The desalinator. by John Cooper

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14-APR-2015	John Victor Cooper

An attachment to the stove to make fresh water from sea water.
It only made small amounts, which were reserved for sailors in the sick bay.

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jCross		04-May-2015 17:16
Actually, the more I think about it the more I figure condenser cooling might have been a major factor in the limited output.

jCross		04-May-2015 17:14
I figured it was sea water, I was just curious how they circulated the water to the condenser. For our rotary evaporators in graduate school we used a small submersible pump in a bucket of ice water. Very effective. Pretty sure the Victory didn't have an ice machine.

John Cooper		02-May-2015 23:31
Possibly sea water John, without being facetious, that's the one item they had plenty of. When I go back on the Victory again I will ask the tour guide how it worked. They are pretty good at answering questions about the Victory.

jCross		02-May-2015 23:10
I wonder how they cooled the condenser.

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