A flue gas is cleaned by feeding same to a filtering separator. The filtering separator is accommodated in a housing, and the housing has a pre-filter side ahead of the filtering separator and a clean side following the filtering separator in the flue gas flow direction. A filter element has an adsorbent formed of dust-free spheroidal charcoal on the clean side of the housing. The flue gas flows through the adsorbent in the filter element. Harmful substances from the group including mercury and/or dioxin and/or furan and/or further heavy metals are thereby removed from the flue gas.

A method for isolating substantially pure carbon dioxide from flue gas is provided. The method can include combusting carbon based fuel to form flue gas; cooling the flue gas to provide substantially dry flue gas; removing N.sub.2 from the dry flue gas to provide substantially N.sub.2 free flue gas CO.sub.2; and liquifying the substantially N.sub.2 free flue gas CO.sub.2 to form substantially pure carbon dioxide.

A process for cleaning process gas removes sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and particulate matter (PM) to produce a tail gas substantially free of these pollutants. The process oxidizes and absorbs SOx and NOx for storage as liquid acids. In some embodiments a PM removal stage and/or a SOx removal stage are provided in a close-coupled higher-pressure environment upstream from a turbocharger turbine. The process has example application in cleaning exhaust gases from industrial processes and large diesel engines such as ship engines.

Disclosed herein is a fuel for use in a combustor of a gas turbine, wherein the fuel is a gas mixture that comprises hydrogen and exhaust gas from a total combustor.

A combustion system and process of operating the combustion system incorporating an electrostatic precipitator, an optional flue gas desulfurizer, and a temperature swing adsorptive gas separator, for post-combustion emission abatement is provided. A very low pressure steam stream may be employed as a first regeneration stream for the temperature swing adsorptive gas separator where the very low pressure steam stream may optionally be recovered from, a very low pressure steam turbine or an auxiliary boiler. A fluid stream at a suitable temperature for regeneration of at least one adsorbent material in the temperature swing adsorptive gas separator may be employed as a second regeneration stream where the fluid stream may optionally be recovered from an electrostatic precipitator, an oxidant preheater, or an auxiliary heater.

An integrated fuel combustion system with gas separation (adsorptive, absorptive, membrane or other suitable gas separation) separates a portion of carbon dioxide from a combustion gas mixture and provides for recycle of separated carbon dioxide to the intake of a fuel combustor for combustion. A process for carbon dioxide separation and recycle includes: admitting combustion gas to a gas separation system; sorbing a portion of carbon dioxide; recovering a flue gas stream depleted in carbon dioxide for release or use; desorbing the carbon dioxide from the gas separation system; admitting an oxidant stream into the gas separation system and forming a mixed oxidant stream; and recycling a portion of the mixed oxidant stream to an inlet of the fuel combustor.

An integrated fuel combustion system with gas separation (adsorptive, absorptive, membrane or other suitable gas separation) separates a portion of carbon dioxide from a combustion gas mixture and provides for recycle of separated carbon dioxide to the intake of a fuel combustor for combustion. A process for carbon dioxide separation and recycle includes: admitting combustion gas to an adsorptive gas separation system contactor containing adsorbent material; adsorbing a portion of carbon dioxide; recovering a first product stream depleted in carbon dioxide for release or use; desorbing carbon dioxide from the adsorbent material and recovering a desorbed second product stream enriched in carbon dioxide for sequestration or use; admitting a conditioning and/or desorption fluid into the contactor and desorbing a second portion of carbon dioxide to recover a carbon dioxide enriched conditioning stream; and recycling a portion of the carbon dioxide enriched conditioning stream to an inlet of fuel combustor to pass through the fuel combustor for combustion.

A combustion system and process of operating the combustion system incorporating an electrostatic precipitator, an optional flue gas desulfurizer, and a temperature swing adsorptive gas separator, for post-combustion emission abatement is provided. A steam stream may be employed as a first regeneration stream for the temperature swing adsorptive gas separator. A fluid stream at a suitable temperature for regeneration of at least one adsorbent material in the temperature swing adsorptive gas separator may be employed as a second regeneration stream where the fluid stream may be recovered from an auxiliary heater.

An air filter device and an operating method thereof. The air filter device comprises an air filter system and a powder distribution system. The air filter system comprises an air filter chamber (1), a clean air chamber (2), and a high-pressure jet pulse powder cleaning device (3). An entrance of the air filter chamber (1) is in communication with an air inlet pipe (4); an exit of the clean air chamber (2) is in communication with an air outlet pipe (6), and the air outlet pipe (6) is in communication with an exhaust fan (9). A plurality of bag filters or filter cartridges (10) are disposed in the air filter chamber (1). An opening end of each of the bag filters or filter cartridges (10) is in communication with the clean air chamber (2), and high-pressure jet pulse powder cleaning devices (3) are disposed above the opening end of the corresponding bag filters or filter cartridges (10). The powder distribution system includes a powder storage tank (13), which is in communication, via a powder delivery tube (15), with the air inlet pipe (4) of the air filter chamber (1). The operating method comprises a first powder distribution step and a second powder distribution step, which are respectively performed according to pressure detection status of the air filter chamber (1).

Systems and/or methods are provided for the capture of carbon dioxide from flue gas generated within a building.