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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Honjo, New York, NY (US);
Kiyotaka Kunimune, New York, NY (US);
Motofumi Ito, New York, NY (US);
Junji Asahara, New York, NY (US);
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A coal upgrade plant includes a dryerthat heats and dries coal before pyrolyzing the coal, and a scrubberthat treats a carrier gas discharged from the dryerwhile catching a desorbed component desorbed from the coal when the coal is dried by the dryer. The coal upgrade plant further includes a carrier gas circulation paththat guides the carrier gas treated by the scrubberto the dryer. A cycloneis also provided on the upstream side of the scrubber. Thus, mercury and/or mercury-based substances generated in the dryercan be removed.