US20120067046A1 - Power plant with co2 capture and water treatment plant - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a power plant for the generation of electrical energy having a carbon dioxide capture system. It furthermore pertains to a system for treatment of water.
- power plants for the generation of electrical energy having gas and/or steam turbines driven by fossil fuels may be equipped with systems for the capture of carbon dioxide from the flue gas resulting from the combustion of the fossil fuels.
- Power plants with CO 2 capture systems can therefore be steam, gas, combined-cycle power plants, where the steam power plants can have all types of boilers including oxy-fired fluidized bed boilers.
- Such CO 2 capture systems include for example systems of absorption or desorption of the CO 2 from the flue gases and subsequent compression, cooling, and liquefying of the captured CO 2 .
- the process of cooling of the CO 2 gases is realized for example by means of heat exchangers using water as a heat exchanging medium.
- the resulting heated water contains heat that generally is considered as waste heat.
- filtration-membrane-softening systems are known for the treatment of a given restricted range of turbidity or chemical composition of the water that can be treated and with a limited maximum purity achievable by the filtration.
- the membrane systems are typically constructed for the filtration of water of a given range of contamination and require significant electrical energy as well as the use of chemicals.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a power plant for the generation of electrical energy comprising steam and/or gas turbines and a CO 2 capture and cooling system, where the power plant has improved energy efficiency over conventional power plants.
- a power plant for the generation of electrical energy comprising one or more steam and/or gas turbines driven by fossil fuels and a CO 2 capture system for capturing or extracting CO 2 gases from the flue gases resulting from the combustion of the fossil fuels and furthermore a unit for the processing the captured CO 2 , where this unit includes one or more compressors and coolers for the compression and cooling of the captured CO 2 gas.
- this power plant comprises a water treatment system having a multi-stage flash distiller with a first heat exchanger, or brine heater, for heating brine circulating through the MSF.
- this first heat exchanger is arranged for a heat exchanging medium to pass through it and thereby heating brine circulating the MSF, where this heat exchanging medium is the cooling medium exiting from the coolers for the cooling of the compressed CO 2 gas.
- This first heat exchanger or brine heater is furthermore configured and arranged such that its heat exchanging medium is directed, after its exit from this first heat exchanger in the multi-stage flash distiller, back to the coolers for the cooling of the CO 2 gas. Thereby, a closed loop is formed for the cooling medium for the CO 2 coolers.
- the heat exchanging medium for the cooling of the compressed CO 2 passes through one or more heat exchangers within the processing unit for the CO 2 .
- this heat exchanging medium for example water, oil or vapor
- this heat exchanging medium exits from the cooling unit, its heat content is of low-grade and conventionally considered a low-temperature waste heat.
- the power plant according to the invention puts this low temperature waste heat to efficient use in a water treatment system, specifically for providing the heat necessary for the operation of a multi-stage flash distiller.
- the multi-stage flash distiller separates raw feedwater to be treated into two flows, a high purity distillate flow and a low-volume, concentrated brine flow.
- the distillate may be used, for example, for industrial purposes or for fresh water drinking following a re-mineralization.
- a part of the brine flow can be either directly disposed to waste or directed to a further unit for reducing it to a solid, for example a zero-liquid discharge crystallizer.
- Another part of the brine flow is recirculated through the MSF evaporator, where it acts as a cooling medium for the vapor generated by the flashing brine in the MSF flash chambers.
- the raw feedwater is introduced into the MSF at a stage of the MSF suitable in view of efficient heat recovery.
- Power plants with CO 2 capture systems typically produce saline water flows generated as process waste by the condensation of flue gas from the boilers. Additionally, such power plants also have a by-product in the form of large amounts of low-temperature heat conveyed by a liquid medium having a temperature typically less than 90° C., resulting from the CO 2 capture equipment such as CO 2 coolers or flue gas coolers. Due to its low temperature, this low-temperature heat is generally not utilizable for power generation. However, in the power plant according to this invention, low-temperature heat from the CO 2 cooling is recovered in a closed-loop system and exploited as a heat source for the treatment of waste water that is a by-product of same power plant. This waste water can be flue gas condensate or any other industrial waste of same power plant or also any raw water from any external source. As such, the power plant according to the invention has an increased overall energy efficiency over conventional plants.
- the power plant with integrated system for a water treatment by distillation yields several advantages.
- the power plant recovers energy otherwise wasted and instead uses it for water purification thereby reducing the energy cost of the water treatment system.
- the multi stage flash distiller facilitates a high concentration level of the resulting brine, i.e. the concentrated wastewater. This allows in turn further treatment of the brine by means of a crystallizer reducing the brine to solid form, which is disposed of more easily than waste liquid form.
- the power plant in combination with the water treatment by distillation allows the treatment of water of a greater range of turbidity, salinity, pH values, and contaminants such as organic carbons, for example in comparison to water treatment based on membrane systems.
- the power plant with a water treatment system according to the invention furthermore is environmentally more compatible in several aspects over conventional water treatment systems. It requires no fresh water intake from the natural environment such as from a river or lake. Compared to conventional water treatment systems it requires a highly reduced consumption of chemicals. The high concentration of the resulting brine and further reduction of the brine to a solid eliminates a disposal or storage of liquid waste. Due to the efficient utilization of the waste heat of the power plant, the final waste heat is released to ambient at reduced temperature.
- the power plant with CO 2 capture system and water treatment system comprises additionally, a second heat exchanger, or feedwater preheater for preheating the waste water to be treated prior to its entry into the multi-stage flash distiller.
- This second heat exchanger is configured and arranged for a heat exchanging medium that passes through it in counterflow to the raw water or feedwater, which is to be preheated, where the heat exchanging medium results from the CO 2 cooling process of the CO 2 capture system and has passed through the first heat exchanger or brine heater of the multi-stage flash distiller.
- the heat exchanging medium is directed back to the CO 2 cooling unit of the CO 2 capture system. Thereby the closed loop of the cooling medium for the CO 2 cooler is again formed.
- the heat exchanging medium flowing through the second heat exchanger is water or another heat exchanging medium that
- the second heat exchanger or preheater for the raw feedwater to the multi-stage flash distiller, allows the recovery of heat from the closed loop of the CO 2 compressor cooling. Moreover, it provides the capability to extend the temperature range of effective waste heat recovery from the CO 2 capture system down to a value of 45°.
- the multi-stage flash distiller here also referred to as MSF distiller or MSF, integrated with a power plant with CO 2 capture facility allows the treatment and purification of water having a greater range of contamination or chemical composition compared to other types of raw water typically treated in an MSF, for example seawater.
- MSF distiller or MSF integrated with a power plant with CO 2 capture facility allows the treatment and purification of water having a greater range of contamination or chemical composition compared to other types of raw water typically treated in an MSF, for example seawater.
- the MSF is operated using a set of specifically chosen operating parameters.
- the MSF distiller is operated with operating parameters in the following value ranges.
- the values of operating parameters of conventionally known and operated multi-stage flash distillers are given in parentheses.
- Top brine temperature which is the temperature of the brine at its entry into the first chamber of the MSF after being heating in the first heat exchanger or brine heater: according to the present invention: 50-70° C., most suitably 60° C. (conventional: 90-120° C.).
- Heat source temperature which is the temperature of the heat source or exchanging medium, preferably water, flowing through the first heat exchanger or through first and second heat exchangers and back to the CO 2 coolers.
- the temperatures given are the temperature of the heat source at the entry into the first heat exchanger and the temperature at its exit from the heat exchanger or heat exchangers: according to the present invention: 70° C., 45° C., (conventional: 130° C., 100° C.);
- the flash range which is the temperature difference between the temperature of the brine entering the MSF and the temperature of the brine leaving the MSF: according to the present invention: 25-45° C., most suitably 35° (conventional: 60-80° C.);
- the concentration ratio which is the ratio of the saline concentration of the brine blowdown exiting from the multi-stage distiller to the saline concentration of the raw feedwater to be treated entering the multi-stage distiller: according to the present invention: 10-100, for example 50, (conventional 1 0.5-2).
- FIG. 1 shows schematically a power plant according to the invention comprising a CO 2 capture system and a water treatment system with a multistage flash distiller.
- FIG. 2 a shows schematically and in greater detail a first embodiment of a water treatment system suitable for integration in a power plant of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 2 b shows schematically and in greater detail a second embodiment of a water treatment system suitable for integration in a power plant of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 shows schematically a water treatment system suitable for the integration within a power plant of FIG. 1 .
- the power plant according to the invention can be any fossil fuel powered plant including a purely steam turbine driven or purely gas turbine driven power plant or a combined cycle power plant comprising both steam and gas turbines.
- FIG. 1 shows a diagram of a combined cycle power plant as an example power plant according to the invention.
- the power plant for the generation of electrical energy comprises a boiler 1 , and high pressure, intermediate, and low pressure steam turbines 2 , 3 , and 4 respectively driving a generator 5 . Following expansion in the turbines the steam is condensed in a condenser 6 . The resulting condensate and feed water is degassed and preheated in apparatuses 7 and 8 and directed back to the boiler 1 , thereby completing the water-steam-cycle.
- the power plant further comprises a compressor 11 , combustor 12 , and gas turbine 13 driving a further generator 14 .
- the flue gases from the gas turbine are directed into the boiler 1 , for example a heat recovery steam generator, where the flue gas heat is used for steam generation.
- the boiler can also be a coal fired boiler or other fossil fuel fired boilers.
- the flue gases exiting from the boiler 1 as shown, or from a coal fired boiler, oxyfired fluidized bed boiler, or any other fossil fueled boiler, are directed for suitable treatment to a flue gas treatment facility 22 and then to a CO 2 capture facility 20 , for example absorption or thermophysical separation.
- CO 2 gas extracted by this facility is led via a line 21 to a GPU.
- the CO 2 gas is compressed in several stages with inter-coolers or heat exchangers 23 in order to reduce the volume of the CO 2 and hence the electrical consumption of the compressors.
- the power plant is integrated with a water treatment system in that the heat exchange medium of the gas processing unit GPU is directed in a closed loop cooling system 24 through the gas cooling system 23 , GPU and through a shell and tube heat exchanger 25 arranged within a multi stage flash distiller MSF of the water treatment system. Having gained a low-temperature heat from cooling the CO 2 gas, it releases this low-temperature heat in the first heat exchanger 25 of the MSF in a counterflow to brine circulating through the MSF. After exiting the heat exchanger 25 , it is returned to the heat exchangers 23 of the gas processing unit GPU.
- This heat exchange medium is most suitably water.
- the water from the gas processing unit GPU is heated by heat exchange with the compressed CO 2 to a temperature of less than 90° C.
- This water is directed via line 26 to the first heat exchanger or brine heater 25 in the MSF for the heating of brine.
- the brine is heated in the heat exchanger 25 prior to entering the MSF evaporator.
- the cooling water of the closed loop of the CO 2 cooler medium is cooled down at the same time by passing through the heat exchanger 25 .
- FIG. 2 a shows in detail the part of the power plant according to the invention concerned with the compression and cooling of the CO 2 gas and the integration of the power plant for the generation of electrical energy with the water treatment plant.
- the plant comprises a compression facility 22 with several compressors 30 , the lines for the compressed CO 2 gas leading from each compressor 30 to one of several heat exchangers or intercoolers 23 of the gas processing unit GPU.
- the first heat exchanger 25 or brine heater of the MSF is connected on the side of the heating medium flowing through its shell to the heat exchangers 23 of the GPU via lines 26 and 27 .
- the heat exchanger 25 is part of the main circuit of the MSF evaporator.
- the MSF further comprises a heat recovery section HRS having several chambers or stages 31 of flash distillers arranged in series, where the brine flashes at the bottom of each stage 31 and 31 ′ of the MSF evaporator.
- the evaporator includes a heat recovery section HRS and a heat reject section 37 .
- the brine heated in heat exchanger or brine heater 25 is led into the first flash chamber 31 , where the pressure is kept by thermodynamic equilibrium at a value to allow flashing of the incoming brine, such that it partially vaporizes.
- the vapor rising to the top of each flash chamber 31 condenses on exchanger tubes 32 in the form of distillate.
- the process of flashing, partial evaporation, and condensation repeats at decreasing temperatures and pressures in all the stages 31 of the heat recovery section HRS and stages 31 ′ of the heat reject section 37 .
- the distillate of each stage is collected in pans and led via a line 33 to a distillate tank 34 .
- the non-evaporated contaminants of the brine are collected and led via line 35 to further treatment.
- the MSF comprises the heat reject system 37 containing further flash evaporation chambers 31 ′ and condensing tubes for condensing the vapor.
- These condensing tubes have a cooling medium flowing through them that is circulated in a closed loop through an air cooler 38 having air inlet and air outlet lines 38 ′ and 38 ′′.
- Most of the flashed brine is extracted from the very last flash chamber 31 ′ of the heat reject system 37 by means of a brine recirculation pump and led to the MSF via line 39 to the condensing tubes 32 of the flash chambers 31 of the heat recovery section HRS. There the brine acts as a cooling medium for the vapor generated in the flash chambers 31 .
- a part of the brine is extracted from the last chamber of the MSF by a separate pump and discharged via line 35 as blowdown in order to keep a constant concentration of the recirculating brine, which is recirculated via line 39 to the heat recovery section HRS of the MSF.
- Non-condensable gases are extracted from the heat reject system 37 via a vacuum system 41 .
- Feedwater is introduced via a line 40 at a suitable stage of the MSF evaporator depending on the temperature of the feedwater.
- the feedwater line is introduced into the heat reject section 37 of the MSF.
- a deaereator could be provided upstream of the MSF evaporator in order to separate the air dissolved in the feed water.
- a low-pressure steam line 28 leads into the first heat exchanger 25 in order to allow the introduction of low-pressure steam into the heat exchanger at times of start-up of the system and/or during transient conditions.
- FIG. 2 b A further embodiment of the invention regarding the introduction of feed water into the water treatment system is shown in FIG. 2 b .
- the system is based on the same principles as that of FIG. 2 a .
- it comprises additionally a second heat exchanger 45 for the preheating of the feedwater to be treated.
- the preheater 45 is a shell and tube heat exchanger having on its shell side water or another heat exchanging medium flowing through its shell that is delivered from the heat exchanger 25 via line 46 .
- the heat exchanging medium preferably water
- the loop 24 is closed.
- the heat exchanger 45 On its tube side the heat exchanger 45 has feed water delivered by line 47 led through it for preheating.
- the second heat exchanger or feedwater preheater 45 facilitates a further recovery of remaining heat available in the cooling medium of the CO 2 gas cooling system and thus allows further optimization of the energy efficiency of the power plant.
- a line 48 directs the feed water after its preheating to a suitable stage 31 of the MSF evaporator.
- FIG. 3 illustrates schematically a full scheme of possible sources of raw feed water to be treated by the water treatment system integrated in a power plant according to the invention. Any combination of the shown sources as well as further similar sources are possible.
- the sources presented in FIG. 3 include the boiler blowdown that is delivered by a line 50 to the MSF and the flue gas condensate delivered from the CO 2 capture facility 20 via a line 51 to a raw water tank 52 , from where a line leads to a feed water line 40 or 47 .
- the figure shows the MSF distiller that receives raw feedwater from two sources, one from the boiler blowdown BB via line 50 and the other from line 53 delivering raw water from a raw water tank 52 , which has the purpose of levelizing the feed water delivery to the distillation.
- the raw water tank 52 can be filled via one or more of the following sources: water from a neutralization tank NT containing industrial waste water; water from an external source EXT such as a pond, lake or other similar source.
- This water may be pretreated in a facility 58 in order to remove by sedimentation most of the suspended matter or modify its pH value according to the actual characteristics; flue gas condensate FGC may be pretreated in a treatment facility 59 in order to oxidize CaSO 3 to CaSO 4 having higher solubility.
- the MSF is connected to an air cooler 38 having air inlet line 38 ′ and air outlet line 38 ′′ for the cooling of the cooling medium in the condensing tubes of the heat reject system 37 .
- a line 33 to a distillate tank 34 directs the distilled water generated by the MSF. Further distillate collected in the vacuum system 41 may also be delivered via line 55 to this tank 34 .
- the brine from the MSF or brine blowdown is delivered by line 35 to a zero liquid discharge crystallizer 60 , where it is processed to be reduced to solid crystalline form. These solids are then to be disposed of as waste.
- the zero liquid discharge crystallizer 60 may comprise a crystallizer, a heat recovery heater for the incoming brine and a mechanical vapor compressor. Any distilled liquid discharge arising from the solidification process may also be collected in the distillate tank 34 .
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A power plant for the generation of electrical energy comprises steam and/or gas turbines (2, 3, 4, 13) driven by fossil fuels and a CO2 capture system (20) for capturing CO2 gases from the flue gases that result from the combustion of the fossil fuels. It furthermore comprises a CO2 gas processing unit (GPU) for the compression and cooling of the captured CO2. A cooling circuit (24) of the gas processing unit (GPU) forms a closed loop that includes a heat exchanger (25) for the heating of brine, where this heat exchanger (25) is part of a water treatment system having a multi-stage flash distiller (MSF). In the closed loop (24) low-temperature waste heat from the CO2 gas processing unit (GPU) is utilized for the water treatment system. The overall power plant energy efficiency is thereby increased.
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- The invention relates to a power plant for the generation of electrical energy having a carbon dioxide capture system. It furthermore pertains to a system for treatment of water.
- It is known that power plants for the generation of electrical energy having gas and/or steam turbines driven by fossil fuels may be equipped with systems for the capture of carbon dioxide from the flue gas resulting from the combustion of the fossil fuels. Power plants with CO2 capture systems can therefore be steam, gas, combined-cycle power plants, where the steam power plants can have all types of boilers including oxy-fired fluidized bed boilers. Such CO2capture systems include for example systems of absorption or desorption of the CO2 from the flue gases and subsequent compression, cooling, and liquefying of the captured CO2. The process of cooling of the CO2 gases is realized for example by means of heat exchangers using water as a heat exchanging medium. The resulting heated water contains heat that generally is considered as waste heat.
- Various systems for the treatment of industrial waste water, sea water, or other non-fresh water are known. For example, filtration-membrane-softening systems are known for the treatment of a given restricted range of turbidity or chemical composition of the water that can be treated and with a limited maximum purity achievable by the filtration. The membrane systems are typically constructed for the filtration of water of a given range of contamination and require significant electrical energy as well as the use of chemicals.
- Industrial facilities frequently use evaporation systems for their waste water treatment such as vertical tube, falling film vapor compression type evaporators. They are operated typically either with electrical power or with steam of a pressure above 2 bars abs. Multistage flash distillers are known for their use in desalination of sea water.
- The object of the present invention is to provide a power plant for the generation of electrical energy comprising steam and/or gas turbines and a CO2capture and cooling system, where the power plant has improved energy efficiency over conventional power plants.
- It is another object of the invention to provide a method of operating such power plant.
- A power plant for the generation of electrical energy comprising one or more steam and/or gas turbines driven by fossil fuels and a CO2 capture system for capturing or extracting CO2 gases from the flue gases resulting from the combustion of the fossil fuels and furthermore a unit for the processing the captured CO2, where this unit includes one or more compressors and coolers for the compression and cooling of the captured CO2 gas. According to the invention, this power plant comprises a water treatment system having a multi-stage flash distiller with a first heat exchanger, or brine heater, for heating brine circulating through the MSF. In particular, this first heat exchanger is arranged for a heat exchanging medium to pass through it and thereby heating brine circulating the MSF, where this heat exchanging medium is the cooling medium exiting from the coolers for the cooling of the compressed CO2 gas. This first heat exchanger or brine heater is furthermore configured and arranged such that its heat exchanging medium is directed, after its exit from this first heat exchanger in the multi-stage flash distiller, back to the coolers for the cooling of the CO2 gas. Thereby, a closed loop is formed for the cooling medium for the CO2 coolers.
- The heat exchanging medium for the cooling of the compressed CO2 passes through one or more heat exchangers within the processing unit for the CO2. When this heat exchanging medium, for example water, oil or vapor, exits from the cooling unit, its heat content is of low-grade and conventionally considered a low-temperature waste heat. The power plant according to the invention puts this low temperature waste heat to efficient use in a water treatment system, specifically for providing the heat necessary for the operation of a multi-stage flash distiller. The multi-stage flash distiller separates raw feedwater to be treated into two flows, a high purity distillate flow and a low-volume, concentrated brine flow. The distillate may be used, for example, for industrial purposes or for fresh water drinking following a re-mineralization. A part of the brine flow can be either directly disposed to waste or directed to a further unit for reducing it to a solid, for example a zero-liquid discharge crystallizer. Another part of the brine flow is recirculated through the MSF evaporator, where it acts as a cooling medium for the vapor generated by the flashing brine in the MSF flash chambers. The raw feedwater is introduced into the MSF at a stage of the MSF suitable in view of efficient heat recovery.
- Power plants with CO2 capture systems typically produce saline water flows generated as process waste by the condensation of flue gas from the boilers. Additionally, such power plants also have a by-product in the form of large amounts of low-temperature heat conveyed by a liquid medium having a temperature typically less than 90° C., resulting from the CO2 capture equipment such as CO2 coolers or flue gas coolers. Due to its low temperature, this low-temperature heat is generally not utilizable for power generation. However, in the power plant according to this invention, low-temperature heat from the CO2 cooling is recovered in a closed-loop system and exploited as a heat source for the treatment of waste water that is a by-product of same power plant. This waste water can be flue gas condensate or any other industrial waste of same power plant or also any raw water from any external source. As such, the power plant according to the invention has an increased overall energy efficiency over conventional plants.
- The power plant with integrated system for a water treatment by distillation according to the invention yields several advantages. The power plant recovers energy otherwise wasted and instead uses it for water purification thereby reducing the energy cost of the water treatment system. The multi stage flash distiller facilitates a high concentration level of the resulting brine, i.e. the concentrated wastewater. This allows in turn further treatment of the brine by means of a crystallizer reducing the brine to solid form, which is disposed of more easily than waste liquid form. Furthermore, the power plant in combination with the water treatment by distillation allows the treatment of water of a greater range of turbidity, salinity, pH values, and contaminants such as organic carbons, for example in comparison to water treatment based on membrane systems.
- Furthermore, the purity of the resulting distillate is higher than that achievable by a conventional membrane system.
- The power plant with a water treatment system according to the invention furthermore is environmentally more compatible in several aspects over conventional water treatment systems. It requires no fresh water intake from the natural environment such as from a river or lake. Compared to conventional water treatment systems it requires a highly reduced consumption of chemicals. The high concentration of the resulting brine and further reduction of the brine to a solid eliminates a disposal or storage of liquid waste. Due to the efficient utilization of the waste heat of the power plant, the final waste heat is released to ambient at reduced temperature.
- In an embodiment of the invention, the power plant with CO2 capture system and water treatment system comprises additionally, a second heat exchanger, or feedwater preheater for preheating the waste water to be treated prior to its entry into the multi-stage flash distiller. This second heat exchanger is configured and arranged for a heat exchanging medium that passes through it in counterflow to the raw water or feedwater, which is to be preheated, where the heat exchanging medium results from the CO2 cooling process of the CO2 capture system and has passed through the first heat exchanger or brine heater of the multi-stage flash distiller. After the preheater, the heat exchanging medium is directed back to the CO2 cooling unit of the CO2 capture system. Thereby the closed loop of the cooling medium for the CO2 cooler is again formed. The heat exchanging medium flowing through the second heat exchanger is water or another heat exchanging medium that
- The second heat exchanger, or preheater for the raw feedwater to the multi-stage flash distiller, allows the recovery of heat from the closed loop of the CO2 compressor cooling. Moreover, it provides the capability to extend the temperature range of effective waste heat recovery from the CO2 capture system down to a value of 45°.
- The multi-stage flash distiller, here also referred to as MSF distiller or MSF, integrated with a power plant with CO2 capture facility allows the treatment and purification of water having a greater range of contamination or chemical composition compared to other types of raw water typically treated in an MSF, for example seawater. In the configuration according to the invention and in order to handle this larger range of contamination, the MSF is operated using a set of specifically chosen operating parameters.
- In a method of operating the power plant according to the invention, the MSF distiller is operated with operating parameters in the following value ranges. For comparison, the values of operating parameters of conventionally known and operated multi-stage flash distillers are given in parentheses.
- Top brine temperature, which is the temperature of the brine at its entry into the first chamber of the MSF after being heating in the first heat exchanger or brine heater: according to the present invention: 50-70° C., most suitably 60° C. (conventional: 90-120° C.).
- Heat source temperature, which is the temperature of the heat source or exchanging medium, preferably water, flowing through the first heat exchanger or through first and second heat exchangers and back to the CO2 coolers. The temperatures given are the temperature of the heat source at the entry into the first heat exchanger and the temperature at its exit from the heat exchanger or heat exchangers: according to the present invention: 70° C., 45° C., (conventional: 130° C., 100° C.);
- The flash range, which is the temperature difference between the temperature of the brine entering the MSF and the temperature of the brine leaving the MSF: according to the present invention: 25-45° C., most suitably 35° (conventional: 60-80° C.);
- The concentration ratio, which is the ratio of the saline concentration of the brine blowdown exiting from the multi-stage distiller to the saline concentration of the raw feedwater to be treated entering the multi-stage distiller: according to the present invention: 10-100, for example 50, (conventional 1 0.5-2).
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FIG. 1 shows schematically a power plant according to the invention comprising a CO2 capture system and a water treatment system with a multistage flash distiller. -
FIG. 2 a shows schematically and in greater detail a first embodiment of a water treatment system suitable for integration in a power plant ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 2 b shows schematically and in greater detail a second embodiment of a water treatment system suitable for integration in a power plant ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 shows schematically a water treatment system suitable for the integration within a power plant ofFIG. 1 . - Same numbers for elements of the power plant in different figures indicate the same elements.
- The power plant according to the invention can be any fossil fuel powered plant including a purely steam turbine driven or purely gas turbine driven power plant or a combined cycle power plant comprising both steam and gas turbines.
FIG. 1 shows a diagram of a combined cycle power plant as an example power plant according to the invention. The power plant for the generation of electrical energy comprises aboiler 1, and high pressure, intermediate, and lowpressure steam turbines generator 5. Following expansion in the turbines the steam is condensed in acondenser 6. The resulting condensate and feed water is degassed and preheated inapparatuses boiler 1, thereby completing the water-steam-cycle. The power plant further comprises acompressor 11,combustor 12, andgas turbine 13 driving afurther generator 14. The flue gases from the gas turbine are directed into theboiler 1, for example a heat recovery steam generator, where the flue gas heat is used for steam generation. In the case of a purely steam turbine driven power plant, the boiler can also be a coal fired boiler or other fossil fuel fired boilers. - The flue gases exiting from the
boiler 1 as shown, or from a coal fired boiler, oxyfired fluidized bed boiler, or any other fossil fueled boiler, are directed for suitable treatment to a fluegas treatment facility 22 and then to a CO2 capture facility 20, for example absorption or thermophysical separation. CO2 gas extracted by this facility is led via aline 21 to a GPU. In the GPU, the CO2 gas is compressed in several stages with inter-coolers orheat exchangers 23 in order to reduce the volume of the CO2 and hence the electrical consumption of the compressors. The power plant is integrated with a water treatment system in that the heat exchange medium of the gas processing unit GPU is directed in a closedloop cooling system 24 through thegas cooling system 23, GPU and through a shell andtube heat exchanger 25 arranged within a multi stage flash distiller MSF of the water treatment system. Having gained a low-temperature heat from cooling the CO2 gas, it releases this low-temperature heat in thefirst heat exchanger 25 of the MSF in a counterflow to brine circulating through the MSF. After exiting theheat exchanger 25, it is returned to theheat exchangers 23 of the gas processing unit GPU. This heat exchange medium is most suitably water. - The water from the gas processing unit GPU is heated by heat exchange with the compressed CO2 to a temperature of less than 90° C. This water is directed via
line 26 to the first heat exchanger orbrine heater 25 in the MSF for the heating of brine. The brine is heated in theheat exchanger 25 prior to entering the MSF evaporator. The cooling water of the closed loop of the CO2 cooler medium is cooled down at the same time by passing through theheat exchanger 25. -
FIG. 2 a shows in detail the part of the power plant according to the invention concerned with the compression and cooling of the CO2 gas and the integration of the power plant for the generation of electrical energy with the water treatment plant. The plant comprises acompression facility 22 withseveral compressors 30, the lines for the compressed CO2 gas leading from eachcompressor 30 to one of several heat exchangers orintercoolers 23 of the gas processing unit GPU. Thefirst heat exchanger 25 or brine heater of the MSF is connected on the side of the heating medium flowing through its shell to theheat exchangers 23 of the GPU vialines heat exchanger 25 is part of the main circuit of the MSF evaporator. It effectively uses the low-temperature heat from the cooling unit GPU for the heating of the brine to be distilled. The MSF further comprises a heat recovery section HRS having several chambers or stages 31 of flash distillers arranged in series, where the brine flashes at the bottom of eachstage heat reject section 37. The brine heated in heat exchanger orbrine heater 25 is led into thefirst flash chamber 31, where the pressure is kept by thermodynamic equilibrium at a value to allow flashing of the incoming brine, such that it partially vaporizes. The vapor rising to the top of eachflash chamber 31, condenses onexchanger tubes 32 in the form of distillate. The process of flashing, partial evaporation, and condensation repeats at decreasing temperatures and pressures in all thestages 31 of the heat recovery section HRS and stages 31′ of theheat reject section 37. The distillate of each stage is collected in pans and led via aline 33 to adistillate tank 34. At the bottom of the flashdistiller stage chambers 31, the non-evaporated contaminants of the brine are collected and led vialine 35 to further treatment. - The MSF comprises the
heat reject system 37 containing furtherflash evaporation chambers 31′ and condensing tubes for condensing the vapor. These condensing tubes have a cooling medium flowing through them that is circulated in a closed loop through anair cooler 38 having air inlet and air outlet lines 38′ and 38″. Most of the flashed brine, is extracted from the verylast flash chamber 31′ of theheat reject system 37 by means of a brine recirculation pump and led to the MSF vialine 39 to the condensingtubes 32 of theflash chambers 31 of the heat recovery section HRS. There the brine acts as a cooling medium for the vapor generated in theflash chambers 31. A part of the brine is extracted from the last chamber of the MSF by a separate pump and discharged vialine 35 as blowdown in order to keep a constant concentration of the recirculating brine, which is recirculated vialine 39 to the heat recovery section HRS of the MSF. Non-condensable gases are extracted from theheat reject system 37 via avacuum system 41. - Feedwater is introduced via a
line 40 at a suitable stage of the MSF evaporator depending on the temperature of the feedwater. In the shown embodiment, the feedwater line is introduced into theheat reject section 37 of the MSF. A deaereator could be provided upstream of the MSF evaporator in order to separate the air dissolved in the feed water. - A low-
pressure steam line 28 leads into thefirst heat exchanger 25 in order to allow the introduction of low-pressure steam into the heat exchanger at times of start-up of the system and/or during transient conditions. - A further embodiment of the invention regarding the introduction of feed water into the water treatment system is shown in
FIG. 2 b. The system is based on the same principles as that ofFIG. 2 a. In comparison to the system ofFIG. 2 a, it comprises additionally asecond heat exchanger 45 for the preheating of the feedwater to be treated. Thepreheater 45 is a shell and tube heat exchanger having on its shell side water or another heat exchanging medium flowing through its shell that is delivered from theheat exchanger 25 vialine 46. After having passed through thesecond heat exchanger 45, the heat exchanging medium, preferably water, is directed byline 27 back to thecoolers 23 of the gas processing unit GPU. Thereby theloop 24 is closed. On its tube side theheat exchanger 45 has feed water delivered byline 47 led through it for preheating. The second heat exchanger orfeedwater preheater 45 facilitates a further recovery of remaining heat available in the cooling medium of the CO2 gas cooling system and thus allows further optimization of the energy efficiency of the power plant. - A
line 48 directs the feed water after its preheating to asuitable stage 31 of the MSF evaporator. -
FIG. 3 illustrates schematically a full scheme of possible sources of raw feed water to be treated by the water treatment system integrated in a power plant according to the invention. Any combination of the shown sources as well as further similar sources are possible. The sources presented inFIG. 3 include the boiler blowdown that is delivered by aline 50 to the MSF and the flue gas condensate delivered from the CO2 capture facility 20 via aline 51 to araw water tank 52, from where a line leads to afeed water line line 50 and the other fromline 53 delivering raw water from araw water tank 52, which has the purpose of levelizing the feed water delivery to the distillation. Theraw water tank 52 can be filled via one or more of the following sources: water from a neutralization tank NT containing industrial waste water; water from an external source EXT such as a pond, lake or other similar source. This water may be pretreated in afacility 58 in order to remove by sedimentation most of the suspended matter or modify its pH value according to the actual characteristics; flue gas condensate FGC may be pretreated in atreatment facility 59 in order to oxidize CaSO3 to CaSO4 having higher solubility. In the embodiments of bothFIGS. 2 a and 2 b, the MSF is connected to anair cooler 38 havingair inlet line 38′ andair outlet line 38″ for the cooling of the cooling medium in the condensing tubes of theheat reject system 37. Aline 33 to adistillate tank 34 directs the distilled water generated by the MSF. Further distillate collected in thevacuum system 41 may also be delivered vialine 55 to thistank 34. - The brine from the MSF or brine blowdown is delivered by
line 35 to a zeroliquid discharge crystallizer 60, where it is processed to be reduced to solid crystalline form. These solids are then to be disposed of as waste. The zeroliquid discharge crystallizer 60 may comprise a crystallizer, a heat recovery heater for the incoming brine and a mechanical vapor compressor. Any distilled liquid discharge arising from the solidification process may also be collected in thedistillate tank 34. - This written description uses examples to disclose the invention, including the best mode, and also to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention. The patentable scope of the invention is defined by the claims, and may include other examples that occur to those skilled in the art. Such other examples are intended to be within the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal languages of the claims.
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1. A power plant for the generation of electrical energy comprising one or more steam turbines (2, 3, 4) or one or more gas turbines (13) or both, which are driven by fossil fuels, the power plant further comprising a CO2capture system for capturing CO2 gases from the flue gases that result from the combustion of the fossil fuels and a gas processing unit (GPU) for processing the captured CO2 having one or more compressors (30) and one or more coolers (23) for the compression and cooling of the CO2 gas, the power plant comprising:
a water treatment system having a multi-stage flash distiller (MSF) in fluid communication with a first heat exchanger (25) for the heating of brine flowing through the water treatment system, wherein the first heat exchanger (25) is configured and arranged for a heat exchanging medium to pass therethrough, wherein the heat exchanging medium results from one or more coolers (23) adapted for the cooling of the CO2gas and wherein the heat exchanging medium is directed back to the one or more coolers (23) for the cooling of the CO2 gas after exiting the first heat exchanger (25).
2. The power plant according to claim 1 , further comprising a second heat exchanger (45), wherein the second heat exchanger (45) is configured and arranged for preheating raw feedwater prior to its entry into the MSF distiller and for a heat exchanging medium, which results from the one or more coolers (23) for the cooling of the CO2 gas and from the first heat exchanger (25) of the multi-stage flash distiller (MSF), wherein this heat exchanging medium is directed back to the one or more coolers (23) for the cooling of the CO2 gas after exiting the first heat exchanger (25).
3. The power plant according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanging medium resulting from the coolers (23) for the cooling of the CO2 gas has a temperature less than 90° C. at its entry into the first heat exchanger (25).
4. The power plant according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-stage flash distiller (MSF) is configured and arranged to separate raw feedwater to be treated into a distillate flow and a brine flow.
5. The power plant according to claim 1 , wherein the power plant further comprises a unit for reducing the brine flow to a solid.
6. The power plant according to claim 5 , wherein the unit is a zero-liquid discharge crystallizer (60).
7. The power plant according to claim 2 , wherein the raw feedwater flow directed to the multi-stage flash distiller (MSF) is waste water from the power plant, sea water, and/or raw water from an external source.
8. The power plant according to claim 1 , further comprising a deaereator is provided in a conduit (40, 53, 47) for the raw feedwater upstream of the multi-stage flash distiller (MSF) evaporator.
9. The power plant according to claim 1 , further comprising a conduit (28) configured to provide low-pressure steam to the first heat exchanger (25).
10. The power plant according to claim 2 , wherein the heat exchanging medium flowing through the first heat exchanger (25) or the first and the second heat exchangers (25, 45) is water, oil, or vapor.
11. A method of operating the power plant of claim 2 , wherein a ratio of a saline concentration of the brine blowdown exiting from the multistage distiller (MSF) to a saline concentration of the raw feedwater entering the multi-stage distiller (MSF) is in the range from 10 to 100.
12. The method of operating a power plant of claim 2 , wherein a ratio of a saline concentration of the brine blowdown to a saline concentration of the raw feedwater to be treated is 50.
13. The method of operating a power plant of claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the brine at its entry into a first chamber (31) of the multi-stage distiller (MSF) after being heating in the first heat exchanger (25) is in the range from 50 to 70° C., and a heat source temperature of the heat exchanging medium flowing through the first heat exchanger (25) or through the first and second heat exchangers (25, 45) is 70° C. at its entry into the first heat exchanger (25) and 45° C. at its exit from the first heat exchanger (25) or second heat exchanger (45), and a temperature difference between the temperature of the brine entering the multi-stage distiller (MSF) and the temperature of the brine leaving the multi-stage 5 distiller (MSF) is in the range from 25 to 45° C.
14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the temperature of the brine at its entry into the first chamber (31) of the multistage distiller (MSF) after being heating in the first heat exchanger (25) is 60° C., and the heat source temperature of the heat exchanging medium flowing through the first heat exchanger (25) or through the first and second heat exchangers (25, 45) is 70° C. at its entry into the first heat exchanger (25) and 45° C. at its exit from 5 the first heat exchanger (25) or second heat exchanger (45), and the temperature difference between the temperature of the brine entering the multi-stage distiller (MSF) and the temperature of the brine leaving the multi-stage distiller (MSF) is 35° C.
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