Abstract (F) CONDENSING THE WATER VAPOR PRODUCED BY THE DISTILLATION ON THE SURFACES OF THE SEPARATED RELATIVELY COOLED PELLETS; (G) REMOVING AND COLLECTING THE CONDENSATED FROM THE SURFACES OF THE PELLETS; AND (H) REHEATING THE PELLETS FROM A SOURCE EXTERNAL TO SAID SYSTEM FOR RECYCLING THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS THE HEATED PELLETS OF STEP (B). 1. A PROCESS FOR RECOVERING POTABLE WATER FROM SALINE SOLUTIONS SUCH AS SEAWATER AND OTHER BRACKISH WATERS IN A PRESSURIZED FLASH DISTILLATION SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) PRESSURIZING THE SALINE WATER TO A PRESSURE THAT WILL INSURE THAT THE SALINE WATER WILL REMAIN LIQUID DIRING HEATING OF THE SALINE WATER; (B) HEATING A STREAM OF THE PRESSURIZED RELATIVELY COOL SALINE WATER TO AT LEAST THE FLASH DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE OF THE INITIAL FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE BY COUNTER CURRENTLY FLOWING HEATED A MOVING STREAM OF PELLETS THROUGH THE STREAM OF SALINE WATER, THE SALINE WATER BEING PRESSURIZED THROUGHOUT THE ZONE OF CONTACT WITH THE PELLETS AND RE,AINING LIQUID; (C) SEPARATING THE EXITING, THUS RELATIVELY COOLED PELLETS FROM THE STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER (D) TRANSFERRING SAID STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER FREE OF PELLETS TO THE INITIAL FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE, SAID STREAM HAVING BEN HEATED TO THE FLASH DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE IN STEP (B); (E) PATIALLY REDUCING THE PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE OF SAID STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER IN THE FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE TO FLASH DISTILL WATER VAPOR FROM SAID STREAM;
A PROCESS FOR RECOVERING POTABLE WATER FROM SALINE SOLUTIONS SUCH AS SEAWATER AND OTHER BRACKISH WATERS IN A PRESSURIZED FLASH DISTILLATION SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) PRESSURIZING THE SALINE WATER TO A PRESSURE THAT WILL INSURE THAT THE SALINE WATER WILL REMAIN LIQUID DIRING HEATING OF THE SALINE WATER; (B) HEATING A STREAM OF THE PRESSURIZED RELATIVELY COOL SALINE WATER TO AT LEAST THE FLASH DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE OF THE INITIAL FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE BY COUNTER CURRENTLY FLOWING HEATED A MOVING STREAM OF PELLETS THROUGH THE STREAM OF SALINE WATER, THE SALINE WATER BEING PRESSURIZED THROUGHOUT THE ZONE OF CONTACT WITH THE PELLETS AND RE,AINING LIQUID; (C) SEPARATING THE EXITING, THUS RELATIVELY COOLED PELLETS FROM THE STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER (D) TRANSFERRING SAID STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER FREE OF PELLETS TO THE INITIAL FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE, SAID STREAM HAVING BEN HEATED TO THE FLASH DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE IN STEP (B); (E) PATIALLY REDUCING THE PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE OF SAID STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER IN THE FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE TO FLASH DISTILL WATER VAPOR FROM SAID STREAM;
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A PROCESS FOR RECOVERING POTABLE WATER FROM SALINE SOLUTIONS SUCH AS SEAWATER AND OTHER BRACKISH WATERS IN A PRESSURIZED FLASH DISTILLATION SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) PRESSURIZING THE SALINE WATER TO A PRESSURE THAT WILL INSURE THAT THE SALINE WATER WILL REMAIN LIQUID DIRING HEATING OF THE SALINE WATER; (B) HEATING A STREAM OF THE PRESSURIZED RELATIVELY COOL SALINE WATER TO AT LEAST THE FLASH DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE OF THE INITIAL FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE BY COUNTER CURRENTLY FLOWING HEATED A MOVING STREAM OF PELLETS THROUGH THE STREAM OF SALINE WATER, THE SALINE WATER BEING PRESSURIZED THROUGHOUT THE ZONE OF CONTACT WITH THE PELLETS AND RE,AINING LIQUID; (C) SEPARATING THE EXITING, THUS RELATIVELY COOLED PELLETS FROM THE STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER (D) TRANSFERRING SAID STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER FREE OF PELLETS TO THE INITIAL FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE, SAID STREAM HAVING BEN HEATED TO THE FLASH DISTILLATION TEMPERATURE IN STEP (B); (E) PATIALLY REDUCING THE PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE OF SAID STREAM OF HEATED SALINE WATER IN THE FLASH DISTILLATION STAGE TO FLASH DISTILL WATER VAPOR FROM SAID STREAM;