WO2023002814A1 - Unité d'alimentation en combustible à ammoniac, installation de production d'énergie et procédé d'exploitation de chaudière - Google Patents

Unité d'alimentation en combustible à ammoniac, installation de production d'énergie et procédé d'exploitation de chaudière Download PDF

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WO2023002814A1
WO2023002814A1 PCT/JP2022/025823 JP2022025823W WO2023002814A1 WO 2023002814 A1 WO2023002814 A1 WO 2023002814A1 JP 2022025823 W JP2022025823 W JP 2022025823W WO 2023002814 A1 WO2023002814 A1 WO 2023002814A1
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康裕 竹井
雅彦 外野
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康弘 山内
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
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    • F01D15/10—Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
    • F01K23/00—Plants characterised by more than one engine delivering power external to the plant, the engines being driven by different fluids
    • F01K23/02—Plants characterised by more than one engine delivering power external to the plant, the engines being driven by different fluids the engine cycles being thermally coupled
    • F01K23/06—Plants characterised by more than one engine delivering power external to the plant, the engines being driven by different fluids the engine cycles being thermally coupled combustion heat from one cycle heating the fluid in another cycle
    • F01K23/10—Plants characterised by more than one engine delivering power external to the plant, the engines being driven by different fluids the engine cycles being thermally coupled combustion heat from one cycle heating the fluid in another cycle with exhaust fluid of one cycle heating the fluid in another cycle
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B1/00—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method
    • F22B1/02—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers
    • F22B1/18—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers the heat carrier being a hot gas, e.g. waste gas such as exhaust gas of internal-combustion engines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B35/00—Control systems for steam boilers
    • F22B35/005—Control systems for instantaneous steam boilers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23C—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C1/00—Combustion apparatus specially adapted for combustion of two or more kinds of fuel simultaneously or alternately, at least one kind of fuel being either a fluid fuel or a solid fuel suspended in a carrier gas or air
    • F23C1/12—Combustion apparatus specially adapted for combustion of two or more kinds of fuel simultaneously or alternately, at least one kind of fuel being either a fluid fuel or a solid fuel suspended in a carrier gas or air gaseous and pulverulent fuel
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23K—FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS
    • F23K5/00—Feeding or distributing other fuel to combustion apparatus

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  • the present disclosure relates to ammonia fuel supply units, power plants, and methods of operating boilers.
  • This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-120097 filed with the Japan Patent Office on July 21, 2021, the content of which is incorporated herein.
  • the power plant disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a vaporizer that vaporizes liquid ammonia to generate ammonia gas.
  • Ammonia gas produced by the vaporizer is supplied as fuel to the boiler.
  • the vaporizer uses hot water sent from the heat recovery boiler as a heat source. Hot water that has finished heat exchange with liquid ammonia returns to the heat recovery boiler via the circulation flow path.
  • hot water circulating between the heat recovery steam generator and the vaporizer is used as the heat source for vaporizing the liquid ammonia. Efficiency may be affected.
  • the vaporization process using hot water as an indirect heat source is performed only once, and there is a possibility that the amount of heat for vaporizing the liquid ammonia cannot be secured.
  • An object of the present disclosure is to provide an ammonia fuel supply unit, a power plant, and a method of operating a boiler that secures the amount of heat for vaporizing liquid ammonia and suppresses the impact of the heat cycle on the thermal efficiency.
  • An ammonia fuel supply unit comprises: An ammonia fuel supply unit for supplying ammonia fuel to a boiler, a first vaporizer for vaporizing liquid ammonia as a fuel with a heat source having a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the liquid ammonia;
  • the hot air that is provided between the first vaporizer and the boiler and is generated by using the waste heat of the boiler is used as a direct or indirect heat source, and the residual heat in the vaporization process in the first vaporizer is a second vaporizer for vaporizing liquid ammonia;
  • a power plant comprises: the ammonia fuel supply unit; the boiler that generates steam using combustion gas generated by combustion of the fuel supplied from the ammonia fuel supply unit as a heat source; a turbine for rotating with the steam from the boiler as a driving source; a generator for generating electricity by rotating the turbine; Prepare.
  • a boiler operating method includes: A method of operating a boiler supplied with ammonia fuel, comprising: a first vaporization step for vaporizing liquid ammonia as a fuel with a heat source having a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the liquid ammonia; a second vaporization process for vaporizing the liquid ammonia remaining in the first vaporization process using hot air generated using exhaust heat from a boiler as a direct or indirect heat source; Prepare.
  • an ammonia fuel supply unit a power plant, and a method of operating a boiler that secures the amount of heat for vaporizing liquid ammonia and suppresses the influence of the heat cycle on the thermal efficiency.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a boiler according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a power plant according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an ammonia fuel supply unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an ammonia fuel supply unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a method of operating a boiler according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • expressions denoting relative or absolute arrangements such as “in a direction”, “along a direction”, “parallel”, “perpendicular”, “center”, “concentric” or “coaxial” are strictly not only represents such an arrangement, but also represents a state of relative displacement with a tolerance or an angle or distance to the extent that the same function can be obtained.
  • expressions such as “identical”, “equal”, and “homogeneous”, which express that things are in the same state not only express the state of being strictly equal, but also have tolerances or differences to the extent that the same function can be obtained. It shall also represent the existing state.
  • expressions that express shapes such as squares and cylinders do not only represent shapes such as squares and cylinders in a geometrically strict sense, but also include irregularities and chamfers to the extent that the same effect can be obtained.
  • the shape including the part etc. shall also be represented.
  • the expressions "comprising”, “including”, or “having” one component are not exclusive expressions excluding the presence of other components.
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  • FIG. 1 ⁇ Overview of Boiler 10 and Power Plant 1> 1 is a schematic representation of a boiler according to one embodiment of the present disclosure
  • the boiler 10 uses pulverized coal (carbon-containing solid fuel) pulverized as pulverized fuel, burns the pulverized fuel with a burner, and uses the heat generated by this combustion as water supply and steam. It is a coal-fired (pulverized coal-fired) boiler capable of exchanging heat to generate superheated steam.
  • the boiler 10 of the present embodiment uses a burner to burn ammonia gas generated by vaporizing liquid ammonia in addition to pulverized fuel. Therefore, in the boiler 10 of the present embodiment, co-firing of pulverized coal and ammonia gas is performed.
  • liquid ammonia and ammonia gas when collectively referred to or when they are not distinguished, they may be referred to as ammonia fuel.
  • the liquid ammonia may be liquid-phase ammonia as a pure substance, or may be a mixed liquid in which water is mixed with liquid-phase ammonia at a very small ratio.
  • the boiler 10 has a furnace 11, a combustion device 12, and a combustion gas passage 13, as shown in FIG.
  • the furnace 11 has a hollow rectangular shape and is installed along the vertical direction.
  • the furnace wall 101 that constitutes the furnace 11 is composed of a plurality of heat transfer tubes and fins that connect them. and suppresses the temperature rise of the furnace wall 101 .
  • the combustion device 12 is provided on the lower side of the furnace wall 101 that constitutes the furnace 11 .
  • the combustion device 12 has a plurality of burners (eg 21, 22, 23, 24, 25) mounted on the furnace wall 101.
  • FIG. For example, the burners 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 are arranged at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the furnace 11 as one set, and a plurality of stages (for example, five stages in FIG. 1) are arranged along the vertical direction. are placed.
  • the shape of the furnace, the number of burners in one stage, the number of stages, the arrangement, etc. are not limited to this embodiment.
  • An ammonia fuel supply unit 60 for supplying ammonia fuel to the boiler 10 is connected to the burners 21 , 22 , 23 via an ammonia gas supply pipe 69 .
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 is configured to vaporize liquid ammonia as fuel using seawater and hot air generated using exhaust heat from the boiler 10 .
  • ammonia gas generated by vaporization is supplied to burners 21 , 22 , 23 .
  • the hot air may be a direct heat source for vaporizing liquid ammonia, or may be an indirect heat source. Details of the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 will be described later.
  • the burners 24, 25 are connected to a plurality of pulverizers (mills) 34, 35 via pulverized coal supply pipes 29, 33 (the pulverizers 34, 35 are hereinafter collectively referred to as the pulverizer 3 in some cases).
  • the pulverizers 34, 35 are hereinafter collectively referred to as the pulverizer 3 in some cases).
  • this crusher 3 for example, a crushing table (not shown) is rotatably supported in a housing, and a plurality of crushing rollers (not shown) are supported above the crushing table so as to be rotatable in conjunction with the rotation of the crushing table. configured.
  • a carrier gas primary air, oxidizing gas
  • the pulverized fuel classified within a predetermined particle size range can be supplied to the burners 24 and 25 from the pulverized coal supply pipes 29 and 33 .
  • the carrier gas also plays a role of drying the finely divided fuel.
  • the carrier gas described above is sent to the pulverizer 3 through an air pipe 30 from a primary air fan (PAF) 31 that takes in outside air.
  • the air pipe 30 consists of a hot air guide pipe 30A through which hot air out of the air sent from the primary air fan 31 and heated by the air heater 42 flows, and an air heater 42 out of the air sent out from the primary air fan 31.
  • a cold air guiding pipe 30B through which cold air at room temperature flows without passing through the air, and a carrier gas channel 30C through which the hot air and the cold air flow together.
  • a hot air damper 30D and a cold air damper 30E are provided in the hot air guide tube 30A and the cold air guide tube 30B, respectively.
  • the carrier gas flowing through the carrier gas passage 30C includes hot air from the hot air guide pipe 30A. That is, the hot air guide pipe 30A and the carrier gas flow path 30C are configured to guide the hot air heated by the air heater 42 to the pulverizer 3 that pulverizes coal as fuel.
  • the hot air guide tube 30A and the carrier gas flow path 30C may be collectively referred to as the pulverizer hot air tube 39 in some cases.
  • the pulverizer hot air pipe 39 connected to the air heater 42 and the pulverizer 3 includes a branch portion 63 that is a portion that connects to the hot air pipe 62 that is a component of the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 .
  • a pulverizer adjustment damper 49 is provided on the pulverizer hot air pipe 39 between the branch 63 and the pulverizer 3 , and a heat source adjustment damper 68 is provided on the hot air pipe 62 .
  • the crusher adjustment damper 49 is configured to adjust the flow rate of the carrier gas supplied to the crusher 3 (that is, the flow rate of hot air), and the heat source adjustment damper 68 adjusts the hot air supplied to the ammonia fuel supply unit 60.
  • Both the pulverizer adjustment damper 49 and the heat source adjustment damper 68 of the present embodiment are dampers whose opening degrees can be adjusted. Although details will be described later, it is not necessary to supply to the crusher 3 by adjusting the opening degrees of the crusher adjustment damper 49 and the heat source adjustment damper 68 according to the combustion conditions of the boiler 10 such as the ammonia co-firing rate. Surplus hot air is supplied to the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 . This secures a heat source for the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 to vaporize the liquid ammonia.
  • the hot air pipe 62 is connected to the carrier gas flow path 30C in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the hot air pipe 62 may be connected to the hot air guide pipe 30A in other embodiments. Alternatively, it may be connected to the outlet of the air heater 42 .
  • the furnace 11 is provided with a wind box 36 at the mounting positions of the burners 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, and one end of an air duct (airway) 37 is connected to the wind box 36.
  • the air duct 37 is provided with a forced draft fan (FDF) 38 at the other end.
  • FDF forced draft fan
  • the combustion gas passage 13 is connected to the upper portion of the furnace 11 in the vertical direction, as shown in FIG.
  • the combustion gas passage 13 is provided with superheaters 102, 103, 104, reheaters 105, 106, and an economizer 107 as heat exchangers for recovering the heat of the combustion gas. Heat is exchanged between the combustion gas and feed water or steam flowing through each heat exchanger.
  • the combustion gas passage 13 is connected to a flue 14 through which combustion gas that has undergone heat exchange is discharged.
  • the flue 14 is provided with an air heater 42 for heating air flowing through each of the air duct 37 and the air pipe 30 .
  • the air heater 42 heat is exchanged between the outside air flowing through the air duct 37 and the combustion gas flowing through the flue 14 to raise the temperature of the combustion air supplied to the burners 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. can be done.
  • heat is exchanged between the outside air flowing toward the hot air guide pipe 30A and the combustion gas flowing through the flue 14, so that the outside air can be changed into hot air. Therefore, it is understood that the air heater 42 is configured to use exhaust heat from the boiler 10 to heat the outside air.
  • the flue 14 is provided with a denitrification device 43 at a position upstream of the air heater 42 .
  • the denitrification device 43 supplies a reducing agent such as ammonia or urea water, which has a function of reducing nitrogen oxides, into the flue 14, and causes a reaction between the nitrogen oxides in the combustion gas to which the reducing agent is supplied and the reducing agent. is accelerated by the catalytic action of the denitration catalyst installed in the denitration device 43, thereby removing and reducing nitrogen oxides in the combustion gas.
  • the gas duct 41 connected to the flue 14 is provided with a dust collector 44 such as an electric dust collector, an induced draft fan (IDF) 45, a desulfurization device 46, etc. at a position downstream of the air heater 42.
  • a chimney 50 is provided at the end.
  • the produced pulverized fuel is supplied to the burners 24, 25 through the pulverized coal supply pipes 29, 33 together with the carrier gas (primary air, oxidizing gas). be.
  • the heated combustion air secondary air, oxidizing gas
  • the burners 24 and 25 blow into the furnace 11 a pulverized fuel mixture in which pulverized fuel and a carrier gas are mixed, and also blow combustion air into the furnace 11. At this time, the pulverized fuel mixture is ignited to form a flame. can do.
  • a flame is generated in the lower part of the furnace 11 , and high-temperature combustion gas rises inside the furnace 11 and is discharged to the combustion gas passage 13 .
  • the burners 21, 22, and 23 inject ammonia gas into the furnace 11, causing combustion of the ammonia gas, and pulverized coal and ammonia. Co-firing takes place.
  • Air is used as the oxidizing gas in this embodiment.
  • the oxygen ratio may be higher or lower than that of air, and can be used by optimizing the fuel flow rate.
  • the combustion gas is transferred to the second superheater 103, the third superheater 104, and the first superheater 102 (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as superheaters) arranged in the combustion gas passage 13. ), the second reheater 106, the first reheater 105 (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as a reheater), and the economizer 107.
  • nitrogen oxides are reduced and removed by the denitrification device 43.
  • the dust collector 44 and the sulfur oxides are removed by the desulfurization device 46 the dust is discharged from the stack 50 into the atmosphere.
  • the heat exchangers do not necessarily have to be arranged in the order described above with respect to the combustion gas flow.
  • FIG. 1 does not precisely show the position of each heat exchanger (superheaters 102, 103, 104, reheaters 105, 106, economizer 107) in the combustion gas passage 13.
  • the arrangement order of the exchangers relative to the combustion gas flow is not limited to that shown in FIG.
  • the power plant 1 of this embodiment includes a boiler 10 including each of the heat exchangers described above, a turbine 110 for rotating using the steam from the boiler 10 as a power source, and a power generator for generating power by rotating the turbine 110.
  • a condenser 114 for condensing the steam discharged from the turbine 110;
  • a boiler feed pump 123 for sending the condensed water condensed by the condenser 114 to the boiler 10; and a fuel supply unit 60 .
  • Boiler 10, turbine 110, condenser 114, and boiler feed pump 123 form a defined thermal cycle (eg, Rankine cycle).
  • the work extracted from turbine 110 in this thermal cycle causes generator 115 to produce electrical power.
  • the circulating heat medium in this heat cycle is water circulating at a pressure and temperature above the triple point.
  • all of the above-described components of the power plant 1 except the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 are existing installations, and the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 is retrofitted to these existing installations.
  • the turbine 110 of this embodiment includes, for example, a high-pressure turbine 111, an intermediate-pressure turbine 112, and a low-pressure turbine 113.
  • Reheaters 105 and 106 recover heat from the combustion gas flowing through the combustion gas passage 13 (see FIG. 1).
  • the high pressure turbine 111 and the intermediate pressure turbine 112 are connected to each other.
  • a condenser 114 is connected to the low pressure turbine 113 .
  • Condenser 114 houses heat transfer tubes 117 configured to allow cooling water to flow therein. Cooling water is, for example, sea water, fresh water, or brackish water.
  • the steam that has rotationally driven the low-pressure turbine 113 flows into the condenser 114 and is cooled by cooling water to become condensed water.
  • the condenser 114 is connected to the economizer 107 via the water supply line L1.
  • the water supply line L1 is provided with, for example, a condensate pump (CP) 121, a low pressure water supply heater 122, a boiler water supply pump (BFP) 123, and a high pressure water supply heater .
  • CP condensate pump
  • BFP boiler water supply pump
  • a part of the steam that drives the turbines 111, 112, 113 (110) is extracted to the low-pressure feed water heater 122 and the high-pressure feed water heater 124, and the high-pressure feed water heater 124 and the low-pressure feed water heater 124 are extracted via a steam extraction line (not shown).
  • 122 as a heat source and the feed water supplied to the economizer 107 is heated.
  • the fuel used in the boiler 10 may be solid fuel such as biomass fuel, PC (petroleum coke) fuel generated during petroleum refining, and petroleum residue.
  • the fuel is not limited to solid fuels, and petroleum oils such as heavy oil, light oil, and heavy oil, and liquid fuels such as factory waste liquids can also be used.Gaseous fuels (natural gas, by-product gas, etc.) ) can also be used. Furthermore, it can also be applied to a mixed firing boiler that uses a combination of these fuels.
  • FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram illustrating an ammonia fuel supply unit 60A (60) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60A is configured to vaporize liquid ammonia using the hot air described above as a direct heat source. Note that FIG. 3A omits illustration of the hot air damper 30D, the cold air guide pipe 30B, and the cold air damper 30E conceptually illustrated in FIG. 1 (the same applies to FIG. 3B).
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60A includes a first vaporizer 81 for vaporizing liquid ammonia as a fuel using seawater, and a second vaporizer 82A ( 82).
  • Seawater is an example of a heat source with a temperature above the boiling point of liquid ammonia.
  • the heat source is outside the thermal cycle system including the boiler 10 as a component.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 of this embodiment further includes an ammonia tank 71 provided upstream of the first vaporizer 81 . Liquid ammonia stored in the ammonia tank 71 is supplied to the first vaporizer 81 by driving the ammonia supply pump 75 .
  • the supply pressure at this time is regulated by the pressure regulating valve 109 .
  • the first vaporizer 81 of the present embodiment includes a first container 91 that accommodates a plurality of vertically extending first heat transfer tubes (not shown).
  • the liquid ammonia that has flowed into the first vaporizer 81 flows inside the first heat transfer tube.
  • Seawater is supplied to the first container 91 by a seawater pump (not shown).
  • the seawater that has flowed into the first container 91 exchanges heat with liquid ammonia flowing inside the first heat transfer tubes. Thereby, the liquid ammonia is vaporized to generate ammonia gas.
  • the temperature of the seawater exceeds the boiling point of the liquid ammonia, it may be lower than the dew point temperature of the liquid ammonia when moisture is mixed with the liquid ammonia. do.
  • Ammonia fuel (ammonia gas and liquid ammonia) discharged from the first vaporizer 81 is supplied via a connecting pipe 89 to the second vaporizer 82A.
  • the liquid ammonia remaining in the first vaporizer 81 includes liquid ammonia that has not been vaporized while flowing through the first heat transfer tube, and liquid ammonia that has been vaporized and then recondensed while flowing through the first heat transfer tube. included.
  • the heat source of the first vaporizer 81 may be other than seawater as long as the temperature is equal to or higher than the boiling point of liquid ammonia. For example, water (industrial water) or steam may be used. These are also preferably heat sources outside the heat cycle system including the boiler 10 as a component.
  • the second vaporizer 82A is configured to vaporize liquid ammonia remaining after vaporization in the first vaporizer 81, using hot air generated using exhaust heat from the boiler 10 as a direct heat source.
  • the second vaporizer 82A of the present embodiment includes a second container 92 containing a second heat transfer tube (not shown) through which ammonia fuel flows.
  • a hot air pipe 62A (62) which is a component of the ammonia fuel supply unit 60, is connected to the second vaporizer 82A.
  • the hot air guided into the second vaporizer 82 by the hot air pipe 62A exchanges heat with the ammonia fuel flowing through the second heat transfer pipe.
  • the temperature of the hot air is well above the evaporation temperature and dew point temperature of liquid ammonia.
  • the liquid ammonia remaining in the first vaporizer 81 is vaporized, and the temperature of the remaining ammonia gas that has already been vaporized at the time of inflow rises.
  • Ammonia gas discharged from the second vaporizer 82A of the present embodiment is supplied to the boiler 10 via the ammonia gas supply pipe 69 while having a certain degree of superheat.
  • the second container 92 of the second evaporator 82A may contain a fan (not shown) for promoting the flow of hot air. This facilitates heat exchange between the hot air and the ammonia fuel.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60A does not have to include the ammonia tank 71, the ammonia supply pump 75, and the pressure regulating valve 109.
  • liquid ammonia may be supplied to the first vaporizer 81 from a large tank truck, a ship, or the like that stores liquid ammonia.
  • the ammonia gas discharged from the second vaporizer 82 may be mixed with liquid ammonia such as ammonia mist.
  • seawater or other heat source having a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the liquid ammonia
  • hot air which are a plurality of heat sources
  • seawater and hot air as heat sources are outside the system of the prescribed heat cycle configured by the boiler 10, the turbine 110, the condenser 114, the boiler feed water pump 123, etc.
  • the influence of the heat cycle on the thermal efficiency is suppressed.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60A that secures the amount of heat for vaporizing the liquid ammonia and suppresses the influence of the heat cycle on the thermal efficiency is realized.
  • the hot air pipe 62A is connected to the second vaporizer 82A, so that the second vaporizer 82A uses the hot air as a direct heat source to vaporize the liquid ammonia. Since the heat contained in the hot air is directly transferred to the liquid ammonia in the second vaporizer 82A, the amount of heat for vaporizing the liquid ammonia is more likely to be secured.
  • the ammonia tank 71 of the present embodiment stores liquid ammonia in which water is mixed with liquid-phase ammonia at a specified ratio. Water is mixed at a ratio of, for example, several mol % with respect to ammonia in the liquid phase. According to the above configuration, since the liquid ammonia contains water, it is possible to suppress stress corrosion cracking of the steel material forming the ammonia tank 71 . As a result, leakage of liquid ammonia from the ammonia tank 71 can be suppressed. Further, the dew point temperature of liquid ammonia containing water tends to be higher than, for example, liquid-phase ammonia as a pure substance. It is possible to suppress the inclusion of ammonia mist in the ammonia fuel discharged from the second vaporizer 82A. As a result, misfires in the boiler 10 during co-firing with ammonia can be suppressed.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60A includes a hot air pipe 62A that guides hot air from the air heater 42 to the second vaporizer 82A, and a heat source adjustment damper 68 provided on the hot air pipe 62A.
  • the heat source regulating damper 68 is configured to regulate the flow of hot air through the hot air tube 62A (ie, the direct heat source of the second vaporizer 82A in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3A). Adjustment of the amount of hot air is performed by adjusting the degree of opening of the heat source adjustment damper 68 .
  • the degree of opening of the heat source adjustment damper 68 may be changed according to the amount of ammonia fuel supplied to the second vaporizer 82A. This secures the heat source required by the second vaporizer 82A to perform the vaporization process of the ammonia fuel.
  • the amount of ammonia fuel supplied to the second vaporizer 82A correlates with the ammonia co-firing ratio.
  • the opening degree of the heat source adjustment damper 68 is adjusted according to the pressure in the second vaporizer 82. may be adjusted. Depending on the pressure in the second vaporizer 82A, the evaporation temperature of the liquid ammonia and the like are determined, and the amount of heat required for the vaporization process of the liquid ammonia is determined.
  • the pressure in the second vaporizer 82A may be specified by a pressure gauge (not shown) provided at the inlet or outlet of the second vaporizer 82A. It may be specified by the degree of opening. Further, the opening degree adjustment of the heat source adjustment damper 68 may be performed by the controller 90 described later, or may be performed by an operator.
  • the second vaporizer 82A can use the hot air corresponding to the flow rate of the supplied ammonia fuel as a heat source. Further, since the hot air pipe 62A guides the hot air from the air heater 42, even if the equipment including the boiler 10 and the air heater 42 is already installed, the second evaporator can be added to the existing equipment.
  • a configuration can be implemented for 82A to utilize hot air as a heat source.
  • the second vaporizer 82A is configured to heat the ammonia fuel discharged from the first vaporizer 81 to a dew point temperature or higher to generate ammonia gas.
  • a dew point temperature or higher As a specific example, by adjusting the opening degrees of each of the crusher adjustment damper 49 provided on the crusher hot air pipe 39 and the heat source adjustment damper 68 provided on the hot air pipe 62A, By adjusting the flow rate of the hot air flowing through the hot air pipe 62A, the heat source available to the second vaporizer 82A can be adjusted.
  • the opening degrees of the hot air damper 30D and the cold air damper 30E shown in FIG. 1 may be adjusted together to control the temperature of the hot air.
  • the opening degrees of each of the crusher adjustment damper 49 and the heat source adjustment damper 68 may be adjusted according to the pressure in the second vaporizer 82A (the method of specifying the pressure is as described above). Further, the adjustment of opening degrees of the crusher adjustment damper 49 and the heat source adjustment damper 68 may be performed by the controller 90 described later, or may be performed by an operator. According to the above configuration, it is possible to prevent ammonia mist from being mixed into the ammonia gas discharged from the second vaporizer 82A. Therefore, misfires in the boiler 10 can be suppressed.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 includes a controller 90 configured to control the opening of the heat source adjustment damper 68 according to the flow rate of the ammonia fuel supplied to the second vaporizer 82A.
  • the flow rate of the ammonia fuel supplied to the second vaporizer 82 may be obtained based on the ammonia co-firing rate.
  • the controller 90 includes a processor that executes various arithmetic processes, and a memory that non-temporarily or temporarily stores various data processed by the processor.
  • a processor is implemented by a CPU, a GPU, an MPU, a DSP, various arithmetic devices other than these, or a combination thereof.
  • Memory may be implemented by ROM, RAM, flash memory, or a combination thereof.
  • the controller 90 of this embodiment is configured to control not only the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 but also the power plant 1 , and obtains a command indicating the ammonia co-firing rate in the boiler 10 .
  • the controller 90 specifies the amount of ammonia fuel to be supplied to the boiler 10 based on this ammonia co-firing ratio.
  • the specified supply amount of ammonia fuel can be regarded as the flow rate of ammonia fuel to be supplied to the second vaporizer 82A.
  • the controller 90 adjusts the opening degree of the heat source adjustment damper 68 based on the flow rate of this ammonia fuel. According to the above configuration, it is possible to automatically adjust the flow rate of the hot air used as the heat source of the second vaporizer 82A according to the supply amount of the ammonia fuel.
  • the controller 90 may also adjust the opening of the crusher adjusting damper 49 when adjusting the opening of the heat source adjusting damper 68 .
  • the hot air generated by the air heater 42 is properly and automatically added to the hot air supplied to the crusher 3 and the hot air directly used in the second vaporizer 82A according to the amount of ammonia fuel supplied. can be allocated to
  • the hot air pipe 62A is branched from the hot air pipe 39 for the pulverizer. According to the above configuration, even if the equipment including the boiler 10, the air heater 42, and the crusher 3 is already installed, the hot air pipe 62A branches from the hot air pipe 39 for the crusher, so that ammonia fuel can be supplied to the existing equipment. The work of additionally installing the unit 60B can be facilitated.
  • each of the first vaporizer 81 and the second vaporizer 82A (82) may be singular or plural (illustrated in FIG. 3B). The same applies to an ammonia fuel supply unit 60B described later).
  • multiple first vaporizers 81 may be arranged in series or parallel, and multiple second vaporizers 82A (82) may also be arranged in series or parallel. As a result, more liquid ammonia can be vaporized, so the amount of ammonia gas supplied to the boiler 10 can be increased.
  • FIG. 3B is a configuration diagram showing an ammonia fuel supply unit 60B (60) according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60B is configured to vaporize liquid ammonia using the hot air described above as an indirect heat source.
  • configurations similar to those of the ammonia fuel supply unit 60A are given the same reference numerals in the drawings, and part or all of the description thereof is omitted.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60B includes a hot air pipe 62B (62), a heat exchanger 65, a pipe 66, and a second vaporizer 82B (82).
  • the hot air pipe 62B is connected to the branch 63 and the heat exchanger 65, and the hot air pipe 62B guides hot air into the heat exchanger 65. As shown in FIG.
  • the hot air guided into the heat exchanger 65 exchanges heat with the heat medium liquid circulating between the heat exchanger 65 and the second vaporizer 82, thereby heating the heat medium liquid.
  • the pipe 66 constitutes a part of the circulation path 77 of the heat medium liquid.
  • a pipe 66 guides the heat medium liquid discharged from the heat exchanger 65 by driving the pump 55 provided in the circulation path 77 to the second vaporizer 82B.
  • the second vaporizer 82B (82) is configured to vaporize liquid ammonia remaining in the vaporization processing in the first vaporizer 81, using the heated heat medium liquid as a direct heat source. That is, the second vaporizer 82B is configured to vaporize the liquid ammonia using the hot air generated using the exhaust heat of the boiler 10 as an indirect heat source.
  • the second vaporizer 82B is, for example, a hot water bath vaporizer, and the temperature of hot water as a heat medium flowing into the second vaporizer 82B is higher than the evaporation temperature and dew point temperature of liquid ammonia.
  • Ammonia gas discharged from the second vaporizer 82B is supplied to the boiler 10 via the ammonia gas supply pipe 69 .
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit 60B can secure the amount of heat for vaporizing the liquid ammonia and can suppress the influence of the heat cycle on the thermal efficiency.
  • the heat medium liquid heated by the hot air in the heat exchanger 65 flows through the pipe 66 into the second vaporizer 82B.
  • the second vaporizer 82B evaporates the liquid ammonia using the heated heat medium liquid, that is, using hot air as an indirect heat source. Since the specific volume of the heat medium liquid is smaller than that of hot air, the size of the second vaporizer 82 accommodating the second heat transfer tubes can be reduced. Therefore, the size of the second vaporizer 82B can be reduced.
  • a heat source regulating damper 68 provided in the hot air pipe 62B regulates the flow rate of hot air flowing through the hot air pipe 62B (i.e., the indirect heat source of the second vaporizer 82A in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3B).
  • the controller 90 adjusts the opening degree of the heat source adjustment damper 68 according to the flow rate of the ammonia fuel supplied to the second vaporizer 82A (that is, according to the ammonia co-firing rate of the boiler 10).
  • the controller 90 according to the present embodiment also adjusts the opening degree of the heat source adjustment damper 68 provided in the hot air pipe 39 for the pulverizer.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of operating a boiler according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is executed by the controller 90 as an example.
  • Both of the ammonia fuel supply units 60A and 60B are applicable to the flowchart of FIG.
  • the boiler 10 is exclusively fired with coal (S11).
  • the controller 90 sends control signals to the crusher 3, the hot air damper 30D, the cold air damper 30E, the crusher adjustment damper 49, the primary air fan 31, the forced draft fan 38, and the like.
  • the burners 24 and 25 blow into the furnace 11 a pulverized fuel mixture in which pulverized fuel and a carrier gas are mixed, and blow combustion air into the furnace 11 .
  • the pulverized fuel mixture is ignited and a flame is formed within the boiler 10 .
  • the burners 21 , 22 , 23 are not operated, the heat source adjustment damper 68 is closed, and hot air is not supplied to the ammonia fuel supply unit 60 .
  • the controller 90 determines whether or not the co-firing start condition is satisfied.
  • the co-firing start condition is that the temperature in the furnace 11 has reached a certain temperature or higher, that an operator has input a co-firing start command, or a combination thereof.
  • coal is exclusively fired until the co-firing start condition is satisfied (S13: NO).
  • the co-firing ratio may be a value indicated by a command prewritten in the program, or may be a value input by the operator as a command.
  • a first vaporization process for vaporizing liquid ammonia using seawater is performed (S17).
  • the controller 90 identifies the flow rate of liquid ammonia to be supplied from the ammonia tank 71 based on the ammonia co-firing rate obtained in S13.
  • the controller 90 controls the ammonia supply pump 75 , the seawater pump, and the pressure regulating valve 109 so that the identified liquid ammonia is vaporized by the first vaporizer 81 .
  • seawater flows into the first vaporizer 81
  • liquid ammonia flows into the first vaporizer 81 from the ammonia tank 71, and the liquid ammonia and seawater exchange heat.
  • the first vaporization process is executed. If sufficient seawater is secured as a heat source in the first vaporization process, the seawater pump supplies a constant flow rate of seawater to the first vaporizer 81 regardless of the ammonia co-firing ratio obtained in S15. You may
  • a second vaporization process for vaporizing liquid ammonia remaining in the first vaporization process is performed using hot air generated using exhaust heat from the boiler 10 as a direct or indirect heat source. (S19).
  • the heat source adjustment damper 68 is opened according to the ammonia co-firing rate obtained in S15 (that is, according to the ammonia fuel supplied to the second vaporizer 82).
  • the controller 90 controls the degree.
  • hot air corresponding to the co-firing rate of ammonia is used as a heat source by the second vaporizer 82 .
  • the liquid ammonia remaining in the first vaporizer 81 is vaporized, and the temperature of the ammonia gas vaporized in the first vaporizer 81 is increased.
  • Ammonia gas discharged from the second vaporizer 82 is supplied to the burners 21 , 22 , 23 via an ammonia gas supply pipe 69 .
  • the controller 90 controls the opening degree of the heat source adjustment damper 68 according to the ammonia co-firing rate obtained in S15. Since the amount of coal supplied to the boiler 10 decreases as the ammonia co-firing rate increases, the amount of hot air to be supplied to the crusher 3 decreases, and the opening degree of the heat source adjustment damper 68 can be reduced. As a result, at least a portion of the hot air produced by the air heater 42 becomes redundant.
  • the controller 90 of this embodiment controls the degree of opening of the heat source adjustment damper 68 so that the surplus hot air flows through the hot air pipe 62 .
  • the amount of hot air obtained by subtracting the amount of hot air to be supplied to the pulverizer 3 from the amount of hot air generated by the air heater 42 flows through the hot air pipe 62 and directly or indirectly acts as a heat source for the second vaporizer 82.
  • the surplus amount of hot air determined according to such an ammonia co-firing rate sufficiently exceeds the required minimum amount of hot air to be used in the second vaporizer 82 determined based on the amount of ammonia fuel supplied.
  • the hot air required for the second vaporization process is sufficiently secured, and the ammonia gas discharged from the second vaporizer 82 can be prevented from containing ammonia mist.
  • the hot air generated by the air heater 42 is appropriately mixed with the hot air supplied to the crusher 3 and the hot air directly or indirectly used in the second vaporizer 82 according to the ammonia co-firing rate. and can be automatically distributed.
  • the hot air pipe 62 and the hot air pipe 39 for the crusher may be separately connected to the air heater 42, in which case the opening of the heat source adjustment damper 68 is determined by the hot air pipe for the crusher. 39 may be set independently of the opening.
  • the controller 90 determines whether or not the ammonia co-firing rate is changed (S21). For example, the controller 90 determines whether or not a command to change the ammonia co-firing rate is included in the program to be executed, or whether or not the operator has input a command to change the ammonia co-firing rate. If the ammonia co-firing rate is changed (S21: YES), the controller 90 repeats S15-S21.
  • the controller 90 acquires the temperature of the ammonia gas based on the detection result of the temperature sensor 88 (see FIGS. 3A and 3B) provided in the ammonia gas supply pipe 69, and determines whether the acquired temperature is below the specified value. determine whether or not The prescribed value is a value higher than the evaporation temperature and dew point temperature of liquid ammonia. If the temperature of the ammonia gas is equal to or higher than the specified value (S23: NO), S27, which will be described later, is executed.
  • notification processing is executed (S25). For example, the controller 90 notifies the operator that the temperature of the ammonia gas has fallen below a specified value. The operator can determine whether or not to terminate the operation of the boiler 10 .
  • the controller 90 determines whether or not to end the operation of the boiler 10 . For example, the controller 90 determines whether or not the operator has input a command to end the operation of the boiler 10 . If the end command is not input (S27: NO), the controller 90 returns the process to S21. If a termination command has been input (S27: YES), the controller 90 terminates the operation of the boiler 10 after executing prescribed processing.
  • S11 for example, coal and petroleum may be burned instead of burning coal exclusively.
  • co-combustion of ammonia gas and other fuel may be executed from the start of operation of the boiler 10, and S11 and S13 may not be executed.
  • An ammonia fuel supply unit (60) comprises: An ammonia fuel supply unit (60) for supplying ammonia fuel to a boiler (10), comprising: a first vaporizer (81) for vaporizing liquid ammonia as a fuel with a heat source having a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the liquid ammonia; The first vaporization is provided between the first vaporizer (81) and the boiler (10), and the first vaporization is performed by using hot air generated by using exhaust heat of the boiler (10) as a direct or indirect heat source. a second vaporizer (82) for vaporizing the liquid ammonia remaining in the vaporization process in the vessel (81); Prepare.
  • the supply amount when liquid ammonia is supplied as fuel for the boiler (10) is, for example, compared to when liquid ammonia is used as a reducing agent for removing or reducing nitrogen oxides discharged from the boiler (10). , tends to increase. Further, the ratio of the latent heat of vaporization to the calorific value of ammonia is about 6%, which is higher than that of fuel such as propane (the ratio of the latent heat of vaporization to the calorific value is about 0.8%). Therefore, the amount of heat required to vaporize the liquid ammonia used as fuel tends to increase.
  • a heat source having a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the liquid ammonia and hot air are used as a plurality of heat sources for vaporizing the liquid ammonia. of heat is easily ensured. Moreover, since all of the above heat sources are outside the heat cycle system including the boiler (10) as a component, the influence of the heat cycle on the thermal efficiency is suppressed. As described above, the ammonia fuel supply unit (60) that secures the amount of heat for vaporizing the liquid ammonia and suppresses the influence of the heat cycle on the thermal efficiency is realized.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit (60) of 1) above comprising: a hot air pipe (62) for guiding the hot air from an air heater (42) that heats outside air using the exhaust heat of the boiler (10); a heat source adjustment damper (68) provided in the hot air pipe (62) for adjusting the flow rate of the hot air as the heat source of the second vaporizer (82); further provide.
  • the opening degree of the heat source adjustment damper (68) by adjusting the opening degree of the heat source adjustment damper (68), hot air corresponding to the flow rate of the supplied ammonia fuel can be used as a heat source. Also, since the hot air pipe (62) guides the hot air from the air heater (42), even if the equipment including the boiler (10) and the air heater (42) is already installed, this existing equipment cannot be retrofitted. By doing so, a configuration can be realized in which the second vaporizer (82) uses hot air as a heat source.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit (60) of 2) above comprising: A controller (90) configured to control the degree of opening of the heat source adjustment damper (68) according to the flow rate of the ammonia fuel supplied to the second vaporizer (82) is further provided.
  • the flow rate of the hot air used as the heat source of the second vaporizer (82) can be automatically adjusted according to the amount of ammonia fuel supplied.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit (60) of 2) or 3) above comprising:
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit (60) of any of 2) to 4) above comprising:
  • the hot air pipe (62) is connected to the second vaporizer (82),
  • the second vaporizer (82) is configured to vaporize the liquid ammonia using the hot air directly as the heat source.
  • the heat contained in the hot air is directly transmitted to the liquid ammonia, so that the amount of heat for vaporizing the liquid ammonia is more likely to be secured.
  • the ammonia fuel supply unit (60) of any of 2) to 4) above comprising: a heat exchanger (65) configured to heat the heat medium liquid by heat exchange between the hot air guided by the hot air pipe (62) and the heat medium liquid; a pipe (66) for guiding the heat medium liquid discharged from the heat exchanger (65) to the second vaporizer (82); further comprising The second vaporizer (82) is configured to vaporize the liquid ammonia using the hot air as the indirect heat source.
  • the heat medium liquid heated by the hot air in the heat exchanger (65) flows into the second vaporizer (82) through the pipe.
  • the second vaporizer (82) vaporizes the liquid ammonia using the heated heat medium liquid. Since the specific volume of the heat medium liquid is smaller than that of hot air, the size of the second vaporizer (82) can be reduced.
  • the liquid ammonia contains water
  • stress corrosion cracking in the ammonia tank (71) can be suppressed, and leakage of liquid ammonia from the ammonia tank (71) can be suppressed.
  • the dew point temperature of liquid ammonia containing water tends to be higher than, for example, liquid-phase ammonia as a pure substance.
  • the vaporization process can prevent ammonia mist from being contained in the ammonia fuel discharged from the second vaporizer (82).
  • the second vaporizer (82) is configured to heat the ammonia fuel discharged from the first vaporizer (81) to a dew point temperature or higher to generate ammonia gas.
  • a power plant (1) An ammonia fuel supply unit (60) according to any one of 1) to 8) above; the boiler (10) that generates steam using combustion gas generated by combustion of the fuel supplied from the ammonia fuel supply unit (60) as a heat source; a turbine (110) for rotating with the steam from the boiler (10) as a driving source; a generator (115) for generating electricity from rotation of said turbine (110); Prepare.
  • the power plant (1) of 9) above an air heater (42) that heats outside air using the exhaust heat of the boiler (10); a crusher (3) configured to crush coal as fuel; A crusher hot air pipe (39) for guiding the hot air generated by the air heater (42) to the crusher (3), and the hot air supplied to the crusher (3). a pulverizer adjustment damper (49) for adjusting the flow; further comprising The ammonia fuel supply unit (60) provided in the hot air pipe (62) branching from the crusher hot air pipe (39) upstream of the crusher adjustment damper (49), and serving as the heat source for the second vaporizer (82).
  • the power plant (1) is The pulverizer adjustment damper adjusts the flow rate of the hot air in each of the pulverizer hot air pipe (39) and the hot air pipe (62) based on the ammonia co-firing ratio in the boiler (10). (49) and a controller (90) configured to control each of said heat source regulating dampers (68).
  • the higher the ammonia co-firing rate the lower the amount of coal supplied to the boiler (10), so the amount of hot air required by the crusher (3) is reduced, and the crusher The degree of opening of the adjustment damper (49) is reduced.
  • the ammonia co-firing ratio increases, the amount of heat required by the second vaporizer (82) increases, so the opening of the heat source adjustment damper (68) increases.
  • the surplus hot air described above is effectively used as a heat source for the second vaporizer (82). Therefore, the hot air generated by the air heater (42) is properly and automatically added to the hot air supplied to the crusher (3) and the hot air used in the second vaporizer (82) according to the ammonia co-firing rate. can be distributed evenly.
  • a method of operating a boiler (10) comprising: A method of operating a boiler (10) supplied with ammonia fuel, comprising: a first vaporization step (S17) for vaporizing liquid ammonia as a fuel with a heat source having a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the liquid ammonia; A second vaporization process for vaporizing the liquid ammonia remaining in the first vaporization process (S17) using hot air generated using exhaust heat from the boiler (10) as a direct or indirect heat source. (S19); Prepare.
  • the method of operating the boiler (10) secures the amount of heat for vaporizing the liquid ammonia and suppresses the influence of the heat cycle on the thermal efficiency. come true.
  • the method of operating the boiler (10) of 11) above comprising: In the second vaporization treatment step (S19), A heat source provided in a hot air pipe (62) for guiding the hot air from an air heater (42) that heats outside air using the exhaust heat of the boiler (10) and for adjusting the flow rate of the hot air.
  • the opening of the adjustment damper (68) is controlled according to the ammonia co-firing rate in the boiler (10).
  • the flow rate of the amount of hot air used as the heat source in the second vaporization process (S19) can be adjusted according to the ammonia co-firing ratio. Therefore, the ammonia fuel can be supplied to the boiler (10) in accordance with the ammonia co-firing rate.
  • the method of operating the boiler (10) of 12) above comprising: In the second vaporization treatment step (S19), A pulverizer hot air pipe (39) comprising a branch (63) connecting with said hot air pipe (62), said pulverizer (3) configured to pulverize coal as fuel. and the crusher hot air pipe (39) connected to the air heater (42), a crusher adjustment damper (49) provided between the branch (63) and the crusher (3) is controlled according to the ammonia co-firing ratio.
  • the higher the ammonia co-firing rate the lower the amount of coal supplied to the boiler (10), so the amount of hot air required by the crusher (3) is reduced, and the crusher The degree of opening of the adjustment damper (49) is reduced.
  • the ammonia co-firing ratio increases, the amount of heat required by the second vaporizer (82) increases, so the opening of the heat source adjustment damper (68) increases.
  • the surplus hot air described above is effectively used as a heat source for the second vaporizer (82). Therefore, the hot air generated by the air heater (42) is properly distributed to the hot air supplied to the crusher (3) and the hot air used in the second vaporizer (82) according to the ammonia co-firing rate. can do.
  • Crusher 10 Boiler 30: Air pipe 34: Crusher 39: Hot air pipe for crusher 42: Air heater 49: Adjusting damper for crusher 60: Ammonia fuel supply unit 62: Hot air pipe 63: Branch portion 65 : Heat exchanger 66 : Piping 68 : Heat source adjustment damper 71 : Ammonia tank 81 : First vaporizer 82 : Second vaporizer 90 : Controller 110 : Turbine 115 : Generator

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Cette unité d'alimentation en combustible à ammoniac pour alimenter en combustible à ammoniac une chaudière comprend un premier vaporisateur et un second vaporisateur. Le premier vaporisateur est conçu pour effectuer un processus de vaporisation sur de l'ammoniac liquide servant de combustible à l'aide d'une source de chaleur à une température égale ou supérieure au point d'ébullition de l'ammoniac liquide. Le second vaporisateur est disposé entre le premier vaporisateur et la chaudière, et est conçu pour effectuer un processus de vaporisation sur l'ammoniac liquide restant après le processus de vaporisation réalisé à l'aide du premier vaporisateur en utilisant, en tant que source de chaleur directe ou indirecte, de l'air chauffé qui est généré à l'aide de chaleur perdue provenant de la chaudière.
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