Patent ID: 10471379

Abstract:
An evaporator is provided that separates, from a degraded substance, an absorbent branched off and introduced, a heating section which is interposed on a circulation line L21 that circulates the absorbent introduced into this evaporator, heats the circulating absorbent to obtain gaseous recovery steam containing a vaporized absorbent and CO2, a concentrate branch line L22 that branches off a part of the absorbent circulating through the circulation line L21 at a bottom of the evaporator from the circulation line L21 as a concentrate, a cooler that is interposed on this concentrate branch line L22 and cools the concentrate, an ionic degraded substance removal section that removes an ionic degraded substance in the cooled concentrate, and a purified absorbent discharge line L23 that reuses the concentrate as a purified absorbent from which the ionic degraded substance is removed.