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Title: Compression Stripping of Flue Gas with Energy Recovery

Abstract

A method of remediating and recovering energy from combustion products from a fossil fuel power plant having at least one fossil fuel combustion chamber, at least one compressor, at least one turbine, at least one heat exchanger and a source of oxygen. Combustion products including non-condensable gases such as oxygen and nitrogen and condensable vapors such as water vapor and acid gases such as SOX and NOX and CO2 and pollutants are produced and energy is recovered during the remediation which recycles combustion products and adds oxygen to support combustion. The temperature and/or pressure of the combustion products are changed by cooling through heat exchange with thermodynamic working fluids in the power generation cycle and/or compressing and/or heating and/or expanding the combustion products to a temperature/pressure combination below the dew point of at least some of the condensable vapors to condense liquid having some acid gases dissolved and/or entrained and/or directly condense acid gas vapors from the combustion products and to entrain and/or dissolve some of the pollutants while recovering sensible and/or latent heat from the combustion products through heat exchange between the combustion products and thermodynamic working fluids and/or cooling fluids used in the power generating cycle. Then themore » CO2, SO2, and H2O poor and oxygen enriched remediation stream is sent to an exhaust and/or an air separation unit and/or a turbine.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
ARC (Albany Research Center (ARC), Albany, OR)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE - Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
OSTI Identifier:
850129
Patent Number(s):
DOE/ARC-2005-093
Application Number:
U.S. Patent 6,898,936 B1; Pat. Appl. No. 10/309,251
Assignee:
United States Patent Office, Washington, DC United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US)
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2002 Dec 04
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Ochs, Thomas L, and O'Connor, William K. Compression Stripping of Flue Gas with Energy Recovery. United States: N. p., 2005. Web.
Ochs, Thomas L, & O'Connor, William K. Compression Stripping of Flue Gas with Energy Recovery. United States.
Ochs, Thomas L, and O'Connor, William K. Tue . "Compression Stripping of Flue Gas with Energy Recovery". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/850129.
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abstractNote = {A method of remediating and recovering energy from combustion products from a fossil fuel power plant having at least one fossil fuel combustion chamber, at least one compressor, at least one turbine, at least one heat exchanger and a source of oxygen. Combustion products including non-condensable gases such as oxygen and nitrogen and condensable vapors such as water vapor and acid gases such as SOX and NOX and CO2 and pollutants are produced and energy is recovered during the remediation which recycles combustion products and adds oxygen to support combustion. The temperature and/or pressure of the combustion products are changed by cooling through heat exchange with thermodynamic working fluids in the power generation cycle and/or compressing and/or heating and/or expanding the combustion products to a temperature/pressure combination below the dew point of at least some of the condensable vapors to condense liquid having some acid gases dissolved and/or entrained and/or directly condense acid gas vapors from the combustion products and to entrain and/or dissolve some of the pollutants while recovering sensible and/or latent heat from the combustion products through heat exchange between the combustion products and thermodynamic working fluids and/or cooling fluids used in the power generating cycle. Then the CO2, SO2, and H2O poor and oxygen enriched remediation stream is sent to an exhaust and/or an air separation unit and/or a turbine.},
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