Fresh water from salt water

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This paper surveys the several proposals for refining sea water, including compression distillation, multiple‐effect distillation, the electrolytic process, ionic exchange, freezing, solar distillation, and the thermal‐difference power plant. Cost estimates and design information lead to the conclusion that none of the methods using fuel as a source of heat or power is feasible at the present time. Consideration of the use of waste heat from power plants for the distillation of sea water gives hope that such developments could be used to avoid drought conditions by supplementing existing water supplies.

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