Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.

Masayuki Eda

Susumu Okino

Hideo Suzuki

Hiroshi Nakashoji

Shigeru Yoshioka

Hideaki Sakurai

Ryuji Yoshiyama

Shintaro Honjo

Wataru Matsubara

Yukio Tanaka

Seiji Kagawa

Nobuyuki Ukai

Masaki Yushima

Hiromi Nakatani

Ryo Kamito

Noriaki Senba

Shoichi Aoki

Masahiro Harada

Tetsu Ushiku

Tomoh Akiyama

Hyota Abe

Minoru Sueda

Junichi Ibushi

Hitoshi Isono

Shigehiro Sugiyama

Seiji Enma

Osamu Shinya

Shinji Ueoku

A water treatment device is provided with a separation membrane device having a separation membrane for concentrating dissolved components and dispersed components from water to be treated and obtaining permeated water; a first deposit detecting unit provided in a non-permeated water branch line branched from a non-permeated water line for discharging non-permeated water in which dissolved components and dispersed components have been concentrated, using part of the non-permeated water that has branched off as a detection liquid, and having a first separation membrane for detection in which the detection liquid is separated into permeated water for detection and non-permeated water for detection; and first flow rate measuring devices for separated liquid for detection that measure the flow rates of one or both of the permeated water for detection and the non-permeated water for detection separated by the first separation membrane for detection.

Water treatment device and operating method for water treatment device

A scale detection device of a concentrating device comprises: a reverse osmosis membrane devicethat is a concentrating device including a reverse osmosis membrane, which is a filtering membrane for concentrating salt in a water to be treated, containing at least calcium sulfate to obtain reclaimed water; and a scale detection unitdisposed in a branched line Lbranched from a concentrated water line Ldischarging concentrated waterhaving a high concentration of salt, the scale detection unit further concentrating the salt in the concentrated waterto obtain reclaimed water for detection, and including a detection membranedetecting the absence or presence of scale component deposition in the concentrated water

Scale detection device and method for concentrating device, and water reclamation processing treatment system

A natural gas refining apparatus including a first separation membrane unit including a first separation membrane; and a second separation membrane unit provided in a subsequent stage of the first separation membrane unit. The second separation membrane unit includes a second separation membrane that allows an amine solution to circulate through the second separation membrane unit, and the natural gas refining apparatus refines raw natural gas containing COby passing the raw natural gas through the first and second separation membrane units, separating CO-rich gas with the first and second separation membranes, and absorbing COwith the amine solution circulating through the second separation membrane unit.

Natural gas refining apparatus and system

A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a compressor that adjusts the pressure of natural gas; a cooling unit that liquefies and separates a part of natural-gas liquid by cooling the natural gas after the pressure adjustment by the compressor; a heating unit that heats the natural gas after the separation of the part of the natural-gas liquid by the cooling unit; carbon-dioxide separation units that are arranged in series and separate carbon dioxide from the natural gas heated by the heating unit through carbon-dioxide separation membranes; and a thermostatic chamber that adjusts the temperature of at least the carbon-dioxide separation unit disposed at the most downstream side among the carbon-dioxide separation units.

Natural-gas purification apparatus

A reverse osmosis membrane apparatusincluding an RO membranethat yields recycled waterand concentrated waterfrom pre-treated raw water (inflow water), salts being removed in the recycled water and salts being concentrated in industrial park waste water; monitoring apparatusesA andB disposed at an inflow water line Lthrough which the inflow waterflows into the reverse osmosis membrane apparatusor a concentrated water line Lthrough which the concentrated waterflows out from the reverse osmosis membrane apparatus, which monitor the presence of chemical fouling causal substances in the inflow wateror the concentrated water; and a chemical supply section, which is a removal apparatus that removes the chemical fouling causal substances from the inflow wateron the front upstream side of the inflow into the reverse osmosis membrane apparatus, upon the presence of chemical fouling causal substances in the inflow wateror the concentrated waterbeing confirmed. Thus, the chemical fouling preventing system removes chemical fouling causal substance from inflow waterbefore it enters the reverse osmosis membrane apparatus

System and method to prevent chemical fouling on reverse osmosis membrane

A system and method for separating COfrom natural gas, which ensure that no clogging or deterioration occurs in a gas separation membrane even after the gas separation membrane is used to remove carbon dioxide from the natural gas under conditions in which the natural gas is pressurized. First, an HS remover removes hydrogen sulfide from raw natural gas. Then, a compressor pressurizes the natural gas from which HS has been removed. After that, a cooler cools the pressurized natural gas so as to condense components that are a part of the natural gas. A gas/liquid separator removes the condensed components, and a COseparator, including a separation membrane for separating COremoves COfrom the natural gas from which the condensed components have been removed. An expander, which shares a drive shaft with the compressor, expands the natural gas from which COhas been removed and recovers energy therefrom.

System and method for separating carbon dioxide from natural gas

A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a plurality of carbon-dioxide separation units that are arranged in series and separate carbon dioxide, through carbon-dioxide separation membranes, from natural gas pressurized by a compressor, cooled by a cooling unit to liquefy and separate a high-boiling-point hydrocarbon component, and heated by a heating unit; a gas supply pipe that is provided between the plurality of carbon-dioxide separation units through on-off valves and that supplies the natural gas; a compressor that is provided to the gas supply pipe; a cooling unit that liquefies and separates a high-boiling-point hydrocarbon component by cooling the natural gas pressurized by this compressor; and a heating unit that heats the natural gas after the separation of the high-boiling-point hydrocarbon component by this cooling unit.

A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a compressor that adjusts the pressure of natural gas from the ground; a cooling unit that liquefies and separates a part of natural-gas liquid by cooling the natural gas after the pressure adjustment by the compressor; a heating unit that heats the natural gas after the separation of the part; a carbon-dioxide separation unit that separates carbon dioxide from the natural gas heated by the heating unit; and an arithmetic control device that adjusts and controls at least one of the compressor, the cooling unit, and the heating unit to a value which has been set in advance according to the composition of the natural gas, such that the cooling unit will liquefy and separate the part of the natural-gas liquid in the natural gas and the carbon-dioxide separator maintains the remaining part of the natural-gas liquid in the natural gas in gaseous form.

A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a compressor that adjusts the pressure of natural gas, and a separation device that separates natural-gas liquid and carbon dioxide from the natural gas after the pressure adjustment by the compressor through a natural-gas-liquid separation membrane and a carbon-dioxide separation membrane.

A water treatment system includes a first demineralizing section that separates water to be treated including Ca ions, SOions, and carbonate ions into concentrated water and treated water; a crystallizing section including a first crystallizing tankthat crystallizes gypsum from the concentrated water and a first seed crystal supplying sectionthat supplies seed crystals of gypsum to the first crystallizing tank; a first pH measuring sectionthat measures the pH of the first concentrated water in the first crystallizing tank; and a first controlling section that reduces the amount of the seed crystals of the gypsum to be supplied when the measured pH falls within a pH range in which a scale inhibition function of the calcium scale inhibitor is reduced, and increases the amount of the seed crystals of the gypsum to be supplied when the measured pH is beyond the pH range.

Water treatment process and water treatment system

A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a compressor; a cooling unit that liquefies and separates a part of natural-gas liquid; a heating unit; first to third carbon-dioxide separation units that separate carbon dioxide through carbon-dioxide separation membranes; a detection carbon-dioxide separation unit that further separates carbon dioxide through a carbon-dioxide separation membrane; a carbon-dioxide-flow-rate sensor that detects the amount of carbon dioxide separated by the detection carbon-dioxide separation unit; an arithmetic control device that adjusts and controls at least one of the pressure to be applied by the compressor, the cooling temperature of the cooling unit, and the heating temperature of the heat unit based on information from the carbon-dioxide-flow-rate sensor such that the amount of carbon dioxide to be separated by the detection carbon-dioxide separation unit will be higher than or equal to a prescribed amount.

Provided are a water treatment system and a water treatment process, which are capable of reproducing water containing salts with high water recovery. In the water treatment system () and the water treatment process of the present invention, after a calcium scale inhibitor and a silica scale inhibitor are supplied to water to be treated containing Ca ions, SOions, carbonate ions, and silica, and the water to be treated is separated in a second demineralizing section () into second concentrated water in which the Ca ions, the SOions, the carbonate ions, and the silica are concentrated and treated water. In a second crystallizing section (), seed crystals of gypsum are supplied to the second concentrated water, whereby gypsum is crystallized and removed from the second concentrated water.

Provided are a water treatment system and a water treatment process, which are capable of reproducing water containing salts with high water recovery. A water treatment systemcomprises a second demineralizing sectionthat separates water to be treated containing Ca ions, SOions and carbonate ions into concentrated water in which the Ca ions and the SOions are concentrated and treated water; a crystallizing section which is positioned on a downstream side of the second demineralizing sectionand which includes a second crystallizing tankthat crystallizes gypsum from the concentrated water and a seed crystal supplying section that supplies seed crystals of gypsum to the second crystallizing tank; and a separating section that is positioned on a downstream side of the crystallizing section and separates the gypsum from the concentrated water.

In a water treatment system () and a water treatment process, a scale inhibitor is supplied to water to be treated containing Ca ions, SOions, carbonate ions, and silica, and the water to be treated is adjusted to a pH at which silica is soluble. The pH-adjusted water to be treated containing the calcium scale inhibitor is separated in a demineralizing section () into concentrated water and treated water. In a crystallizing section (), seed crystals of gypsum are supplied to the concentrated water, whereby gypsum is crystallized and removed. Silica in the water to be treated is removed from the concentrated water on the downstream side of the crystallizing section (). Calcium carbonate in the water to be treated is removed from the concentrated water on the upstream side of the demineralizing section () or the downstream side of the crystallizing section ().

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Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Eda