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The process is called Multiple Effects Distillation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-effect_distillation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-effect_dis
by alan-crowe 7y ago
The process is called Multiple Effects Distillation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-effect_distillation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-effect_distillation
It is a commercially successful process. For example Hitachi have build 8 plants delivering a total of 8,600m3/day https://www.hitachizosen.co.jp/english/products/products011.html https://www.hitachizosen.co.jp/english/products/products011....
- mikekchar 7y agoThat's really cool. Thanks! I should point out, though, that I meant that I don't think you will get efficient enough to make solar power reasonable. You will notice that Hitachi's RO solution has higher power efficiency than the distillation solution. I'd be really curious to see how much power it actually uses, though... Unfortunately it doesn't say in their marketing material.