IP Library Granted Patent US 10,940,431
Granted Patent B2
US 10,940,431 · App. 16/580,306 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

Reclaiming method

Inventors: Akiyori Hagimoto (Tokyo, JP); Tsuyoshi Oishi (Tokyo, JP); Tsutomu Hamada (Tokyo, JP); Atsuhiro Yukumoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,940,431
App. No.
16/580,306
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reclaiming method is disclosed including conducting evaporation by introducing a part of the absorbent to recover CO 2 or H 2 S in a gas in a closed system recovery unit and separating a degraded substance contained in the absorbent from the absorbent to be introduced into an evaporator and obtain recovery steam containing an absorbent and CO 2 or H 2 S by a heating section that is provided on a circulation line that circulates in the evaporator; and removing ionic degraded substance by cooling the concentrate obtained in the evaporation and removing an ionic degraded substance in the concentrate after the cooling, wherein a purified concentrate from which the ionic degraded substance has been removed is reused as a purified absorbent.

Claims (11)

1. A reclaiming method comprising:

conducting evaporation by introducing a part of an absorbent to recover CO 2 or H 2 S in a gas in a recovery unit into an evaporator and heating and concentrating the part of the absorbent to obtain recovery steam containing the absorbent and CO 2 or H 2 S and concentrate;

discharging the recovery steam from a top of the evaporator;

drawing off and supplying the concentrate from a bottom side of the evaporator;

removing an ionic degraded substance by cooling the concentrate supplied from the evaporator and removing the ionic degraded substance contained in the concentrate after the cooling to obtain a purified concentrate; and

reusing purified concentrate as a purified absorbent in the recovery unit.

2. The reclaiming method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the removing the ionic degraded substance, electrodialysis or an ion exchange resin is used.

3. The reclaiming method according to claim 2 , wherein, in the removing the ionic degraded substance, the ion exchange resin is used,

the ion exchange resin is regenerated by introducing a regenerating chemical into the ion exchange resin and concentrating a resin-regenerated waste liquid obtained by regenerating the ion exchange resin with the introduced chemical on the evaporator side.

4. The reclaiming method according to claim 1 , comprising irradiating an ultraviolet light to decompose a nonionic degraded substance contained in the concentrate after removing the ionic degraded substance.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0774 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0870 →
SECOND ASSIGNMENT Recorded Sep 26, 2019
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050511/0967 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2019
From: HAGIMOTO, AKIYORI; OISHI, TSUYOSHI; HAMADA, TSUTOMU; YUKUMOTO, ATSUHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050475/0397 →