Water electrolysis hydrogen production device with gas pre-purification function
Technical Field
The invention relates to a water electrolysis hydrogen production device, in particular to a water electrolysis hydrogen production device with a gas pre-purification function.
Background
The water electrolysis hydrogen production adopts potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide aqueous solution as electrolyte. The water is electrolyzed on the surface of the electrode to form hydrogen and oxygen, and forms a gas-liquid mixture with alkali liquor, and the gas enters a hydrogen-oxygen-liquid separator respectively, and the separated gas is subjected to purification treatment such as gas washing, cooling, deoxidization and the like.
In the whole hydrogen production device, the volume occupied by the gas-liquid separator and subsequent purifying equipment can reach 50 percent, even higher, and the manufacturing cost is quite high. In particular to skid-mounted containerized hydrogen production equipment, because of limited space, the space is more strict in requirements on occupied area, size and arrangement of parts in the equipment.
As shown in FIG. 2, in the water electrolysis hydrogen production device common in the prior art, the gas-liquid mixture at the outlet of the electrolytic tank firstly enters a gas-liquid separator, and the gas is separated from the alkali liquor carried out of the electrolytic tank by the gravity principle of gas/liquid. After the separation process, the gas enters the subsequent purification process, and the alkali liquor flows back to the electrolytic tank through the heat exchanger. Because the obtained oxygen and hydrogen carry alkali liquor, the alkali liquor in the gas needs to be removed firstly during gas purification, thereby increasing the volume and complexity of subsequent purification equipment.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide the water electrolysis hydrogen production device with the gas pre-purification function, which is used for pre-purifying the obtained hydrogen and oxygen and removing alkali liquor.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a water electrolysis hydrogen plant with gas prepurification function which characterized in that: the electrolysis bath comprises an electrolysis bath, an oxygen alkali liquor mixing pipeline, an oxygen tee joint connector, an oxygen alkali liquor separator, a hydrogen alkali liquor mixing pipeline, a hydrogen tee joint connector and a hydrogen alkali liquor separator, wherein one end of the oxygen alkali liquor mixing pipeline is connected with an anode gas outlet of the electrolysis bath, the other end of the oxygen alkali liquor mixing pipeline is connected with an inlet of the oxygen tee joint connector, an upper outlet of the oxygen tee joint connector is connected with a cathode gas outlet of the electrolysis bath, the other end of the hydrogen alkali liquor mixing pipeline is connected with an inlet of the hydrogen tee joint connector, an upper outlet of the hydrogen tee joint connector is connected with an inlet of the hydrogen alkali liquor separator, a lower alkali liquor outlet of the oxygen tee joint connector, a lower alkali liquor outlet of the hydrogen tee joint connector and an alkali liquor outlet of the hydrogen alkali liquor separator are connected with an alkali liquor reflux port of the lower side of the electrolysis bath, air-permeable waterproof water films are arranged in the upper gas outlet of the oxygen tee joint connector and the upper gas outlet of the hydrogen tee joint connector, and water-permeable waterproof water films are arranged in the lower alkali liquor outlet of the oxygen tee joint connector and the lower alkali liquor outlet of the hydrogen tee joint connector.
Further, the electrolytic tank is an electrolytic tank group formed by a plurality of electrolytic tank single tanks in parallel.
Further, the device also comprises a heat exchanger, wherein the lower side alkali liquor outlet of the oxygen three-way interface, the alkali liquor outlet of the oxygen alkali liquor separator, the lower side alkali liquor outlet of the hydrogen three-way interface and the alkali liquor outlet of the hydrogen alkali liquor separator are connected with one path of inlet of the heat exchanger through pipelines, one path of outlet of the heat exchanger is connected with the alkali liquor reflux port at the lower side of the electrolytic tank through pipelines, and the other path of heat exchanger is filled with cooling liquid.
Further, an oxygen outlet at the upper side of the oxygen alkali liquor separator and a hydrogen outlet at the upper side of the hydrogen alkali liquor separator are connected with subsequent purification equipment through pipelines.
Further, the oxygen tee joint interface and the hydrogen tee joint interface comprise a gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe, a gas outlet pipe and an alkali liquor discharging pipe, wherein the gas outlet pipe and the alkali liquor discharging pipe are respectively perpendicular to the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe, one end of the gas outlet pipe is connected with the side surface of the upper end of the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe, one end of the alkali liquor discharging pipe is connected with the side surface of the lower end of the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe, a hydrophobic film is arranged in one end of the gas outlet pipe, which is connected with the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe, and a hydrophilic film is arranged in one end of the alkali liquor discharging pipe, which is connected with the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe.
Further, the pipe diameter of the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe is larger than the pipe diameters of the gas outlet pipe and the alkali liquor discharging pipe, and the pipe diameters of the gas outlet pipe and the alkali liquor discharging pipe are larger than the pipe diameters of other connecting pipelines.
Further, the hydrophobic film adopts one of a polyphenylene sulfide fiber diaphragm, a polytetrafluoroethylene diaphragm, a polyvinylidene fluoride diaphragm and a hydrophobic carbon fiber cloth diaphragm, and is used for blocking alkali liquor from passing through and allowing hydrogen and oxygen to pass through.
Further, the hydrophilic membrane adopts one of a polydopamine modified composite polymer membrane, a hydrophilic modified polyphenylene sulfide fiber membrane, a hydrophilic carbon fiber cloth membrane, a polyether-ether-ketone membrane and a hydrophilic polyethylene membrane, and is used for preventing the passage of hydrogen and oxygen and allowing the passage of alkali liquor.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages and effects:
1. according to the prepurification process, the gas-liquid mixture at the outlet of the electrolytic tank is subjected to preliminary gas-liquid separation based on the selective permeability of the hydrophilic/hydrophobic film before entering the gas-liquid separator, alkali liquor after the preliminary separation directly reaches the heat exchanger without passing through the gas-liquid separator, and the gas branch is introduced into the gas-liquid separator for further gas-liquid separation, and the gas-liquid prepurification device realizes the prepurification of gas;
2. the prepurification reduces the gas-liquid treatment capacity and the design size of the gas-liquid separator, and simultaneously reduces the treatment capacity and the design size of subsequent purification equipment.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a water electrolysis hydrogen plant with gas prepurification according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a prior art water electrolysis hydrogen production plant.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail by the following examples, which are illustrative of the present invention and are not intended to limit the invention thereto.
As shown in figure 1, the water electrolysis hydrogen production device with the gas pre-purification function comprises an electrolytic tank 1, an oxygen alkali liquor mixing pipeline 2, an oxygen tee joint connector 3, an oxygen alkali liquor separator 4, a hydrogen alkali liquor mixing pipeline 5, a hydrogen tee joint connector 6, a hydrogen alkali liquor separator 7 and a heat exchanger 8, wherein one end of the oxygen alkali liquor mixing pipeline 2 is connected with an anode gas outlet of the electrolytic tank 1, the other end of the oxygen alkali liquor mixing pipeline 2 is connected with an inlet of the oxygen tee joint connector 3, an upper outlet of the oxygen tee joint connector 3 is connected with an air inlet of the oxygen alkali liquor separator 4, one end of the hydrogen alkali liquor mixing pipeline 5 is connected with a cathode gas outlet of the electrolytic tank 1, the other end of the hydrogen alkali liquor mixing pipeline 5 is connected with an inlet of the hydrogen tee joint connector 6, the upper side outlet of the hydrogen tee joint interface 6 is connected with the air inlet of the hydrogen alkali liquor separator 7, the lower side alkali liquor outlet of the oxygen tee joint interface 3, the alkali liquor outlet of the oxygen alkali liquor separator 4, the lower side alkali liquor outlet of the hydrogen tee joint interface 6 and the alkali liquor outlet of the hydrogen alkali liquor separator 7 are connected with one path of inlet of the heat exchanger 8 through pipelines, one path of outlet of the heat exchanger 8 is connected with the alkali liquor reflux port of the lower side of the electrolytic tank 1 through pipelines, the other path of heat exchanger 8 is filled with cooling liquid, the upper side air outlet of the oxygen tee joint interface 3 and the upper side air outlet of the hydrogen tee joint interface 6 are both provided with breathable waterproof membranes 9, and the lower side alkali liquor outlet of the oxygen tee joint interface 3 and the lower side alkali liquor outlet of the hydrogen tee joint interface 6 are both provided with water permeable and airtight hydrophilic membranes 10.
The hydrophobic film 9 is one of a polyphenylene sulfide fiber diaphragm, a polytetrafluoroethylene diaphragm, a polyvinylidene fluoride diaphragm and a hydrophobic carbon fiber cloth diaphragm, and is used for blocking alkali liquor from passing through and allowing hydrogen and oxygen to pass through. The hydrophilic membrane 10 is one of a polydopamine modified composite polymer membrane, a hydrophilic modified polyphenylene sulfide fiber membrane, a hydrophilic carbon fiber cloth membrane, a polyether-ether-ketone membrane and a hydrophilic polyethylene membrane, and is used for blocking the passage of hydrogen and oxygen and allowing the passage of alkali liquor.
The electrolytic tank 1 is an electrolytic tank group formed by a plurality of electrolytic tank single tanks in parallel. The oxygen outlet on the upper side of the oxygen alkali liquor separator 4 and the hydrogen outlet on the upper side of the hydrogen alkali liquor separator 7 are connected with subsequent purification equipment through pipelines.
The oxygen three-way interface 3 and the hydrogen three-way interface 4 comprise a gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe 31, a gas outlet pipe 32 and an alkali liquor discharging pipe 33, wherein the gas outlet pipe 32 and the alkali liquor discharging pipe 33 are respectively perpendicular to the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe 31, one end of the gas outlet pipe 32 is connected with the side surface of the upper end of the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe 31, one end of the alkali liquor discharging pipe 33 is connected with the side surface of the lower end of the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe 31, the hydrophobic film 9 is arranged in one end of the gas outlet pipe 32 connected with the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe 31, and the hydrophilic film 10 is arranged in one end of the alkali liquor discharging pipe 33 connected with the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe 31. The pipe diameter of the gas-liquid mixing distribution pipe 31 is larger than the pipe diameters of the gas outlet pipe 32 and the alkali liquor discharging pipe 33, and the pipe diameters of the gas outlet pipe 32 and the alkali liquor discharging pipe 33 are larger than the pipe diameters of other connecting pipelines.
According to the prepurification process, the gas-liquid mixture at the outlet of the electrolytic tank is subjected to preliminary gas-liquid separation based on the selective permeability of the hydrophilic/hydrophobic film before entering the gas-liquid separator, alkali liquor after the preliminary separation directly reaches the heat exchanger without passing through the gas-liquid separator, and the gas branch is introduced into the gas-liquid separator for further gas-liquid separation, and the gas-liquid prepurification device realizes the prepurification of gas; the prepurification reduces the gas-liquid treatment capacity and the design size of the gas-liquid separator, and simultaneously reduces the treatment capacity and the design size of subsequent purification equipment.
The foregoing description of the invention is merely exemplary of the invention. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications or additions to the described embodiments or substitutions in a similar manner without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims.