P. Naumovitz
  • Patent number: 8673062
    Abstract: A method of removing acid gases from raw gas is disclosed in which the raw gas is supplied to an absorption column where it is contacted with a physical absorption agent, having a boiling point lower than 100° C. at atmospheric pressure, under elevated operating pressure to load, the physical absorption agent with acid gases and usable gases and then the physical absorption agent loaded with acid gases and usable gases is driven from the absorption column at its sump while drawing off at the head of the absorption column a purified top gas containing up to a few ppm of acid-gas components. Following the absorption, the physical absorption agent undergoes stripping to remove usable gases, and regeneration to remove the acid gases as well as to provide a regenerated physical absorbent which may be used to treat additional raw gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: UHDE GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Menzel
  • Patent number: 8647421
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] A CO2 recovery apparatus which can significantly reduce the amount of steam and provide further improved energy efficiency is provided. [Solution] The apparatus includes: a flue gas cooling apparatus 14 for allowing cooling water 13 to cool a CO2 and O2 containing flue gas 12 that is emitted from an industrial combustion facility 11 such as a boiler or gas turbine; a CO2 absorber 16 having a CO2 recovery section 16A for bringing the cooled CO2 containing flue gas 12 and a CO2 absorbing CO2 absorbent 15 into contact with each other to remove CO2 from the flue gas 12; and an absorbent regenerator 18 for releasing CO2 from a CO2 absorbed CO2 absorbent 17 to regenerate the CO2 absorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahito Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 8628603
    Abstract: A method for treating a process gas with a liquid comprises contacting a process gas with a hygroscopic working fluid in order to remove a constituent from the process gas. A system for treating a process gas with a liquid comprises a hygroscopic working fluid comprising a component adapted to absorb or react with a constituent of a process gas, and a liquid-gas contactor for contacting the working fluid and the process gas, wherein the constituent is removed from the process gas within the liquid-gas contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Energy & Enviromental Research Center Foundation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Martin, Ye Zhuang
  • Patent number: 8613794
    Abstract: A process for producing a pressurized CO2 stream in a power plant integrated with a CO2 capture unit, wherein the power plant comprises at least one gas turbine (1) coupled to a heat recovery steam generator unit (2) and the CO2 capture unit comprises an absorber (18) and a regenerator (21), the process comprising the steps of: (a) introducing hot exhaust gas exiting a gas turbine into a heat recovery steam generator unit to produce a first amount of steam and a flue gas stream (17) comprising CO2; (b) removing CO2 from the flue gas stream comprising CO2 by contacting the flue gas stream with absorbing liquid in an absorber (18) to obtain absorbing liquid enriched in CO2 (20) and a purified flue gas stream; (c) contacting the absorbing liquid enriched in CO2 with a stripping gas at elevated temperature in a regenerator (21) to obtain regenerated absorbing liquid and a gas stream enriched in CO2 (23); (d) pressurizing the gas stream enriched in CO2 using a CO2 compressor (24) to obtain the pressurized CO2 stre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Kuei-Jung Li, Georgios Protopapas
  • Publication number: 20130305925
    Abstract: A method is disclosed herein. The method includes the step of capturing and concentrating CO2 from atmospheric air by utilizing geothermal heat to provide the energy needed to move the atmospheric air through a tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: ROBERT B. POLAK
  • Patent number: 8585810
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for regenerating a carbon dioxide absorption solution that regenerates an absorption solution for absorbing carbon dioxide contained in a combustion exhaust gas emitted during a combustion process of a vehicle, thereby reducing energy costs while simplifying its configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Yoon Ji Lee
  • Patent number: 8551222
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating a fluid and treating a combustion products waste stream includes two or more nozzles discharging into a mixing chamber, and an outlet of the mixing chamber discharging to a gas-liquid separator. A liquid output of the gas-liquid separator may be treated to remove carbonaceous or other impurities. The nozzles may include an annular nozzle, Fisenko nozzle, and/or Laval nozzle arranged in a transonic jet module. A heated input liquid may be accelerated to sonic velocity in a main nozzle, causing boiling due to pressure drop prior to mixing with a combustion product stream in the mixing chamber. Heat may be recovered from a mixture discharged from the mixing chamber. Carbonic, sulfuric, or other combustion impurities may be captured by dissolving in water or other solvent in the transonic jet module and then recovered or otherwise used in a liquid stream from the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fisonic Holding Limited
    Inventor: Vladimir Vladimirovich Fisenko
  • Publication number: 20130228073
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for scrubbing diesel exhaust gases produced on a ship are provided. In an embodiment, a method for scrubbing diesel exhaust gases on a ship includes providing a scrubber vessel formed with a quench zone, a scrubbing zone, and a riser. Water is passed through the scrubbing zone and into the quench zone. The exhaust gases are delivered to the quench zone through the riser and enter the quench zone at a temperature of about 175° C. to about 340° C. The method includes cooling the exhaust gases to a temperature of about 60° C. to about 70° C. in the quench zone by contacting the exhaust gases with the water. The cooled exhaust gases are then scrubbed in the scrubbing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Ronald G. Patterson, Andrew J. Olds
  • Patent number: 8523978
    Abstract: A method of deacidizing a gaseous effluent comprising acid compounds where the gaseous effluent is contacted in C1 with an adsorbent solution so as to obtain a gaseous effluent depleted in acid compounds and an absorbent solution laden with acid compounds, the absorbent solution being selected for its property of forming two separable phases when it has absorbed an amount of acid compounds and when it is heated. The absorbent solution laden with acid compounds is then heated in E1 and E3 so as to separate two fractions: a first absorbent solution fraction depleted in acid compounds and a second absorbent solution fraction enriched in acid compounds. These two fractions are then separated in BS1. The second fraction is regenerated in C2 so as to release part of the acid compounds, and the first absorbent solution fraction and the regenerated absorbent solution are recycled as absorbent solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole
    Inventors: Alexandre Rojey, Renaud Cadours, Pierre-Louis Carrette, Pierre Boucot
  • Patent number: 8512445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and processes for reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in a carbon dioxide-containing gas. In particular, the carbon dioxide-containing gas is contacted with a carbonate-containing solution. At least a portion of carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide-containing gas is absorbed in the carbonate-containing solution to produce a carbon dioxide-, carbonate-containing solution. A heat recovery mechanism is employed to recover heat from the carbon dioxide-, bicarbonate-, carbonate-containing solution exiting the chamber to maintain the temperature of the chamber within a range of from about 50° C. to about 90° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventors: Shiaoguo Chen, Zijiang Pan
  • Patent number: 8491706
    Abstract: An apparatus for recovery of solids from a vapor, the apparatus including: a vessel comprising a cylindrical portion on top of an angled portion; a vapor inlet located in the cylindrical portion for introducing a solid-vapor mixture tangentially to the cylindrical portion; at least one inlet nozzle disposed in a top of the vessel for spraying a hydrocarbon fluid into the vessel; an indirect heat exchange device disposed concentrically within the cylindrical portion, thereby providing an annulus for vapor and hydrocarbon flow; a heat exchange device disposed at an exterior of the angled portion; an outlet located at a bottom of the angled portion to recover the vapor having a reduced solids content and a solid-hydrocarbon mixture. Also disclosed are processes to clean an oil vapor using such an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: M-1 L.L.C.
    Inventor: Richard Bingham
  • Patent number: 8480790
    Abstract: Method of producing syngas in an IGCC system, comprising compressing and heating carbon dioxide-rich gas to produce heated compressed carbon dioxide-rich gas, mixing the heated compressed carbon dioxide-rich gas with oxygen and feedstock to form a feedstock mixture, subjecting the feedstock mixture to gasification to produce syngas, cooling the syngas in a radiant syngas cooler, contacting syngas cooled in the radiant syngas cooler with compressed carbon dioxide-rich gas to further cool the syngas, and removing an amount of carbon dioxide-rich gas from the product mixture and compressing the removed carbon dioxide-rich gas prior to mixing with oxygen and feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Duckett Winter, Paul Steven Wallace, George Gulko, Pradeep S. Thacker
  • Patent number: 8470077
    Abstract: Processes for operating an ammonia stripper at a low pressure in a gas purification system include providing a first side-draw stream from the ammonia stripper; heating the first side-draw stream with a second side-draw stream from a regenerator; providing a stripper offgas stream from the ammonia stripper to a stripper overhead condenser; and utilizing the stripper offgas stream as a heat source for a regenerating system fluidly coupled to the stripper overhead condenser. Also disclosed are systems for implementing the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Sanjay Kumar Dube, Daniel Nicolaus Secundus Mattstedt, Joseph P. Naumovitz
  • Patent number: 8465006
    Abstract: The productivity of a combined heat and mass transfer device is improved by directing a flow of a carrier-gas mixture through a fluid flow path in a combined heat and mass transfer device operating at a pressure below atmospheric pressure. Heat and mass are transferred from or to the carrier-gas mixture by a direct or indirect interaction with a liquid composition that includes a vaporizable component (e.g., water) in a liquid state to substantially change the content of the vaporizable component in the carrier-gas mixture via evaporation of the vaporizable component from the liquid composition or via condensation of the vaporizable component from the carrier-gas mixture, producing a flow of carrier-gas mixture having a concentration of the vaporizable component that differs from the concentration of the vaporizable component in the carrier-gas mixture before the heat and mass transfer process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, King Fahd Univeristy of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mostafa H. Elsharqawy, John H. Lienhard, Syed M. Zubair, Prakash N. Govindan
  • Patent number: 8460431
    Abstract: A method for regenerating an amine-containing scrubbing solution which is obtained during gas purification and in which CO2 and sulfur compounds are chemically bonded, as well as a system that is suitable for carrying out the method. The contaminated scrubbing solution is heated, compressed, and expanded in several stages such that CO2 and sulfur compounds are separated. The expanded scrubbing solution is subdivided into two partial streams, and one partial stream is recirculated into the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: MT-Biomethan GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Günther
  • Patent number: 8435330
    Abstract: A system and process is provided primarily for use in hot climates, using ammonia solution to remove carbon dioxide from desulphurised water-vapor-containing flue gases of a fossil fuel power plant, while outputting useful streams of water and fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Otto M. Bade, Charles D. Soothill