Heat recovery gas absorption process
First Claim
1. An apparatus for removing and recovering at least one selected gaseous component from a gas stream, the apparatus comprising:
- an absorber device configured with a plurality of sequentially adjacent sections for flowing a gas stream therethrough, said absorber device provided with an inlet at one end and an outlet at the opposing end for said gas stream;
a conduit infrastructure for conveying an absorption liquid solvent system configured to remove, assimilate and accumulate therein a selected gaseous component from the gas stream, said conduit infrastructure configured to communicate with each section of said absorber device to counterflow said solvent system therethrough against said gas stream, a section of said conduit infrastructure egressing from a bottom portion of each section of said absorber and ingressing into a top portion of the adjacent section of said absorber device;
a first plurality of equipment interposed each section of conduit infrastructure egressing from a bottom portion of each section and ingressing into a top portion of the adjacent section of said absorber device, said plurality of equipment configured to controllably manipulate and adjust the temperature of said absorption liquid solvent system conveyed therein said section of the conduit infrastructure; and
a second plurality of equipment configured to communicate and cooperate with the conduit infrastructure to;
(a) remove and recover the absorbed and accumulated gaseous component from the liquid solvent system, (b) regenerate the absorption liquid solvent system, (c) recycle said regenerated absorption liquid solvent system back to the absorber device, and (d) controllably manipulate and adjust the temperature of said liquid solvent system during recycling back to the absorber device.
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Abstract
Apparatus comprising an absorber device provided with a plurality of sequentially adjacent sections for flowing a gas stream therethrough. A conduit infrastructure comprising a section configured to ingress, communicate with and egress from each section of the absorber device, and a recovery and regeneration section, is configured with a plurality of heat exchange and cooling equipment. A process wherein a liquid solvent provided with at least one chemical compound selected for reacting with the selected gaseous component, is counter-flowed against and commingled with the gas stream. The liquid solvent temperature is controllably manipulated between each section of the column to provide: (a) thermodynamic-driven mass transfer at the front end of the absorber device, and (b) kinetic-driven mass transfer at the back end of the absorber device. The heat generated during the recovery of the gaseous component from the absorption liquid solvent system is recovered for use in regenerating solvent system.
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37 Claims
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1. An apparatus for removing and recovering at least one selected gaseous component from a gas stream, the apparatus comprising:
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an absorber device configured with a plurality of sequentially adjacent sections for flowing a gas stream therethrough, said absorber device provided with an inlet at one end and an outlet at the opposing end for said gas stream;
a conduit infrastructure for conveying an absorption liquid solvent system configured to remove, assimilate and accumulate therein a selected gaseous component from the gas stream, said conduit infrastructure configured to communicate with each section of said absorber device to counterflow said solvent system therethrough against said gas stream, a section of said conduit infrastructure egressing from a bottom portion of each section of said absorber and ingressing into a top portion of the adjacent section of said absorber device;
a first plurality of equipment interposed each section of conduit infrastructure egressing from a bottom portion of each section and ingressing into a top portion of the adjacent section of said absorber device, said plurality of equipment configured to controllably manipulate and adjust the temperature of said absorption liquid solvent system conveyed therein said section of the conduit infrastructure; and
a second plurality of equipment configured to communicate and cooperate with the conduit infrastructure to;
(a) remove and recover the absorbed and accumulated gaseous component from the liquid solvent system, (b) regenerate the absorption liquid solvent system, (c) recycle said regenerated absorption liquid solvent system back to the absorber device, and (d) controllably manipulate and adjust the temperature of said liquid solvent system during recycling back to the absorber device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A process for removing and recovering a selected gaseous component from a gas stream, the process comprising:
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flowing the gas stream through an absorber device provided with a plurality of sequentially adjacent sections, said gas stream flowing from a front end to a back end of the absorber device;
commingling and contacting the gas stream therein each section of said absorber device with a counter-flowing absorption liquid solvent system thereby enriching said absorption liquid solvent system;
providing conditions;
(a) at the front end of said absorber device for thermodynamic-driven mass transfer of the selected gaseous component into the absorption liquid solvent system, and (b) at the back end of said absorber device for kinetic-driven mass transfer of the selected gaseous component into the absorption liquid solvent system;
providing an inverse temperature profile in the absorber device wherein a higher temperature is provided in a section adjacent to said back end of said absorber device relative to a temperature provided in a section at said front end of said absorber device;
recovering said gaseous component from the absorption liquid solvent system;
regenerating said absorption liquid solvent system; and
recycling said absorption liquid solvent system to the absorber device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A process for removing and recovering a selected gaseous component from a gas stream, the process comprising:
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flowing the gas stream through an absorber device provided with a plurality of sequentially adjacent sections;
delivering a controllably cooled lean absorption liquid solvent to the top section of said absorber device, counterflowing and commingling said cooled lean absorption liquid solvent with the gas stream thereby removing a portion of said gaseous component from the gas stream into said liquid solvent, egressing said liquid solvent from a bottom portion of said top section, and controllably heating the temperature of said egressed liquid solvent;
ingressing the heated liquid solvent into a top portion of a section of the absorber device adjacent to the top section, counterflowing and commingling said heated liquid solvent with said gas stream thereby removing an additional portion of said gaseous component from the gas stream thereby enriching the liquid solvent system with said gaseous component, egressing said liquid solvent from a bottom portion of said the section adjacent to the top section, and controllably cooling the temperature of said egressed liquid solvent;
recovering said gaseous component from the enriched liquid solvent system;
regenerating said liquid solvent into a lean absorption liquid solvent system; and
controllably cooling and delivering said absorption liquid solvent system to the top section of the absorber device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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