Patent ID: 7390353

Claim:
A system for removing water from a flue gas produced using a fossil fuel, the system comprising: a heat exchanger comprising a first side for receiving a flow of heat exchanging fluid and a second side for receiving the flue gas, the heat exchanger cooling the flue gas sufficiently to cause a condensation of water vapor contained in the flue gas; an absorber comprising a gas inlet for receiving the flue gas from the heat exchanger, an inlet for receiving a desiccant solution and a media receiving the desiccant solution for providing surface area contact between the flue gas and the desiccant solution for chemically absorbing water from the flue gas; a dual cooler comprising a first side; a heat exchanging fluid circuit comprising the first side of the dual cooler and the first side of the heat exchanger; a desiccant solution circuit comprising the first side of the dual cooler and the desiccant solution inlet of the absorber; and valving for alternating a flow of the heat exchanging fluid and a flow of the desiccant solution through the first side of the dual cooler.