Distilled water

[purge43]

I believe I will be able to procure for free a natural gas fired still, which can be converted (Im told) to distill water. Im a little familiar with distilation because I was lead operator of a cashew nut shell oil distilation plant. Before I start researching a process and "playing my cards right" to procure this still I thought Id ask a couple questions here first.
Disregarding the cost of production, would this be a viable and alternate source to make artificial sea water? and would it be chemically capable to create ASW? thanks ahead of time.

 

[disc1]

It may well be more expensive to run, but yes the water can be used to make salt water. Make sure it is all glass or all stainless. If it has any copper parts don't use it. Freshly distilled water can pull copper really fast.

 

[NeilFox]

Pure water should be triple distilled. Under the right circumstances the end product will be as pure as is available. Lab grade is almost exclusively glass. Don't know about the cost to run. Likely expensive, bottled triple distilled water is alot more expensive than RO/DI water in general.

 

[Bxer]

Been using a water distiller as my water source for a while now"¦.works great!

Pros = Consistent 0 TDS. Low water waste (easy on septic system). No filters to buy.

Cons = Output is slower than RO/DI. Energy use. Possible mechanical failure.

Its a wash for me but I will be getting a RO/DI system as backup.

 

[SantaMonica]

I used distilled for years... delivered at $10 per 5gal bottle. Then finally got an RODI.