Distilled Water
- Is it possible to have a steam engine that could also distill water?
- Fox
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- Well, yes, and no. You couldn't actually use the steam generated for driving the steam engine to condense
and drink because it would have a certain amount of oil in it. You could, however, say wrap a number of
copper tubing coils around the steam pipe comming out of the steam generator. The steam for the
generator would have to be at a pressure of around 100 psi, meaning that it would be much hotter than the
normal 212 deg F it takes to boil water. Therefore the water being run into these external coils would get
heated above 212 deg F and turn to steam. When condensed, this steam would be pure. This is the way
navel vesels for many years have produced drinking water while at sea.
- Ron