JP3369725B2 - Condensate desalination equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a condensate purification system for a nuclear power plant and a thermal power plant, and more particularly to a condensate demineralizer equipped with an ion exchange resin backwash device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A condensate demineralizer used in a condensate purification system has a high temperature inside the reactor 1 as shown in the system configuration diagram of the primary reactor system of FIG. The high-pressure water is turned into steam and sent to the steam turbine 2. After rotating the generator 3 together with the steam turbine 2, the water is returned to the water by the condenser 4 and the low-pressure condensate pump 5 is used. Sent out.

After that, it goes through a condensate purification system consisting of a condensate filtering device 6 and a condensate desalting device 7, and is pressure-fed by a high-pressure condensate pump 8, and a low-pressure feed water heater 9 and a feed water pump 10, and further high-pressure feed water heating. It returns to the inside of the nuclear reactor 1 as water supply through the vessel 11.

In order to maintain impurities inside the reactor 1 in order to remove impurities contained in the water and to treat the water with high purity to keep the internal structure of the reactor 1 sound, the condenser 4 should be installed. A condensate purification system has been installed to respond to the leakage of seawater introduced as cooling water.

The condensate purifying system is provided with a condensate filtering device 6 for removing insoluble impurities in water and a condensate desalting device 7 for removing soluble impurities. Depending on the equipment, the condensate filter 6 may not be provided, and the condensate demineralizer 7 also has a role of removing insoluble impurities (clad) (a role as filtration).

As shown in the configuration diagram of FIG. 3, the condensate demineralizer 7
Is a condensate demineralizer 13 that is a mixture of both positive and negative ion-exchange resins 12 and is used as a backwasher for the ion-exchange resins.
And cation resin regeneration tower 14 and anion resin regeneration tower 15
The condensate, which is connected to each other by the resin take-out pipe 16 and the resin return pipe 17, etc., flows into the condensate demineralization tower 13 from the condensate inlet pipe 18, is purified by the ion exchange resin 12 inside, and is recovered. It is sent out from the water outlet pipe 19 via the resin strainer 20.

As shown in the enlarged explanatory view of FIG. 4, the granular ion-exchange resin 12 loaded in the condensate demineralization tower 13 is compacted by the water pressure applied to the resin itself, and is separated from the resin surface 12a and the resin. Clad in the condensate in the resin gap 12b
It has captured 21.

For this reason, in the condensate demineralization tower 13, the clad trapped by the ion exchange resin 12 as the operating time elapses.
21 makes the internal water permeability worse, and the resin surface 12a
As a result, the desalination rate, which indicates the exchange capacity of the ion exchange resin 12, also decreases.

As a countermeasure against this, a condensate demineralization tower 13 has been conventionally used.
The inlet / outlet differential pressure is constantly monitored, and when the inlet / outlet differential pressure value rises to a certain value due to a decrease in water permeability, a backwash operation is performed to peel off the clad 21 adhering to the ion exchange resin 12. ing.

[0010]

The backwash operation in the condensate demineralizer is carried out by using the ion exchange resin 12 in the condensate demineralizer 13 as a backwash device, which is a cation resin regeneration tower 14 and anions. Transfer to the resin regeneration tower 15 and perform in both regeneration towers 14 and 15.

The ion exchange resin 12 is separately transferred from the condensate demineralization tower 13 to the cation resin regeneration tower 14 and the anion resin regeneration tower 15, and the ion exchange resin 12 is separated by using air and wash water. The scrubbing cleaning is performed, and the ion-exchange resin 12 regenerated by this is recycled to the resin return pipe.
It is returned to the condensate demineralization tower 13 by 17, mixed and the condensate purification operation is performed again.

During the cleaning of the ion exchange resin 12, both regeneration towers
Air and water are constantly flowing into 14 and 15, so the waste liquid that has undergone cleaning treatment continues to flow out. As described above, in order to separate the clad 21 from the ion exchange resin 12, a large amount of cleaning water is used, and therefore a large amount of radioactive waste liquid is removed from the condensate purification system via the waste liquid transfer pipe 22 and the drain strainer 23. It was discharged to the radioactive liquid waste treatment facility 24.

In the scrubbing cleaning, the granular ion-exchange resin 12 is agitated by the flow of air and water to perform the cleaning process, so that the removal efficiency of the clad 21 adhered to the surface of the ion-exchange resin 12 is improved. It wasn't always enough.

In the condensate treatment operation of the condensate demineralizer, the desalination rate of the ion exchange resin 12 and the iron removal rate accompanying the removal treatment of the clad 21 adhering to the ion exchange resin 12 from the viewpoint of improving the operation rate. Improving the backwash efficiency for recovery, and a large amount of radioactive waste liquid generated by the wash water used during the backwash operation, the problem of increasing the burden of the waste liquid treatment facility 24 had been a problem. .

[0015] It is an object of the present invention, when the backwash operation of the ion exchange resin was carried in a closed loop to provide a generation of high radioactive liquid waste backwash efficiency is low condensate demineralizer.

[0016]

In order to achieve the above object, a condensate demineralizer according to the invention of claim 1 is a condensate demineralizer for purifying condensate obtained by condensing steam by a condenser. Ion exchange resin transferred from the condensate demineralization tower and this ion exchange resin
An ion resin regeneration tower which houses the cleaning water for cleaning the ion-exchange resin, ion resin from the ion resin regeneration tower
Of the washing water and the effluent from the ion resin regeneration tower through the separating means.
The washing water and circulation pump for circulating the, pressure from the circulation pump
The clad trapping means for trapping the clad in the sent cleaning water, the washing water passing through the clad trapping means, and
The separation means, the circulation pump, and
Ion exchange resin derived without passing through the clad trapping means
And an in-line mixer having a flow path resistance and a mixing means for mixing and forming a slurry .
Wherein the al slurry is provided a backwash device closed Lou <br/> flop is formed so as to return to the ion resin regeneration tower.

A condensate demineralizer according to a second aspect of the present invention is a condensate demineralizer for purifying condensate obtained by condensing steam by a condenser, and is formed by a closed loop centering on an ionic resin regeneration tower. separation means of the washing water and the ion exchange resin provided in the backwash device is characterized in that a mesh.

The condensate demineralizer according to the third aspect of the present invention is a condensate demineralizer for purifying condensate obtained by condensing steam by a condenser, and is formed by a closed loop centering on an ionic resin regeneration tower. It is characterized in that the clad capturing means in the wash water provided in the backwash device is a filter.

A condensate demineralizer according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a condensate demineralizer for purifying condensate obtained by condensing steam by a condenser, which is formed in a closed loop centering on an ionic resin regeneration tower. The means for mixing the washing water and the ion exchange resin provided in the backwashing device is an eductor.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the closed loop is filled with the washing water together with the ion exchange resin transferred from the condensate demineralization tower in the ionic resin regeneration tower. By operating the circulation pump, the wash water is mixed with the ion exchange resin sucked up from the ion resin regeneration tower in the mixing means of the wash water and the ion exchange resin, and the ion exchange resin among them has a mechanical resistance in the in-line mixer. The applied and fixed clad is peeled off.

The separated clad and the purified ion exchange resin flow into the ion resin regeneration tower together with the washing water, but the clad flows out from the ion resin regeneration tower together with the washing water and is captured and removed by the clad capturing means. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the ion exchange resin in the ion resin regeneration tower is prevented from flowing out by a mesh which is a means for separating the cleaning water and the ion exchange resin when the cleaning water flows out by operating the circulation pump. Therefore, it is left in the ion resin regeneration tower.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the clad separated from the ion exchange resin is circulated in the closed loop together with the washing water and is captured and removed by the filter which is the clad capturing means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the eductor, which is a mixing means of the wash water ion exchange resin, has the ion exchange resin in the ion resin regeneration tower as the wash water pressure-fed by the circulation pump provided in the preceding stage passes. Is sucked out and mixed with the washing water. Therefore, the sucked-out ion exchange resin does not get caught in the circulation pump provided in the preceding stage.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the same components as those in the above-described conventional technique are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. As shown in the configuration diagram of FIG. 1, in the backwashing device for regenerating the ion exchange resin 12, the cation resin regeneration tower 14 and the anion resin regeneration tower 15 that house the ion exchange resin 12 have the same configurations. Since the operation is the same, the cation resin regeneration tower 14 will be described here as an example. The condensate demineralization tower 13 has the same configuration as the conventional one shown in FIG.

The cation resin regeneration tower 14 is the condensate demineralization tower
It is connected to 13 by a resin take-out pipe 16 and a resin return pipe 17. Further, with the cation resin regeneration tower 14 as the center, a circulation pump 25 that circulates washing water to the cation resin regeneration tower 14 and a filter 26 that is a capturing means of the clad 21 separated from the cation exchange resin 12 are connected. .

Further, by connecting to the filter 26, the cation exchange resin 12 and the washing water are mixed, and the eductor 27 which is a mixing means for pumping the slurry and the cation exchange resin 12 are mixed.
An in-line mixer 28 for separating the clad 21 adhered to the surface of the resin is applied to provide a mechanical resistance to separate the clad 21 and form a closed loop returning to the cation resin regeneration tower 14 again.

Further, the resin return pipe 17 connected to the cation resin regeneration tower 14 is branched and connected to the eductor 27, and the circulation pump 25 of the cation resin regeneration tower 14 is connected.
A mesh 29 which is a means for separating the washing water and the ion exchange resin 12 is installed at the outlet of the circulation pump 25, and a waste liquid transfer pipe 22 is connected to the outlet side of the circulation pump 25.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. During the operation of the backwash device, the cation exchange resin 12 separated into the positive and the negative from the condensate demineralization tower 13 is previously transferred into the cation resin regeneration tower 14 through the resin extraction pipe 16. Together with the inside of the cation resin regeneration tower 14, the closed loop is filled with washing water 30.

When the circulation pump 25 is operated, the cleaning water 30 circulates in the closed loop, but the cleaning water 30 passed through the eductor 27 is cation exchanged in the cation resin regeneration tower 14 at the time of the passage. Aspirate resin 12 and wash water 30
Mix with to make slurry.

By passing this slurry through the inline mixer 28 having a large fluid resistance, the inline mixer 28
The flow path resistance causes mechanically and forcibly peeling the clad 21 attached or fixed to the surface of the cation exchange resin 12.

The cation exchange resin 12 from which the clad 21 has been removed is returned to the cation resin regeneration tower 14 together with the clad 21 that has been released and the washing water. In-line mixer
The resistance added to the slurry at 28 is the ion exchange resin 12
Is preliminarily set so that it does not break and has a high resistance to clad removal efficiency.

In the cation resin regeneration tower 14, the cation exchange resin 12 is prevented from flowing out by the mesh 29, but the released clad 21 and washing water 30 flow out again by the circulation pump 25, of which the clad 21 is released. Are captured and removed by the filter 26.

When the washing of the cation exchange resin 12 is completed, the washing water 30 containing the clad 21 is discharged as radioactive waste liquid through the waste liquid transfer pipe 22 to the waste liquid treatment facility 24, and then the cation exchange resin 12 is replaced with fresh water. After washing, the oil is returned to the condensate demineralization tower 13 via a resin / oil return pipe 17.

The anion exchange resin separated separately in the condensate demineralization tower 13 is also subjected to the same backwashing treatment in the anion resin regeneration tower 15 as in the above cation resin regeneration tower 14.

The backwashing operation of the ion exchange resin 12 by circulation in the closed loop according to the present invention is repeated, so that a small amount of washing water 30 becomes radioactive waste liquid after the operation because of the circulation washing treatment in the closed loop. In addition, by installing an in-line mixer 28 that gives mechanical resistance to the clad 21 fixed to the ion exchange resin 12 in the closed loop, cleaning efficiency is improved and work time is shortened, and the clad 21 is peeled off in a short time. Therefore, the life of the ion exchange resin 12 is extended.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following four effects can be obtained, roughly classified. 1. The radioactive liquid waste can be greatly reduced. 2. Improving the backwash efficiency extends the life of the ion exchange resin. 3. The reduction of radioactive waste liquid will reduce the capacity of the waste liquid receiving tank in the waste liquid treatment facility and reduce the burden on the waste liquid treatment facility. 4. The load on the operator due to the shortening of the backwash operation process is reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a backwash device in a condensate demineralizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a primary reactor system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional condensate demineralizer.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged explanatory view showing clad trapping of ion exchange resin.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reactor, 2 ... Steam turbine, 3 ... Generator, 4 ... Condenser, 5 ... Condensate pump, 6 ... Condensate filter, 7 ... Condensate demineralizer, 8 ... High pressure condensate pump, 9 … Water supply heater, 10… Water supply pump, 11… High-pressure water heater, 12… Ion exchange resin, 12
a: resin surface, 12b: resin gap, 13 ... condensate demineralization tower, 14
… Cation resin regeneration tower, 15… Anion resin regeneration tower, 16…
Resin extraction pipe, 17 ... Resin return pipe, 18 ... Condensate inlet pipe, 19
… Condensate outlet pipe, 20… Resin strainer, 21… Clad, 22
… Waste liquid transfer pipe, 23… Drain strainer, 24… Radioactive waste treatment facility, 25… Circulation pump, 26… Filter, 27… Eductor, 28… In-line mixer, 29… Mesh, 30… Wash water.

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. Condensate produced by condensing steam with a condenser is purified.
In the condensate demineralizer to Ion exchange resin transferred from the condensate desalination towerAnd this ion
Wash water to wash the exchange resinIon resin housing
A regeneration tower, From this ionic resin regeneration towerPrevent the outflow of ionic resin
And flush water outSeparation means,Washing flowed out from the ionic resin regeneration tower through the separation means
Circulate purified water Circulation pumpWhen, Captures the clad in the wash water pumped from the circulation pump
Ru Clad capturing means,The cleaning water and the ions that have passed through the clad trapping means
From the resin regeneration tower, the separating means, the circulation pump and the
Mixed with the ion-exchange resin that was drawn out without passing through the
Combine to make slurry A mixing means and a flow path resistance
Online mixerWhen, And the slurry from the in-line mixer is
Return to the fat recovery tower Closed loopButFormationDoneBackwash equipment The condensate demineralizer is characterized by being provided with. 2. In a condensate demineralizer for purifying condensate obtained by condensing steam by a condenser, a washing water and an ion exchange resin provided in a backwash device formed by a closed loop centering on an ion resin regeneration tower are provided. separation means condensate demineralizer according to claim 1, characterized in that it is a mesh. 3. A condensate demineralizer for purifying condensate obtained by condensing steam by a condenser, wherein a clad trapping means for cleaning water provided in a backwash device formed by a closed loop centering on an ion resin regeneration tower is provided. The condensate demineralizer according to claim 1, which is a filter. 4. A condensate demineralizer for purifying condensate obtained by condensing steam with a condenser, the washing water and the ion exchange resin being provided in a backwashing device formed by a closed loop centering on an ion resin regeneration tower. The condensate demineralizer according to claim 1, wherein the mixing means is an eductor.