Method for processing a liquid medium and processing plant

A method for processing a liquid medium, the method comprising:

• conducting the medium to be processed through a liquid circuit,
• heating the medium to be processed in the liquid circuit with the aid of a heat exchanger, carrying out a liquid-steam separation in a separation device,
• introducing a liquid which is produced during the liquid-steam separation into the heat exchanger as heating medium,
• conducting a gaseous carrier medium through an evaporator and a condenser in a cooling circuit,
• dispersing the medium to be processed in the evaporator by an atomizing device, wherein at least some of the dispersed medium to be processed is evaporated and picked up by the gaseous carrier medium, and
• condensing at least some of the evaporated medium to be processed, which is picked up by the carrier medium, in the condenser.

A processing plant for processing a liquid medium, comprising:

• a liquid circuit with a heat exchanger for heating the medium to be processed,
• a separation device, connected to the heat exchanger, adapted to carry out a liquid-steam separation, wherein a liquid which is produced during the liquid-steam separation is introduced into the heat exchanger as heating medium,
• a cooling circuit, which is designed with a condenser and an evaporator, the cooling circuit adapted to feed a gaseous carrier medium from the condenser to the evaporator and from the evaporator back again to the condenser, and
• an atomizing device, wherein the medium to be processed is dispersed in the evaporator by the atomizing device so that at least some of the dispersed medium to be processed evaporates and is picked up by the gaseous carrier medium and at least some of the evaporated medium to be processed, which is picked up by the carrier medium, is condensed in the condenser.