FLEXIBLE POWER PLANT BASED ON SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE POWER CIRCULATION IN COMBINATION WITH SEAWATER DESALINATION AND CONTROL METHOD OF SAME
20240295180 ยท 2024-09-05
Assignee
Inventors
- Xinxing LIN (Beijing, CN)
- Likun YIN (Beijing, CN)
- Qian Wang (Beijing, CN)
- Wen SU (Changsha city, Hunan, CN)
Cpc classification
F01K23/064
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01K7/32
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01K11/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01K13/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01K25/103
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01K25/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
F01K25/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F01K23/06
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Abstract
A flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination and a control method thereof are provided. By means of the integrated process based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination, the power plant uses a new two-stage supercritical CO2 Breton circulation to reduce the exhaust temperature of the heat source, enhance the thermal efficiency of the thermodynamic circulation, improve the flexibility and adjustability of the output of the thermal power plant, and correspondingly raise the utilization efficiency of the low-temperature dynamic heat source in the seawater desalination process, so that it serves as a standing flexible load of the power plant, and further enhance the overall efficiency and flexibility of the power plant.
Claims
1. A flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination, comprising a heat source circulation system, a thermodynamic circulation system, a desalination system and a control system; wherein said heat source circulation system is connected to said thermodynamic circulation system and said seawater desalination system, and provides heat source required for their operations, respectively; said control system is simultaneously connected to respective actuators of said heat source circulation system, said thermodynamic circulation system and said seawater desalination system, and controls their operations, correspondingly.
2. The flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 1, wherein said heat source circulation system includes a boiler (7), a heat storing tank (8), a CO.sub.2 heater (3a), a CO.sub.2 preheater (3b), a seawater heater (6a), a 2.sup.nd bypass valve (100), a 6.sup.th 3-way valve (10g), a 7.sup.th 3-way valve (10h), a 8.sup.th 3-way valve (10i), a 9.sup.th 3-way valve (10j), a 10.sup.th way valve (10k), a 11.sup.th 3-way valve (10l), a 12.sup.th 3-way valve (10m), a 13.sup.th 3-way valve (10n), a first intermediate working medium pump (11a), a second intermediate working medium pump (11b) and accessory pipelines; the boiler (7) is an original heat source of said heat source circulation system, the boiler (7) is connected in series with the CO.sub.2 heater (3a) and the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b), and provides heat for said thermodynamic circulation system; the boiler (7) is connected to the seawater heater (6a) and provides heat for said desalination system; the heat storing tank (8) is connected in parallel on both sides of the in-series heat exchanger group composed of the CO.sub.2 heater (3a) and the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b) to adjust a mismatch between thermal inertia and the load of the CO.sub.2 heater (3a) and the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b) in the heat exchange process of the boiler; the first intermediate working medium pump (11a) and the second intermediate working medium pump (11b) are connected to said thermodynamic circulation system and the heat storing tank (8), respectively, and are used to adjust the flow allocation of said thermodynamic circulation system and the heat storing tank (8), respectively; the 12.sup.th 3-way valve (10m), the 13.sup.th 3-way valve (10n) and the 2.sup.nd bypass valve (100) are connected in parallel with the second intermediate working medium pump (11b), and achieve absorbing and releasing from/into the heat storing tank (8) and adjusting flow volume; the 8.sup.th 3-way valve (10i) and the 9.sup.th 3-way valve (10j) are used to bypass the high-temperature side of the CO.sub.2 heater (3a) and the 10.sup.th way valve (10k) and the 11.sup.th three-way valve (10l) are used to bypass the high-temperature side of the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b), so as to achieve flexibly controlling thermodynamic circulation in a wide range.
3. The flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 2, wherein the heat storing material of the heat storing tank (8) is selected from a molten salt or liquid metal, which stores part of heat in the heat storing tank (8) based on the requirements of the power system, when the power system declines and the heat of the boiler cannot be quickly adjusted, and which extracts the heat stored in the heat storing tank (8) to supplement the power circulation with heat, when the power system rises and the heat of the boiler cannot be quickly adjusted; the CO.sub.2 heater (3a), the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b) and the seawater heater (6a) are directly installed inside the boiler (7), replacing an intermediate medium to directly heat CO.sub.2 or seawater.
4. The flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 1, wherein said thermodynamic circulation system includes a CO.sub.2 heater (3a), a CO.sub.2 preheater (3b), a first-stage expander (1a), a second-stage expander (1b), a first-stage compressor (2a), a second-stage compressor (2b), a first-stage back heater (4a), a second-stage back heater (4b), a CO.sub.2 cooler 5, a 1.sup.st bypass valve (10f), a 1.sup.st 3-way valve (10a), 2.sup.nd 3-way valve (10b), 3.sup.rd 3-way valve (10c), 4.sup.th 3-way valve (10d), 5.sup.th 3-way valve (10e) and accessory pipelines; said thermodynamic circulation system uses CO.sub.2 as a working medium, and has two built-in supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulations, including a first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation and a second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation; the CO.sub.2 heater (3a) provides heat for the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, and then the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b) provides heat for the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation through, enabling the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation and the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation to indirectly combine with each other and energy to get utilized stage by stage.
5. The flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 4, wherein the circulating working medium of the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation is supercritical CO.sub.2, and the CO.sub.2 working medium successively flows via the first-stage compressor (2a), the low-temperature side of the second-stage back heater (4b), the low-temperature side of the first-stage back heater (4a), the low-temperature side of the CO.sub.2 heater (3a), the first-stage expander (1a), the high-temperature side of the first-stage back heater (4a), the 1.sup.st 3-way valve (10a), the high-temperature side of the second-stage back heater (4b), the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve (10b), the high-temperature side of the CO.sub.2 cooler (5) and the first-stage compressor (2a), so as to complete the circulation, the CO.sub.2 fluid in correspondence to the above processes successively passes through several processes of raising pressure, absorbing heat, absorbing heat, absorbing heat, expansion, releasing heat, flow converging, releasing heat, flow splitting, releasing heat and raising pressure, so as to achieve the overall process of absorbing heat and doing work: the circulating working medium of the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation is supercritical CO.sub.2, and the CO.sub.2 working medium successively flows via the second-stage compressor (2b), the low-temperature side of the CO.sub.2 back heater (3b), the second-stage expander (1b), the 1.sup.st 3-way valve (10a), the high-temperature side of the second-stage back heater (4b), the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve (10b) and the second-stage compressor (2b), so as to complete the circulation, the CO.sub.2 fluid in correspondence to the above processes successively passes through several processes of raising pressure, absorbing heat, expansion, flow converging, releasing heat, flow splitting and raising pressure, so as to achieve the overall process of absorbing heat and doing work; the first-stage and second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulations realize their direct combination by means of the 1.sup.st 3-way valve (10a), the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve (10b) and the second-stage back heater (4b), adjusts the split-flow ratio of the two circulations by means of the 1.sup.st 3-way valve (10a) and the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve (10b) to coordinate the operation of said thermodynamic circulation system; the 1.sup.st 3-way valve (10a), the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve (10b) and the 1.sup.st bypass valve (10f) are used to bypass the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, so that the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation operates independently; the 3.sup.rd 3-way valve (10c), the 4.sup.th 3-way valve (10d), and the 5.sup.th 3-way valve (10e) are used to bypass the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, so that the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation operates independently; a transmission and a clutch are used to connect the first-stage expander (1a), the second-stage expander (1b), the first-stage compressor (2a) and the second-stage compressor (2b) to meet adjustment conditions: a heat exchanger with a printed circuit board is used in the CO.sub.2 heater (3a), the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b), the first-stage back heater (4a), the second-stage back heater (4b), and the CO.sub.2 cooler (5).
6. The flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 1, wherein said desalination system includes a CO.sub.2 cooler (5), a seawater heater (6a), a seawater preheater (6b), a steam condenser (6c), a first-stage flash evaporator (12), a middle-stage flash evaporator (13), a final-stage flash evaporator (14), a fresh water storing tank (15), a 14.sup.th 3-way valve (10p), a 15.sup.th 3-way valve (10q), a 16.sup.th 3-way valve (10r), a 17.sup.th 3-way valve (10s), a fresh water pump (11c), a first-stage seawater pump (11d), a second-stage seawater pump (11e), a third-stage seawater pump (11f), a fourth-stage seawater pump (11g) and accessory pipelines; the seawater heater (6a), the seawater preheater (6b), and the steam condenser (6c) use a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with high corrosion and blockage resistance, low requirements for pressure, and good economy, and the heat exchanger pipe group in the heat exchanger is made of copper pipes; the heat for heating seawater comes from three sources, including the condensation heat carried by the flashed seawater recycled via the steam condenser (6c), the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) and the first-stage flash evaporator (12), the cooled heat recycled from the terminal of the thermodynamic circulation via seawater preheater (6b), and the waste heat of the recycled flue gas in the heat source circulation via the seawater heater (6a), among them the demineralized water successively flows through the fresh water pump (11e), the low-temperature side of the CO.sub.2 cooler (5), the high-temperature side of the seawater preheater (6b), and the fresh water pump (11c), correspondingly finishing the circulation process of raising pressure, absorbing heat, releasing heat and raising pressure, and transmits the heat released from cooling at the terminal end of the thermodynamic circulation indirectly to seawater, among them the demineralized water circulation is mainly to protect the printed circuit board heat exchanger used in the CO.sub.2 cooler (5), or to apply a simplified system, in which the cooled heat from the terminal end of the power circulation is directly used to heat seawater by means of a heat exchanger; natural low-temperature seawater is extracted to successively flow from the low-temperature side of the steam condenser (6c), the low-temperature condenser (32) in the middle-stage flash evaporator (13), the low-temperature condenser (22) in the first-stage flash evaporator (12) and the first-stage seawater pump (11d) to the 14.sup.th 3-way valve (10p), the low-temperature side of the seawater preheater (6b), the low-temperature side of the seawater heater (6a), the first seawater tank (24) of the first-stage flash evaporator (12), the second-stage seawater pump (11e), the second seawater tank (34) of the middle-stage flash evaporator (13), the third-stage seawater pump (11f), the grilles (44) of the water distributor (43) of the final-stage flash evaporator (14) and the third seawater tank (45), then is discharged from the fourth-stage seawater pump (11g) to finish concentrating seawater, and the CO.sub.2 fluid in correspondence to the above processes successively passes through several processes of absorbing heat, absorbing heat, absorbing heat, raising pressure, flow splitting, absorbing heat, absorbing heat, flash concentration, raising pressure, flash concentration, raising pressure, dilatate flash concentration and raising pressure, so as to achieve the processes of absorbing heat and low-pressure flash concentration.
7. The flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 6, wherein the first-stage flash evaporator (12) is composed of five parts: a first housing (21), a first low-temperature condenser (22), a first condensate water pan (23), the first seawater tank (24), and the second-stage seawater pump (11e), the first-stage flash evaporator (12) includes 6 interfaces, that is, a first low-temperature seawater inlet (25a), a first low-temperature seawater outlet (25b), a first water vapor outlet (25c), a first fresh water outlet (25d), a first high-temperature seawater inlet (25e) and a first high-temperature seawater outlet (25f), among them, pebbles piled in the first seawater tank (24) enhance gas velocity, and the first fresh water outlet (25d) led from the bottom of the first condensate water pan (23) is used to discharge condensate water; the water vapor flashed from the first-stage flash evaporator (12) contacts the first low-temperature condenser (22) in the first-stage flash evaporator (12), then condenses into fresh water, which is collected by the first condensate water pan (23) in the first-stage flash evaporator (12), and finally flows convergently in the fresh water storing tank (15): the rest steam flows into the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) and mixes with the water vapor flashed from the middle-stage flash evaporator (13), then contacts the low-temperature condenser (32) in the middle-stage flash evaporator (13), and condenses into fresh water, which is collected by the second condensate water pan (33) in the middle-stage flash evaporator (13), and finally flows convergently in the fresh water storing tank (15); the remaining steam mixes with the water vapor flashed from the dilated final-stage flash evaporator (14) via the 15.sup.th 3-way valve (10q), then enters the high-temperature side of the steam condenser (6e) to release heat and condense into fresh water, which finally flows into the fresh water storing tank (15); the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) is composed of five parts: a second housing (31), a second low-temperature condenser (32), a second condensate water pan (33), the second seawater tank (34), and the third-stage seawater pump (11f), and the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) includes 6 interfaces, that is, a second low-temperature seawater inlet (35a), a second low-temperature seawater outlet (35b), a second water vapor outlet (35c), a second fresh water outlet (35d), a second high-temperature seawater inlet (35e) and a second high-temperature seawater outlet (35f), among them, pebbles piled in the second seawater tank (34) enhance gas velocity, and the second fresh water outlet (35d) led from the bottom of the second condensate water pan (33) is used to discharge condensate water; the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) is different from the first-stage flash evaporator (12) in the respect of its increase or decrease in number according to the desalination process, and the second seawater tank (34) in the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) can be equipped with a flue gas remaining heat recycling device according to the desalination process, which utilizes the flue gas discharged from the high-temperature side of the seawater heater (6a).
8. The flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 6, wherein the final-stage flash evaporator (14) is composed of six parts: a third housing (41), a fan (42), the water distributor (43), the grilles (44), the third seawater tank (45), and the third-stage seawater pump (11f), and the fan (42) is used to enhance disturbance and raise the evaporation rate of seawater on the surface of the grilles (44); the fresh water storage tank (15) is provided with a sealed chamber (51), the upper part of which is equipped with an exhaust valve (52) to regularly provide negative pressure for the fresh water side of the desalination process; the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) can increase or decrease in number according to the evaporation volume required by the process, and the 15.sup.th 3-way valve (10q), the 16.sup.th 3-way valve (10r) and the 17.sup.th three-way valve (10s) are used to bypass the final-stage flash evaporator (14).
9. The flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 1, wherein said control system includes a 1.sup.st 3-way valve (10a), a 2.sup.nd 3-way valve (10b), a 3.sup.rd 3-way valve (10c), a 4.sup.th 3-way valve (10d), a 5.sup.th 3-way valve (10e), a 6.sup.th 3-way valve (10g), a 7.sup.th 3-way valve (10h), a 8.sup.th 3-way valve (10i), a 9.sup.th 3-way valve (10j), a 10.sup.th way valve (10k), a 11.sup.th 3-way valve (10l), a 12.sup.th 3-way valve (10m), a 13.sup.th 3-way valve (10n), a 14.sup.th 3-way valve (10p), a 15.sup.th 3-way valve (10q), a 16.sup.th 3-way valve (10r), a17.sup.th 3-way valve (10s), a first bypass valve (10f), a second bypass valve (100), a first intermediate working medium pump (11a), a second intermediate working medium pump (11b), a first-stage seawater pump (11d), a second-stage seawater pump (11e), a third-stage seawater pump (11f), a fourth-stage seawater pump (11g), a frequency conversion actuator equipped for compressors, a controller (9) and accessory power electronics facilities.
10. A operation method of the flexible power plant based on supercritical carbon dioxide power circulation in combination with seawater desalination according to claim 1, comprising: Operating Mode 1 being selected by the power plant, when a power grid requires the power plant to operate at a full load, at this time, the power grid requires the power plant to output at a full load or the power plant actively enters a highest output mode at a highest electricity price, while the seawater desalination process enters a minimal power consumption mode; wherein the controller (9) adjusts actuators such as various valves and pumps and existing pipelines to achieve the process steps of enabling the boiler (7) to provide heat for the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation by means of the CO.sub.2 heater (3a) and provide heat for the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation by means of the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b), and the first-stage and second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulations to jointly operate and share the second-stage back heater (4b), so as to achieve the flow allocation of the two Breton circulations via the 1.sup.st 3-way valve (10a) and the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve (10b), enabling one part of the heat source used in the desalination process comes from a low-grade heat source that cannot be utilized by the thermodynamic circulation to transmit to seawater via the CO.sub.2 cooler (5) and the seawater preheater (6b), and the other part as the flue gas discharged by the boiler (7) to further raise the seawater's temperature via the seawater heater (6a), and meanwhile enabling the first-stage flash evaporator (12) and the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) to acting as a water vapor generating device; wherein, in this operating mode, the output of the thermodynamic system can be adjusted within a reasonable range by means of the boiler (7), the heat storing tank (8) and the CO.sub.2 circulation flow; Operating Mode 2 being selected by the power plant, when a power grid requires the power plant to reduce output, at this time, the power grid requires the power plant to reduce output or the power plant actively enters a higher output mode at a higher electricity price, while the seawater desalination process enters a median power consumption mode, wherein the controller (9) adjusts actuators such as various valves and pumps and existing pipelines to achieve the process steps of enabling the boiler (7) to provide heat for the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation by means of the CO.sub.2 heater (3a) and the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation to be bypassed, enabling one part of the heat source used in the desalination process comes from a low-grade heat source that cannot be utilized by the thermodynamic circulation to transmit to seawater via the CO.sub.2 cooler (5) and the seawater preheater (6b), and the other part as the flue gas discharged by the boiler (7) to further raise the seawater's temperature via the seawater heater (6a), meanwhile enabling the first-stage flash evaporator (12), the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) and the final-stage flash evaporator (14) to acting as a water vapor generating device, and enabling the fan (42) in the final-stage flash evaporator (14) to be in a constant closing state; wherein, in this operating mode, the output of the thermodynamic system can be adjusted within a reasonable range by means of the boiler (7), the heat storing tank (8) and the CO.sub.2 circulation flow, meanwhile seawater flow appropriately increases to enhance freshwater production; Operating Mode 3 being selected by the power plant, when a power grid requires the power plant to continue reducing output, at this time, the power grid requires the power plant to further reduce output or the power plant actively enters a low output mode at a median electricity price, while the seawater desalination process enters a median power consumption mode; wherein the controller (9) adjusts actuators such as various valves and pumps and existing pipelines to achieve the process steps of enabling the boiler (7) to provide heat for the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation by means of the CO.sub.2 heater (3a), the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation to be bypassed, and the second-stage back heater (4b) further to be bypassed based on Operating Mode 2, enabling one part of the heat source used in the desalination process comes from a low-grade heat source that cannot be utilized by the thermodynamic circulation to transmit to seawater via the CO.sub.2 cooler (5) and the seawater preheater (6b), and the other part as the flue gas discharged by the boiler (7) to further raise the seawater's temperature via the seawater heater (6a), meanwhile enabling the first-stage flash evaporator (12), the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) and the final-stage flash evaporator (14) to acting as a water vapor generating device, and enabling the fan (42) in the final-stage flash evaporator (14) to be in a constant closing state; wherein, in this operating mode, the output of the thermodynamic system can be adjusted within a reasonable range by means of the boiler (7), the heat storing tank (8) and the CO.sub.2 circulation flow, meanwhile seawater flow appropriately increases to enhance freshwater production; and Operating Mode 4 being selected by the power plant, when a power grid requires the power plant to operate in the lowest load state, at this time, the power grid requires the power plant to output in a low load state or the power plant actively enters a lowest output mode at a low electricity price, while the seawater desalination process enters a lowest power consumption mode; wherein the controller (9) adjusts actuators such as various valves and pumps and existing pipelines to achieve the process steps of enabling the boiler (7) to provide heat for the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation by means of the CO.sub.2 preheater (3b), the original system to rebuild into the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation overlapping the CO.sub.2 cooling circulation, and the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation to be bypassed, enabling one part of the heat source used in the desalination process comes from a low-grade heat source that cannot be utilized by the thermodynamic circulation to transmit to seawater via the CO.sub.2 cooler (5) and the seawater preheater (6b), and the other part as the flue gas discharged by the boiler (7) to further raise the seawater's temperature via the seawater heater (6a), meanwhile enabling the first-stage flash evaporator (12), the middle-stage flash evaporator (13) and the final-stage flash evaporator (14) to acting as a water vapor generating device, and enabling the fan (42) in the final-stage flash evaporator (14) to be in a constant closing state; wherein, in this operating mode, the output of the thermodynamic system can be adjusted within a reasonable range by means of the boiler (7), the heat storing tank (8) and the CO.sub.2 circulation flow, meanwhile freshwater production further rises.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0050] We will further describe the present invention in combination with the drawings and examples as follows.
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[0063] Where, 1a-first-stage expander; 1b-second-stage expander; 2a-first-stage compressor; 2b-second-stage compressor; 3aCO.sub.2 heater; 3bCO.sub.2 preheater; 4a-first-stage back heater; 4b-second-stage back heater; 5-CO.sub.2 cooler; 6a-seawater heater; 6b-seawater preheater; 6e-steam condenser; 7-boiler; 8-heat storing tank; 9-controller; 10a-1.sup.st 3-way valve; 10b-2.sup.nd 3-way valve; 10c-3.sup.rd 3-way valve; 10d-4.sup.th 3-way valve; 10e-5.sup.th 3-way valve; 10g-6.sup.th 3-way valve; 10h-7.sup.th 3-way valve; 10i-8.sup.th 3-way valve; 10j-9.sup.th 3-way valve; 10k-10.sup.th way valve; 10l-11.sup.th 3-way valve; 10m-12.sup.th 3-way valve; 10n-13.sup.th 3-way valve; 10p-14.sup.th 3-way valve; 10q-15.sup.th 3-way valve; 10r-16.sup.th 3-way valve; 10s-17.sup.th 3-way valve; 10f-first bypass valve; 100-second bypass valve; 11a-first intermediate working medium pump; 11b-second intermediate working medium pump; 11e-fresh water pump; 11d-first-stage seawater pump; 11e-second-stage seawater pump; 11f-third-stage seawater pump; 11g-fourth-stage seawater pump; 12-first-stage flash evaporator; 13-middle-stage flash evaporator; 14-final-stage flash evaporator; 15-freshwater storing tank; 21-first housing; 31-second housing; 41-third housing; 51-sealed chamber; 22-first low-temperature condenser; 32-second low-temperature condenser; 23-first condensate water pan; 33-second condensate water pan; 24-first seawater tank; 34-second seawater tank; 45-third seawater tank; 25a-first low-temperature seawater inlet; 35a-second low-temperature seawater inlet; 25b-first low-temperature seawater outlet; 35b-second low-temperature seawater outlet; 25c-first water vapor outlet; 350-second water vapor outlet; 25d-first fresh water outlet; 35d-second fresh water outlet; 25e-first high-temperature seawater inlet; 35e-second high-temperature seawater inlet; 25f-first high-temperature seawater outlet; 35f-second high-temperature seawater outlet; 42-fan; 43-water distributor; 44-grille; 52-exhaust valve.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0064] We will further describe the embodiments of the present invention in combination with the drawings as follows.
EXAMPLE 1
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[0068] At this time, the power grid requires the power plant to output at a full load or the power plant actively enters the highest output mode at the highest electricity price, while the seawater desalination process enters the lowest power consumption mode. As aforementioned, the controller 9 adjusts the actuators such as various valves and pumps and the existing pipelines to achieve the following process steps, the heat source outlet of the boiler 7 is connected to the high-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a, the high-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a is connected to the high-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b, and the high-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b is connected to the heat source inlet of the boiler 7, so as to complete the heat supply to the entire power circulation; at this time, the CO.sub.2 heater 3a provides heat for the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, and the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b provides heat for the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation; among them, the circulating medium CO.sub.2 of the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, passes through the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a and is heated inside it, then enters the inlet of the first-stage expander 1a Via the Low-Temperature Outlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a, expands inside it and outputs work, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the first-stage back heater 4a via the outlet of the first-stage expander 1a and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the inlet of the 1.sup.st 3-way valve 10a via the high-temperature outlet of the first-stage back heater 4a and converges with the CO.sub.2 coming from the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation inside it, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the second-stage back heater 4b via the outlet of the 1.sup.st 3-way valve 10a and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the inlet of the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve 10b via the high-temperature outlet of the second-stage back heater 4b, and splits into one stream carrying out the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation and the other stream which continues the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, enters the high-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the inlet of the first-stage compressor 2a via the high-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 and raises pressure under external work inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the second-stage back heater 4b via the outlet of the first-stage compressor 2a and recycles the heat from the high-temperature side inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the first-stage back heater 4a via the low-temperature outlet of the second-stage back heater 4b and recycles the heat from the high-temperature side inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a via the low-temperature outlet of the first-stage back heater 4a and completes the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation: the circulating medium CO.sub.2 of the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation splits inside the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve 10b, that is, except for one stream entering the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, the rest stream enters the inlet of the second-stage compressor 2b and raises pressure under external work inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b via the outlet of the second-stage compressor 2b and is heated inside it; then enters the inlet of the second-stage expander 1b via the low-temperature outlet of CO.sub.2 preheater 3b, expands inside it and outputs work, then enters the inlet of the 1.sup.st 3-way valve 10a via the outlet of the second-stage expander 1b and converges with the CO.sub.2 coming from the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation inside it; then enters the high-temperature inlet of the second-stage back heater 4b via the outlet of the 1.sup.st 3-way valve 10a and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the inlet of the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve 10b via the high-temperature outlet of the second-stage back heater 4b, and splits into one stream carrying out the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation and the other stream which continues the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, enters the inlet of the second-stage compressor 2b to complete the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation inside it; the heat source used in the desalination process comes from a low-grade heat source that cannot be utilized by the thermodynamic circulation, [0069] the demineralized water enters the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 via the outlet of the water pump 110 under the pressure boost of the freshwater pump 11e and absorbs the cooled heat emitted by the power circulation inside it, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the seawater preheater 6b via the low-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 and transmits heat to the seawater inside it, then enters the inlet of the freshwater pump 11e via the high-temperature outlet of the seawater preheater 6b to complete the circulation: the flue gas discharged from the boiler 7 enters the high-temperature inlet of the seawater heater 6a, and release heat to heat the seawater, then is discharged from the high-temperature outlet of the seawater heater 6a; the original low-temperature seawater enters the low-temperature inlet of the steam condenser 6e, and recycles the condensation heat of the water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet 35a of the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the low-temperature outlet of the steam condenser 6e and recycles the condensation heat of the water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet 25a of the low-temperature condenser 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 via the outlet 35b of the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, and recycles the condensation heat of water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet of the first-stage seawater pump 11d via the outlet 25b of the low-temperature condenser 23 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, and raises pressure inside it, then enters (the excess seawater is discharged after split-flow via the 14.sup.th 3-way valve 10p) the low-temperature inlet of the seawater preheater 6b via the outlet of the first-stage seawater pump 11d, and absorbs the cooled heat emitted by the power circulation inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the seawater heater 6a via the low-temperature outlet of the seawater preheater 6b, and absorbs the remaining heat of the flue gas discharged from the boiler 7 inside it, then enters the inlet 25e of the first seawater tank 24 of the first-stage flash evaporator 12 via the low-temperature outlet of the seawater heater 6a and flashes inside it; the concentrated seawater enters the inlet of the second-stage seawater pump 11e via the bottom outlet 25f of the first seawater tank 24 of the first-stage flash evaporator 12 and raises pressure inside it, then enters the inlet 35e of the second seawater tank 34 of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the outlet of the second-stage seawater pump 11e and flashes inside it, then enters the fourth-stage seawater pump 11g to be discharged via the bottom outlet 35f of the second seawater tank 34 of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13.
[0070] Wherein the flash steam in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 contacts the fresh water condensed by the low-temperature condenser 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12, which is collected by means of the condensate water pan 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 and then enters the freshwater storing tank 15 via the outlet 25d of the condensate water pan 23, the uncondensed portion of the flash steam in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 enters the steam inlet of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the stream outlet 25e of the first-stage flash evaporator 12, and mixes with the flash steam in middle-stage flash evaporator 13, then the steam contacts the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 to condense the fresh water, which is collected by the condensate water pan 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, then enters the fresh water storing tank 15 from the outlet 35d of the condensate water pan 33, the uncondensed portion of the steam in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 enters the high-temperature inlet of the steam condenser 6e from the steam outlet 35e of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, and releases heat and condenses inside it, the condensed fresh water enters the fresh water storing tank 15 from the high-temperature outlet of the steam condenser 6c. In this operating mode, the output of the thermodynamic system can be adjusted within a reasonable range by means of the boiler 7, the heat storing tank 8 and the CO.sub.2 circulation flow.
EXAMPLE 3
[0071] As shown in
[0072] At this time, the power grid requires the power plant to reduce output or the power plant actively enters the higher output mode at the higher electricity price, while the seawater desalination process enters the median power consumption mode. As aforementioned, the controller 9 adjusts the actuators such as various valves and pumps and the existing pipelines to achieve the following process steps, the heat source outlet of the boiler 7 is connected to the high-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a, the high-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a is connected to the heat source inlet of the boiler 7 (the interaction of the 11.sup.th 3-way valve and the 12.sup.th 3-way valve arising from the adjustment of the valve group directly bypasses the high-temperature side of the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b) to complete providing heat for the entire power circulation; at this time, the CO.sub.2 heater 3a provides heat for the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, and the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation is bypassed; among them, the circulating medium CO.sub.2 of the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, passes through the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a and is heated inside it, then enters the inlet of the first-stage expander 1a via the low-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a, expands inside it and outputs work, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the first-stage back heater 4a via the outlet of the first-stage expander 1a and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the second-stage back heater 4b via the high-temperature outlet of the first-stage back heater 4a and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 via the high-temperature outlet of the second-stage back heater 4b and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the inlet of the first-stage compressor 2a via the high-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 and raises pressure under external work, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the second-stage back heater 4b via the outlet of the first-stage compressor 2a and recycles heat from the high-temperature side inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the first-stage back heater 4a via the low-temperature outlet of the second-stage back heater 4b and recycles heat from the high-temperature side inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a to complete the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation via the low-temperature outlet of the first-stage back heater 4a inside it; the heat source used in the desalination process comes from a low-grade heat source that cannot be utilized by the thermodynamic circulation.
[0073] the demineralized water enters the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 via the outlet of the water pump 11e under the pressure boost of the freshwater pump 11e and absorbs the cooled heat emitted by the power circulation inside it, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the seawater preheater 6b via the low-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 and transmits heat to the seawater inside it, then enters the inlet of the freshwater pump 11e via the high-temperature outlet of the seawater preheater 6b to complete the circulation; the flue gas discharged from the boiler 7 enters the high-temperature inlet of the seawater heater 6a, and release heat to heat the seawater, then is discharged from the high-temperature outlet of the seawater heater 6a: the original low-temperature seawater enters the low-temperature inlet of the steam condenser 6e, and recycles the condensation heat of the water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet 35a of the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the low-temperature outlet of the steam condenser 6e and recycles the condensation heat of the water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet 25a of the low-temperature condenser 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 via the outlet 35b of the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, and recycles the condensation heat of water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet of the first-stage seawater pump 11d via the outlet 25b of the low-temperature condenser 23 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, and raises pressure inside it, then enters (the excess seawater is discharged after split-flow via the 14.sup.th 3-way valve 10p) the low-temperature inlet of the seawater preheater 6b via the outlet of the first-stage seawater pump 11d, and absorbs the cooled heat emitted by the power circulation inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the seawater heater 6a via the low-temperature outlet of the seawater preheater 6b, and absorbs the remaining heat of the flue gas discharged from the boiler 7 inside it, then enters the inlet 25e of the first seawater tank 24 of the first-stage flash evaporator 12 via the low-temperature outlet of the seawater heater 6a and flashes inside it; the concentrated seawater enters the inlet of the second-stage seawater pump 11e via the bottom outlet 25f of the first seawater tank 24 of the first-stage flash evaporator 12 and raises pressure inside it, then enters the inlet 35e of the second seawater tank 34 of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the outlet of the second-stage seawater pump 11e and flashes inside it; the concentrated seawater enters the inlet of the third-stage seawater pump 11f via the bottom outlet 35f of the second seawater tank 34 of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 and raises pressure inside it, then enters the inlet 46a of the water distributor 43 of the final-stage flash evaporator 14 via the outlet of the third-stage seawater pump 11f, and the seawater further concentrated through the grilles 44 of the water distributor 43 flows convergently into the third seawater tank 45 of the final-stage flash evaporator 14, and enters the fourth-stage seawater pump 11g from its bottom to be discharged; wherein the flash steam in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 contacts the fresh water condensed by the low-temperature condenser 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12, which is collected by means of the condensate water pan 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 and then enters the freshwater storing tank 15 via the outlet 25d of the condensate water pan 23, the uncondensed portion of the flash steam in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 enters the steam inlet of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the stream outlet 25c of the first-stage flash evaporator 12, and mixes with the flash steam in middle-stage flash evaporator 13, then the steam contacts the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 to condense the fresh water, which is collected by the condensate water pan 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, then enters the fresh water storing tank 15 from the outlet 35d of the condensate water pan 33, the uncondensed portion of the steam in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 mixes with the flash steam in the final-stage flash evaporator 14 via the inlet of the 15.sup.th 3-way valve 10q, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the steam condenser 6e from the outlet of the 15.sup.th 3-way valve 10q, and releases heat and condenses inside it, the condensed fresh water enters the fresh water storing tank 15 from the high-temperature outlet of the steam condenser 6c. In this operating mode, the output of the thermodynamic system can be adjusted within a reasonable range by means of the boiler 7, the heat storing tank 8 and the CO.sub.2 circulation flow, meanwhile seawater flow appropriately increases to enhance freshwater production.
EXAMPLE 4
[0074] As shown in
EXAMPLE 5
[0075] As shown in
[0076] At this time, the power grid requires the power plant to output in a low load state or the power plant actively enters the lowest output mode at the low electricity price, while the seawater desalination process enters the lowest power consumption mode. As aforementioned, the controller 9 adjusts the actuators such as various valves and pumps and the existing pipelines to achieve the following process steps, the heat source outlet of the boiler 7 is connected to the high-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b (the interaction of the 8.sup.th 3-way valve 10i and the 9.sup.th 3-way valve 10j arising from the adjustment of the valve group directly bypasses the high-temperature side of the CO.sub.2 heater 3a), and the high-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b is connected to the heat source inlet of the boiler 7 to complete providing heat for the entire power circulation, at this time, the CO.sub.2 heater 3a provides heat for the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, and the first-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation is bypassed; among them, the circulating medium CO.sub.2 of the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, passes through the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b and is heated inside it, then enters the inlet of the second-stage expander 1b via the low-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 preheater 3b, expands inside it and outputs work, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the second-stage back heater 4b via the outlet of the second-stage expander 1b and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the inlet of the second-stage compressor 2b via the high-temperature outlet of the second-stage back heater 4b, and raises pressure under external work to complete the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation, as well as build a CO.sub.2 cooling circulation in which the CO.sub.2 fluid enters the low-temperature inlet of the second-stage back heater 4b and absorbs the heat from the high-temperature side inside it, then the CO.sub.2 fluid enters the high-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 via the low-temperature outlet of the second-stage back heater 4b and releases excess heat inside it, then enters the inlet of the first-stage compressor 2a via the high-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 and raises pressure under external work, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the second-stage back heater 4b to complete the CO.sub.2 cooling circulation via the outlet of the first-stage compressor 2a (the interaction of the 1.sup.st 3-way valve 10a, the 2.sup.nd 3-way valve 10b, the 3.sup.rd 3-way valve 10c, the 4.sup.th 3-way valve 10d and the 5.sup.th 3-way valve 10e arising from the adjustment of the valve group directly bypasses the CO.sub.2 heater 3a, the first-stage back heater 4a and the first-stage expander 1a and rebuilds the power plant into the second-stage supercritical CO.sub.2 Breton circulation overlapping the CO.sub.2 cooling circulation): the heat source used in the desalination process comes from a low-grade heat source that cannot be utilized by the thermodynamic circulation, the demineralized water enters the low-temperature inlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 via the outlet of the water pump 11e under the pressure boost of the freshwater pump 11c and absorbs the cooled heat emitted by the power circulation inside it, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the seawater preheater 6b via the low-temperature outlet of the CO.sub.2 cooler 5 and transmits heat to the seawater inside it, then enters the inlet of the freshwater pump 11e via the high-temperature outlet of the seawater preheater 6b to complete the circulation; the flue gas discharged from the boiler 7 enters the high-temperature inlet of the seawater heater 6a, and release heat to heat the seawater, then is discharged from the high-temperature outlet of the seawater heater 6a; the original low-temperature seawater enters the low-temperature inlet of the steam condenser 6c, and recycles the condensation heat of the water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet 35a of the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the low-temperature outlet of the steam condenser 6e and recycles the condensation heat of the water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet 25a of the low-temperature condenser 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 via the outlet 35b of the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, and recycles the condensation heat of water vapor inside it, then enters the inlet of the first-stage seawater pump 11d via the outlet 25b of the low-temperature condenser 23 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, and raises pressure inside it, then enters (the excess seawater is discharged after split-flow via the 14.sup.th 3-way valve 10p) the low-temperature inlet of the seawater preheater 6b via the outlet of the first-stage seawater pump 11d, and absorbs the cooled heat emitted by the power circulation inside it, then enters the low-temperature inlet of the seawater heater 6a via the low-temperature outlet of the seawater preheater 6b, and absorbs the remaining heat of the flue gas discharged from the boiler 7 inside it, then enters the inlet 25e of the first seawater tank 24 of the first-stage flash evaporator 12 via the low-temperature outlet of the seawater heater 6a and flashes inside it; the concentrated seawater enters the inlet of the second-stage seawater pump 11e via the bottom outlet 25f of the first seawater tank 24 of the first-stage flash evaporator 12 and raises pressure inside it, then enters the inlet 35e of the second seawater tank 34 of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the outlet of the second-stage seawater pump 11e and flashes inside it; the concentrated seawater enters the inlet of the third-stage seawater pump 11f via the bottom outlet 35f of the second seawater tank 34 of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 and raises pressure inside it, then enters the inlet 46a of the water distributor 43 of the final-stage flash evaporator 14 via the outlet of the third-stage seawater pump 11f, and the seawater further concentrated through the grilles 44 of the water distributor 43 flows convergently into the third seawater tank 45 of the final-stage flash evaporator 14, and enters the fourth-stage seawater pump 11g from its bottom to be discharged; wherein the flash steam in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 contacts the fresh water condensed by the low-temperature condenser 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12, which is collected by means of the condensate water pan 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 and then enters the freshwater storing tank 15 via the outlet 25d of the condensate water pan 23, the uncondensed portion of the flash steam in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 enters the steam inlet of the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 via the stream outlet 25e of the first-stage flash evaporator 12, and mixes with the flash steam in middle-stage flash evaporator 13, then the steam contacts the low-temperature condenser 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 to condense the fresh water, which is collected by the condensate water pan 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, then enters the fresh water storing tank 15 from the outlet 35d of the condensate water pan 33, the uncondensed portion of the steam in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 mixes with the flash steam in the final-stage flash evaporator 14 via the inlet of the 15.sup.th 3-way valve 10q, then enters the high-temperature inlet of the steam condenser 6e from the outlet of the 15.sup.th 3-way valve 10q, and releases heat and condenses inside it, the condensed fresh water enters the fresh water storing tank 15 from the high-temperature outlet of the steam condenser 6c. In this operating mode, the output of the thermodynamic system can be adjusted within a reasonable range by means of the boiler 7, the heat storing tank 8 and the CO.sub.2 circulation flow, meanwhile seawater flow appropriately increases to enhance freshwater production, at this time, the fan 42 in the final-stage flash evaporator 14 is normally turned on.
[0077] As shown in
[0078] As shown in
[0079] Furthermore, the water vapor flashed from the first-stage flash evaporator 12 contacts the first low-temperature condenser 22 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12 to condense into fresh water, which is collected by the first condensate water pan 23 in the first-stage flash evaporator 12, and finally flows convergently in the fresh water storing tank 15; the rest steam flows into the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 and mixes with the water vapor flashed from the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, then contacts the low-temperature condenser 32 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 to condense into fresh water, which is collected by the second condensate water pan 33 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13, and finally flows convergently in the fresh water storing tank 15; the remaining steam mixes with the water vapor flashed from the dilated final-stage flash evaporator 14 via the 15.sup.th 3-way valve 10q, then enters the high-temperature side of the steam condenser 6e to release heat and condense into fresh water, which finally flows into the fresh water storing tank 15.
[0080] Furthermore, the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 is composed of five parts: the second housing 31, the second low-temperature condenser 32, the second condensate water pan 33, the second seawater tank 34, and the third-stage seawater pump 11f. The middle-stage flash evaporator 13 includes 6 interfaces, that is, the second low-temperature seawater inlet 35a, the second low-temperature seawater outlet 35b, the second water vapor outlet 35e, the second fresh water outlet 35d, the second high-temperature seawater inlet 35e and the second high-temperature seawater outlet 35f, among them, the pebbles piled in the second seawater tank 34 enhance gas velocity, and the second fresh water outlet 35d led from the bottom of the second condensate water pan 33 is used to discharge condensate water. The middle-stage flash evaporator 13 is different from the first-stage flash evaporator 12 in the respect of its increase or decrease in number according to the desalination process, and the second seawater tank 34 in the middle-stage flash evaporator 13 can be equipped with a flue gas remaining heat recycling device according to the desalination process, which utilizes the flue gas discharged from the high-temperature side of the seawater heater 6a.
[0081] As shown in
[0082] As shown in
[0083] The middle-stage flash evaporator 13 can increase or decrease in number according to the evaporation volume required by the process, and the 15.sup.th 3-way valve 10q, the 16.sup.th 3-way valve 10r and the 17.sup.th three-way valve 10s are used to bypass the final-stage flash evaporator 14.