Water Filter Systems -
Distillation

During the water treatment process of distillation water is heated until it reaches its boiling point and begins to vaporize. A constant temperature is maintained to keep the heat and provide constant vaporization of the water. The process prohibits other undesirable elements from vaporizing (salts, metals, sediment - anything that won't boil or evaporate - remains in the distiller and must be removed) and separates the water molecules from microscopic, disease-causing organisms; the pure (or mostly pure) steam leaves the non volatile contaminants behind.

When all water is vaporized, the vapor is led into a condenser and cooled down until it condenses back into liquid water, and runs into a receiving container. However, a carbon filter or other filters should be used along with a distiller to ensure the complete removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which will evaporate and condense with the water vapor.

Advantages of Distillation Systems:

• Regardless which water is distilled, the quality of the water will be consistent.

• A good way to produce pure water removed of nitrate, salt and chloride.

• With distillation units there are no filter cartridges to replace.

• Pathogens in the water are also removed by leaving them behind after vaporization.

Disadvantages of Distillation Systems:

• Distillation takes quite some time to produce the water; it can take two to five hours to make a gallon of distilled water.

• All healthy calcium and magnesium is removed from the water by the distillation processes.

• Distillation removes healthy minerals along with harmful contaminants.

• Distillers use electricity when operating the system all the time.

• Distillers requires periodic cleaning of the storage tank, condensation compartment and boiler.

• Distillation does not remove pesticides, herbicides, and chlorine solutions.

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Water Filter Systems - Distillation

Water Filter Systems -
Distillation