Apparatus utilizing solar energy for demineralizing water

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DEMINERALIZED WATER SUCH AS AN OPEN SHALLOW BASIN IN THE EARTH FROM A SOURCE OF BRACKISH WATER AND UTILIZING SOLAR ENERGY FOR HEATING THE BRACKISH WATER COMPRIZING, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING HEXADECANOL FOR PROVIDING A BARRIER LAYER OF HEXADECANOL FLOATING ON THE BRACKISH WATER IN THE BASIN FOR FORMING A LAYER OF EVAPORATION REDUCING MATERIAL RIDING ON THE SURFACE OF THE BRACKISH WATER, MEANS FOR MIXING A HEATABSORBING DYE COLORING AGENT WITH THE BRACKISH WATER IN THE BASIN FOR INCREASING THE ABSORPTION DIRECTLY IN THE DYED BRACKISH WATER OF INCIDENT SOLAR ENERGY, ENCLOSURE MEANS DEFINING A FLASH EVAPORATION CHAMBER, PUMP MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE CHAMBER FOR REDUCING THE PRESSURE THEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW ATMOSPHERIC, FLOAT MEANS, INTAKE MEANS CARIED BY SAID FLOAT MEANS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE HEATED BRACKISH WATER IN THE BASIN AT A SMALL DEPTH BENEATH SAID BARRIER LAYER AND AN INTAKE LINE EXTENDING FROM SAID INTAKE MEANS TO SAID CHAMBER FOR FEEDING INTO SAID CHAMBER, A CONDENSER INCLUDING FLUID CONDUCTION COOLING MEANS AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FLASH EVAPORATION CHAMBER FOR CONDENSING WATER VAPOR GENER-ATED THEREIN ATED THEREIN, AND AN OUTLET SUPPLY FROM SAID CONDENSER.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DEMINERALIZED WATER SUCH AS AN OPEN SHALLOW BASIN IN THE EARTH FROM A SOURCE OF BRACKISH WATER AND UTILIZING SOLAR ENERGY FOR HEATING THE BRACKISH WATER COMPRIZING, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING HEXADECANOL FOR PROVIDING A BARRIER LAYER OF HEXADECANOL FLOATING ON THE BRACKISH WATER IN THE BASIN FOR FORMING A LAYER OF EVAPORATION REDUCING MATERIAL RIDING ON THE SURFACE OF THE BRACKISH WATER, MEANS FOR MIXING A HEATABSORBING DYE COLORING AGENT WITH THE BRACKISH WATER IN THE BASIN FOR INCREASING THE ABSORPTION DIRECTLY IN THE DYED BRACKISH WATER OF INCIDENT SOLAR ENERGY, ENCLOSURE MEANS DEFINING A FLASH EVAPORATION CHAMBER, PUMP MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE CHAMBER FOR REDUCING THE PRESSURE THEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW ATMOSPHERIC, FLOAT MEANS, INTAKE MEANS CARIED BY SAID FLOAT MEANS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE HEATED BRACKISH WATER IN THE BASIN AT A SMALL DEPTH BENEATH SAID BARRIER LAYER AND AN INTAKE LINE EXTENDING FROM SAID INTAKE MEANS TO SAID CHAMBER FOR FEEDING INTO SAID CHAMBER, A CONDENSER INCLUDING FLUID CONDUCTION COOLING MEANS AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FLASH EVAPORATION CHAMBER FOR CONDENSING WATER VAPOR GENER-ATED THEREIN ATED THEREIN, AND AN OUTLET SUPPLY FROM SAID CONDENSER.