What is a solar water distiller?
a type of water distiller that uses sunlight to distill the water
it is a type of water purifier (1)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says only reverse-osmosis systems and distillers may be called water “purifiers.” (2) All other systems are water “treatment” devices. (2)
What does a solar water distiller do?
wastes no water during the processing of untreated water (2)
is powered by the sun (2)
What types of things (contaminants) does a solar water distiller remove?
it removes more contaminants than activated carbon filters remove (2)
salts (2)
heavy metals (2)
bacteria (2)
arsenic (2)
trichloreothylene (a dry-cleaning chemical) (2)
nitrates (2)
What are types of solar water distillers?
single-effect stills (1)
multi-effect stills (1)
basin-type stills (1)
wick stills (1)
multi-wick stills (1)
diffusion stills (1)
Distillation takes advantage of the principle that chemicals vaporize at different temperatures. (2)
Most potential chemical contaminants in untreated water have vaporization points higher than water. (2)
Resources
1. https://www.safewater.org/fact-sheets-1/2016/12/8/solar-water-distillation
2. https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/passive-solar-water-distillation-zmaz02aszgoe/
