WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION SYSTEM WITH ZERO WASTE WATER LIQUID DISCHARGE
First Claim
1. A system for evaporating waste water and reducing acid gas emissions, comprising:
- a scrubber tower supplied via an inlet an absorbent liquid dispersed therein for acid gas absorption from a flue gas flowing therethrough comprising one or more acid gases;
a heat exchanger operative for pressurized heating of a waste water produced in the scrubber tower to produce heated waste water; and
a flash vessel operative for flash evaporation of the heated waste water to produce steam supplied to flue gas upstream of a particulate collection system and the scrubber tower, supplied to flue gas upstream of the scrubber tower, or supplied to absorbent liquid circulated to the scrubber tower.
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Abstract
A system and a method for industrial plant or utility plant flue gas desulfurization, with zero waste water liquid discharge from a wet flue gas desulfurization system utilized therein, are disclosed herein. The wet flue gas desulfurization system is supplied an absorption liquid for contact with a flue gas to absorb flue gas acid gases. Waste water from the wet flue gas desulfurization system is heated under pressure in a heat exchanger to produce heated waste water, which is supplied to a flash vessel to produce steam. The produced steam is supplied to the flue gas upstream of a particulate collection system and the wet flue gas desulfurization system, supplied to the flue gas upstream of the wet flue gas desulfurization system, or supplied to absorption liquid circulated to the wet flue gas desulfurization system.
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1. A system for evaporating waste water and reducing acid gas emissions, comprising:
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a scrubber tower supplied via an inlet an absorbent liquid dispersed therein for acid gas absorption from a flue gas flowing therethrough comprising one or more acid gases; a heat exchanger operative for pressurized heating of a waste water produced in the scrubber tower to produce heated waste water; and a flash vessel operative for flash evaporation of the heated waste water to produce steam supplied to flue gas upstream of a particulate collection system and the scrubber tower, supplied to flue gas upstream of the scrubber tower, or supplied to absorbent liquid circulated to the scrubber tower. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for evaporating waste water and reducing acid gas emissions, comprising:
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using a scrubber tower with a flow of absorbent liquid for desulfurization of a flue gas flowing therethrough; pressurized heating in a heat exchanger using heat and pressure, waste water collected in the scrubber tower to produce heated waste water; supplying the heated waste water to a flash vessel to produce steam; and supplying the produced steam to a flow of flue gas upstream of a particulate collection system and the scrubber tower, to a flow of flue gas upstream of the scrubber tower, or to a circulated flow of absorption liquid dispersed within the scrubber tower. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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