Reabsorber for ammonia stripper offgas

• US 8,404,027 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2009
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH (GE Aerospace)
• Original Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd. (Alstom SA)
• Inventors: Koss, Peter Ulrich, Kozak, Frederic Zenon
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Duane
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, PANKTI R
• Application Number:
  US12/510,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20100107875A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,337 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 95/223
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2251/2062 Ammonia
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2257/406 Ammonia
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/1475 Removing carbon dioxide
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/62 Carbon oxides
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/20 Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02C 20/40 of CO2

Abstract

A method for removal of CO2 from a flue gas stream, comprising the steps of:

• a) contacting a flue gas stream comprising CO2 with a first absorption liquid comprising NH3 such that the flue gas stream is depleted in CO2; b) contacting the flue gas stream depleted in CO2 of step a) with a second absorption liquid such that NH3 from the flue gas stream is absorbed in said second absorption liquid to form a flue gas stream depleted in CO2 and NH3;
• c) separating NH3 from the second absorption liquid such that a gas stream comprising NH3 is obtained; d) contacting said gas stream comprising NH3 separated in step c) with a third absorption liquid such that NH3 is absorbed in said third absorption liquid. A system for removal of CO2 from a flue gas stream, the system comprising: a CO2 absorption stage; an NH3 absorption stage; and a reabsorption stage.

Claims

1. Method for removal of CO2 from a flue gas stream, comprising the steps of:

a) contacting a flue gas stream comprising CO2 with a first absorption liquid comprising NH3 such that the flue gas stream is depleted in CO2;

b) contacting the flue gas stream depleted in CO2 of step a) with a second absorption liquid such that NH3 from the flue gas stream is absorbed in said second absorption liquid to form a flue gas stream depleted in CO2 and NH3;

c) separating NH3 from the second absorption liquid such that a gas stream comprising NH3 is obtained;

d) contacting said gas stream comprising NH3 separated in step c) with a third absorption liquid such that NH3 is absorbed in said third absorption liquid.

3. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step:

e) joining the third absorption liquid of step d) containing absorbed NH3 with the first absorption liquid.

4. Method according to claim 3, wherein in step e) the third absorption liquid is joined with CO2 rich first absorption liquid.

5. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

f) joining residual gas depleted in NH3 from step d) with the flue gas stream before it is contacted with the second absorption liquid in step b).

6. Method according to claim 5, wherein the residual gas from step d) is joined with the flue gas stream which is being contacted with the first absorption liquid.

7. Method according to claim 5, wherein the residual gas from step d) is joined with the flue gas stream after it has been contacted with the first absorption liquid in step a).

8. Method according to claim 1, wherein the third absorption liquid comprises a portion of the first absorption liquid.

9. Method according to claim 1, wherein the third absorption liquid consists of a portion of the first absorption liquid.

10. Method according to claim 1, wherein the third absorption liquid consists of a portion of the first absorption liquid and step d) is performed by bubbling the gas stream comprising NH3 separated in step c) through a volume of said first absorption liquid.

2. In an embodiment, step a) is performed in a first gas liquid mass transfer device, step b) is performed in a second gas liquid mass transfer device and step d) is performed in a third gas liquid mass transfer device, wherein said first and third gas liquid mass transfer devices are separated from each other.