CPC C02F 1/14 (2013.01) [C02F 1/042 (2013.01); C02F 1/043 (2013.01); F24S 50/20 (2018.05); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); G02B 3/08 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A method of solar concentration, evaporation and humidification, the method comprising:
directing, from an input source via a first conduit, salty water into a basin of a reaction vessel;
storing the salty water in the basin;
evaporating at least a portion of the salty water from the surface of the basin to rise to a top of the reaction vessel;
pumping the salty water from the basin via a second conduit to a thermal conductor to be vapourized,
wherein said thermal conductor is:
heated using a lens, and
said thermal conductor has a variable temperature across radial distances from its center;
outputting air from the top of the reaction vessel to a condenser; and
condensing water vapor in the air in the condenser into a distillate form.
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