Oxy boiler power plant with a heat integrated air separation unit
US10001279B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 9, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 19, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/34
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An Air Separation Unit is disclosed which is thermally integrated into a coal fired oxy boiler power plant. The Air Separation Unit has a Dryer with a dryer heater, wherein an extraction line connects the steam extraction port to the dryer heater. A drain line of the dryer heater then fluidly connects the regeneration heater to a point of a Rankine steam cycle fluidly within the condensate system.
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