ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,923, issued on May 12.

"System and method of distilling/desalinating water in a vacuum-applied centrifugal multi-phase manner" was invented by Daniel Anthony Whalen (Arlington, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of distilling/desalinating water in a vacuum-applied multi-phase centrifugal manner purifies water of its dissolved and/or undissolved contaminants. The system includes at least one primary vessel, at least one vacuum apparatus, at least one secondary vessel, and at least one centrifugal processor. The primary vessel initially retains a quantity of source water. A vacuum pressure is then generated inside t...