Method for regenerating filter and apparatus thereof

• US 7,896,956 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2006
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Power Limited (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Shinada, Osamu, Kitagawa, Yuichiro, Takahira, Ryouji, Koyama, Yoshinori, Imagama, Kazunari, Takase, Soken
• Primary Examiner(s): Marcheschi; Michael A
• Assistant Examiner(s): CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR
• Application Number:
  US11/606,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20080127824A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,552 Days
• Field of Search: 952/78, 952/79, 952/80, 952/83, 552/822, 552/823, 552/83, 552/88, 553/01, 553/02, 553/03, 48/77, 482/10, 110/345
• US Class Current: 95/278
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/0093 against fire or explosion
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/2407 Filter candles
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/80 Chemical processes for the removal of the retained particles, e.g. by burning

Abstract

A filter regeneration apparatus of a coal gasification system having a filter for capturing char (unburned matter) present in exhaust gas at an exhaust gas passage communicating with exhaust gas source including a coal gasification furnace, fills the filter container with inactive gas having oxygen concentration of less than 5 vol. % and heat the filter to a target temperature of 400 to 450° C. and feed ashing gas having oxygen concentration of 5 to 15 vol. %, thereby ashing char in the filter. This method and apparatus achieve ashing of char in a safe manner and shortens the time of regenerating the filter by controlling the oxygen concentration in the ashing gas and the filter temperature constantly to reach preset target values.

Claims

1. A method for regenerating a filter in a coal gasification system for capturing char present in exhaust gas at an exhaust gas passage communicating with an exhaust gas source including a coal gasification furnace, the regeneration method comprising the steps of:

filling the filter with an inactive gas having an oxygen concentration of less than 5 vol. %;

heating the filter so that the filter temperature is maintained at 400 to 450°

C.;

feeding into the filter ashing gas which is adjusted to have an oxygen concentration of 5 to 15 vol. %, thereby ashing the char in the filter,

measuring the oxygen concentration in the ashing gas at a filter outlet; and

controlling at least one of flow and oxygen concentration in the ashing gas so that the oxygen concentration measured at the filter outlet reaches a preset target concentration.

2. A method for regenerating a filter according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

cutting off the ashing gas being supplied to the filter and finishing regeneration of the filter when at least one of the following cases is detected;

a) a differential pressure in the filter between an inlet side and an outlet side reaches a target differential pressure;

b) the oxygen concentration at the filter outlet reaches a target oxygen concentration;

or

c) a CO₂ concentration at the filter outlet reaches a target CO₂ concentration.

3. A filter regeneration apparatus of a coal gasification system having a filter for capturing char present in exhaust gas at an exhaust gas passage communicating with an exhaust gas source including a coal gasification furnace;

the filter regeneration apparatus comprising;

temperature measuring means for measuring an internal temperature of the filter;

filling means for filling the filter with inactive gas having oxygen concentration of less than 5 vol. %;

heating means for heating the filter which is filled with the inactive gas based on the measured internal temperature of the filter so that the internal temperature of the filter is maintained at 400 to 450°

C.;

oxidizing means for oxidizing char inside the filter by feeding ashing gas which is adjusted to have oxygen concentration of 5 to 15 vol. % into the filter;

O₂ concentration measuring means for measuring oxygen concentration in the ashing gas at a filter outlet; and

a controller for controlling at least one of a flow of the ashing gas and an oxygen concentration in the ashing gas so that a measured value of the oxygen concentration reaches a preset target concentration;

wherein the filter regeneration apparatus is integrated in a coal gasification combined power generation unit.

4. A filter regeneration apparatus of a coal gasification system according to claim 3, wherein the controller, to which measured value of the internal temperature of the filter is inputted, controls the heating means to heat the filter to 400 to 450°

C. based on the measured filter temperature and ashing gas oxygen adjusting means so that the oxygen concentration in the ashing gas reaches a target oxygen concentration of 5 to 15 vol. % based on the measured oxygen concentration, and

wherein said controller also controls ashing gas flow adjusting means to stop feeding the ashing gas into the filter when a CO₂ concentration measured by a CO₂ meter reaches a predetermined target CO₂ concentration.

5. A filter regeneration apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

ashing gas flow adjusting means for adjusting flow of the ashing gas,

wherein the controller controls at least one of the ashing gas flow adjusting means and an ashing gas oxygen adjusting means so that inputted oxygen concentration measured at the filter inlet reaches a target oxygen concentration.

6. A filter regeneration apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising at least one of:

differential pressure detecting means for detecting differential pressure between a filter inlet and a filter outlet; and

a CO₂ meter for measuring a CO₂ concentration at the filter outlet,

wherein the controller closes the ashing gas flow adjusting means to cut off the ashing gas being supplied to the filter when at least one of the following cases is detected;

a) a detected differential pressure inputted from the differential pressure detecting means reaches a preset target differential pressure;

b) the measured oxygen concentration inputted from the oximeter reaches a preset target oxygen concentration;

or

c) the measured CO₂ concentration inputted from the CO₂ meter reaches a preset target CO₂ concentration.

7. A filter regeneration apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising an inactive gas supplying means for supplying the inactive gas having the oxygen concentration of less than 5 vol. % to the filter.

8. A filter regeneration apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising an adjusting means for adjusting the oxygen concentration of the ashing gas in a range of 5 to 15 vol. %.

9. A filter regeneration apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller controls the filling means, heating means and feeding means so that after the filter is filled with the inactive gas and then heated to 400 to 450°

C., the ashing gas is fed into the filter to ash the char in the filter.

10. A filter regeneration apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a CO₂ meter for measuring a CO₂ concentration at the filter outlet,

wherein the controller stops the flow of the ashing gas into the filter when a CO₂ concentration measured by the CO₂ meter reaches a predetermined target CO₂ concentration.

11. A filter regeneration apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the heating means comprises an electrical heater.

12. A filter regeneration apparatus of a coal gasification system having a filter for capturing char present in exhaust gas at an exhaust gas passage communicating with an exhaust gas source including a coal gasification furnace;

the filter regeneration apparatus comprising;

temperature measuring means for measuring an internal temperature of the filter;

filling means for filling the filter with inactive gas having oxygen concentration of less than 5 vol. %;

heating means for heating the filter which is filled with the inactive gas based on the measured internal temperature of the filter so that the internal temperature of the filter is maintained at 400 to 450°

C.;

oxidizing means for oxidizing char inside the filter by feeding ashing gas which is adjusted to have oxygen concentration of 5 to 15 vol. % into the filter;

O₂ concentration measuring means for measuring oxygen concentration in the ashing gas at a filter outlet; and

a controller for controlling at least one of a flow of the ashing gas and an oxygen concentration in the ashing gas so that a measured value of the oxygen concentration reaches a preset target concentration;

wherein the filter is in fluid communication with the coal gasification system to receive the gas containing residual char.

13. A filter regeneration apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a hopper which collects char filtered out of the gas from the coal gasification system.

14. A filter regeneration apparatus comprising:

a filter for capturing char present in exhaust gas;

an exhaust gas passage fluidly interconnecting the filter with an exhaust gas source including a coal gasification furnace; and

a filter regenerating arrangement comprising;

heating means for heating the filter;

an oximeter for measuring oxygen concentration at an inlet of the filter;

oxygen adjusting means for adjusting an oxygen concentration in gas entering the filter;

temperature measuring means for measuring a temperature of the filter;

a CO₂ meter for measuring a CO₂ concentration at a filter outlet; and

a controller for controlling the heating means to heat the filter to 400 to 450°

C. based on inputted filter temperature which is measured by the temperature measuring means, controlling the oxygen adjusting means so that oxygen concentration in the gas reaches a target oxygen concentration of 5 to 15 vol. % based on the measured oxygen concentration, and adjusting the oxygen adjusting means to cut off gas being supplied to the filter from the coal gasification furnace to adjust the oxygen concentration when the measured CO₂ concentration inputted from the CO₂ meter reaches a preset target CO₂ concentration.