System and method for controlling a temperature in an absorber
AssigneeGE Infrastructure Technology LLC
InventorsMajed Sammak, Parag P. Kulkarni
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Abstract
A system includes an absorber having a vessel with a solvent inlet, a solvent outlet, a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and an interior volume configured to mix a gas and a solvent, wherein the absorber is configured to absorb an undesirable gas from the gas into the solvent. The system also includes at least one heat pipe coupled to the vessel, wherein the at least one heat pipe is configured to transfer heat away from at least one position along the absorber.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- an absorber, comprising:
- a vessel having a solvent inlet, a solvent outlet, a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and an interior volume configured to mix a gas and a solvent, wherein the absorber is configured to absorb an undesirable gas from the gas into the solvent;
- and
- at least one heat pipe coupled to the vessel, wherein the at least one heat pipe comprises an evaporator, a condenser, at least one fluid conduit extending between the evaporator and the condenser, and a working fluid disposed in the at least one heat pipe, wherein the evaporator is coupled to the absorber at a first position, wherein the condenser is coupled to the absorber at a second position different from the first position, wherein the at least one heat pipe is configured to transfer heat from the first position via the evaporator to the second position via the condenser.
A method, comprising:
- absorbing an undesirable gas from a gas into a solvent in an absorber, wherein the absorber comprises a vessel having a solvent inlet, a solvent outlet, a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and an interior volume configured to mix the gas and the solvent;
- and
- transferring heat between first and second positions along the absorber via at least one heat pipe coupled to the vessel, wherein the at least one heat pipe comprises an evaporator, a condenser, at least one fluid conduit extending between the evaporator and the condenser, and a working fluid disposed in the at least one heat pipe, wherein the evaporator is coupled to the absorber at the first position, wherein the condenser is coupled to the absorber at the second position different from the first position, wherein the at least one heat pipe is configured to transfer heat from the first position via the evaporator to the second position via the condenser.
The method of 17, wherein the gas comprises an exhaust gas from a gas turbine system.
A system, comprising:
- a gas turbine system having a fuel supply system and an exhaust section;
- an absorber coupled to the fuel supply system or the exhaust section, wherein the absorber comprises:
- a vessel having a solvent inlet, a solvent outlet, a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and an interior volume configured to mix a gas and a solvent, wherein the absorber is configured to absorb an undesirable gas from the gas into the solvent, wherein the undesirable gas comprises carbon dioxide (CO2);
- and
- at least one heat pipe coupled to the vessel, wherein the at least one heat pipe comprises an evaporator, a condenser, at least one fluid conduit extending between the evaporator and the condenser, and a working fluid disposed in the at least one heat pipe, wherein the evaporator is coupled to the absorber at a first position, wherein the condenser is coupled to the absorber at a second position different from the first position, wherein the at least one heat pipe is configured to transfer heat from the first position via the evaporator to the second position via the condenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.