Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100050637 | CARBON-DIOXIDE-CAPTURE-TYPE STEAM POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A carbon-dioxide-capture-type steam power generation system | 03-04-2010 |
20110079151 | CO2 RECOVERY SYSTEM AND CO2 ABSORPTION LIQUID - In an embodiment, a CO | 04-07-2011 |
20120101767 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING AMOUNT OF REBOILER INPUT HEAT - According to one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separation recovery system includes an absorption tower that allows carbon dioxide to be absorbed to an absorption liquid, a regeneration tower that regenerates the absorption liquid, a reboiler that heats the absorption liquid of the regeneration tower, using a heating medium, and a measuring device that measures an amount of heat supplied to the absorption liquid from the heating medium. The measuring device includes a cooler that cools the heating medium discharged from the reboiler, and obtains the amount of heat that is supplied to the absorption liquid from the heating medium by subtracting an amount of heat that is retained by the heating medium cooled by the cooler and an amount of heat, which is removed from the heating medium in the cooler, from an amount of heat that is retained by the heating medium supplied to the reboiler. | 04-26-2012 |
20120118162 | CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY APPARATUS AND CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD - The present invention provides a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus capable of recovering heat energy of carbon-dioxide-containing gas which includes an absorbing tower | 05-17-2012 |
20120167760 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND RECOVERING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and recovering system includes an absorption tower to cause carbon dioxide to be absorbed in an absorbing solution, a regeneration tower to release the carbon dioxide from the absorbing solution, and at least one measuring apparatus to measure an ultrasound propagation speed in the absorbing solution. Each of the at least one measuring apparatus calculates a dissolved carbon dioxide concentration in the adsorbing solution, based on a temperature measured by a temperature measuring unit, the ultrasound propagation speed measured by an ultrasound propagation speed measuring unit, and a correlation expression which shows a relationship between the dissolved carbon dioxide concentration and the ultrasound propagation speed in the absorbing solution, and is changed according to the temperature of the absorbing solution. The carbon dioxide separating and recovering system controls the system, based on the dissolved carbon dioxide concentration calculated by the measuring apparatus. | 07-05-2012 |
20120230875 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION AND RECOVERY APPARATUS - After absorbing oxygen together with carbon dioxide in an absorber | 09-13-2012 |
20120240579 | CARBON-DIOXIDE-RECOVERY-TYPE THERMAL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a carbon-dioxide-recovery-type thermal power generation system includes an absorption column allows carbon dioxide contained in exhaust gas from a boiler to be absorbed in an absorption liquid, a regeneration column that discharges a carbon dioxide gas from the absorption liquid supplied from the absorption column, a reboiler that heats the absorption liquid discharged from the regeneration column and supplies steam generated, to the regeneration column, a condenser that generates condensate by cooling the steam exhausted from a turbine, a heater that heats the condensate, a water supply pump that supplies the condensate to the boiler, a line through the steam extracted from the turbine is supplied to the reboiler and the heater, and a steam flow rate adjusting unit. The steam flow rate adjusting unit maintains an amount of steam, which is extracted from the turbine through the line, to be constant. | 09-27-2012 |
20120263627 | AMINE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an amine capturing system includes a carbon dioxide capturing module configured to bring a gas containing carbon dioxide in contact with an absorbing solution containing amine to cause the absorbing solution to absorb the carbon dioxide. The system further includes a first cleaning apparatus configured to clean the gas exhausted from the carbon dioxide capturing module with a cleaning liquid to capture the amine entrained by the gas, and a second cleaning apparatus configured to clean the gas exhausted from the first cleaning apparatus with a cleaning liquid to capture the amine entrained by the gas. The system is configured to measure a concentration of the amine in the cleaning liquid used in the second cleaning apparatus, and send the cleaning liquid used in the second cleaning apparatus to the first cleaning apparatus when the detected concentration exceeds a predetermined value. | 10-18-2012 |
20130220122 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND COLLECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and collecting system includes an absorbing tower to cause an absorbing liquid to absorb carbon dioxide, and discharge a rich liquid. The system includes a regenerating tower to cause the absorbing liquid to release the carbon dioxide, and discharge a lean liquid. The system includes a heat exchanger to heat the rich liquid by using the lean liquid. A discharge port of the rich liquid of the exchanger is at a higher position than a supply port of the rich liquid of the regenerating tower so that the rich liquid discharged from the exchanger contains a descending flow by which liquid head pressure loss in a path from the discharge port to the supply port becomes negative, and an absolute value of the liquid head pressure loss becomes larger than an absolute value of flow friction pressure loss in the path. | 08-29-2013 |
20140338394 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and capturing apparatus includes an absorption tower to allow a gas containing carbon dioxide to contact with an absorption liquid and discharge a rich liquid, a regeneration tower to cause the absorption liquid to release a gas containing the carbon dioxide and discharge a lean liquid, and first and second regenerative heat exchangers to heat the rich liquid with the lean liquid. The first regenerative heat exchanger heats the rich liquid with the lean liquid from the second regenerative heat exchanger and discharges the rich liquid in a liquid phase, and the second regenerative heat exchanger heats the rich liquid in the liquid phase with the lean liquid from the regeneration tower. The lean liquid from the first regenerative heat exchanger and the rich liquid from the second regenerative heat exchanger are fed to the absorption and regeneration towers, respectively. | 11-20-2014 |
20150027164 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND CAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and capturing system includes an absorption tower to allow a gas containing carbon dioxide to contact with an absorption liquid and discharge a first rich liquid which is the absorption liquid having absorbed the carbon dioxide, and a regeneration tower to cause the absorption liquid to release a gas containing the carbon dioxide and discharge a lean liquid whose carbon dioxide concentration is lower than that of the rich liquid. The system further includes a reboiler to heat the absorption liquid in the regeneration tower by using steam, and a flow divider to divide the first rich liquid into second and third rich liquids. The system further includes a first heat exchanger to heat the second rich liquid by using the lean liquid, and a second heat exchanger to heat the third rich liquid by using water discharged from the reboiler. | 01-29-2015 |