US Patent Issued on Sept. 15 for "Distillation using mechanical advantage and a single fluid" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,332, issued on Sept. 15.

"Distillation using mechanical advantage and a single fluid" was invented by Arthur Francisco Hurtado (Riverside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy-saving method and system for distilling, desalinating or purifying water relating to a method of increasing the amount of heat recycled back into the system. The system involves powering a compressor and using a series of expanders and inducing a mechanical advantage, wherein the expanders displace a greater volume of gas than does the compressor. The energy derived from each expander cumulatively powers the compressor. The compressor draws vapor fr...