Investigation of Freezing as a Means of Obtaining Fresh Water From Salt Water

摘要

The desalting by freezing utilizing pressure to force out the brine trapped or present between ice crystals appears to be competitive with vapor compression systems insofar as energy requirements under certain conditions are concerned. The equipment should be somewhat simpler and not subject to the scaling problems of vapor compression equipment. Direct comparison will require additional data which can only be obtained from a working laboratory model. The conclusions concerning the various other processes tested are given in the particular section relating to the method.