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surfaces, access to the portions of the heat exchanger that may require cleaning is much
easier.
COST EFFECTIVENESS OF
VAPOR COMPRESSION WATER DISTILLATION SYSTEMS
Vapor compression processes produce water 5 to 10 times more cost effectively than multiple
effect distillers(see below)
and 25-40 times more cost
effectively than
conventional, single-stage
distillers.
In real dollars and cents, at
10 cents per kilowatt hour,
this translates into less
than 1/2 per gallon for
vapor compression versus
7-8 cents per gallon for a
multiple-effect distiller and
30-35 cents per gallon for a
conventional, single-stage,
home-use steam distillation
system.
When one considers these
cost savings in a bottling
operation, the clear
advantages of vapor
compression
systems(volume of water and production cost per gallon) become very clear as shown on the
diagram above.
The payback period for a typical 1500 gallon per day vapor compression distiller, operating at
full output(say 5000, 1-liter bottles per day), selling at 60 cents per liter(wholesale) is less than
17 operating days. This is truly a remarkable payback.
For a water store selling 1500 gallons of distilled water daily(and there are a number of them
doing just that) at 50 cents per gallon, the payback period is less than three months!
SOME THINGS YOU WILL REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE VC-800, VC-1500, VC-3000 and VC-6000
DISTILLATION SYSTEMS.
1. Electronic control panel is easily accessed for servicing. One solid-state circuit board
controls operation of the complete system.Incredibly easy, "one look" operations check for
pressure, system water purity, heating system operation and operating set points.
Quick checks of
operational status are
made easy by userfriendly front control
panel.
Tube-in-tube heat
exchangers provide
highly efficient heat
transfer to incoming
feedwater for low power
consumption per gallon:
as low as 0.085 Kw/H