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I had the first test of the patent pending Kontos Irrigation Desalinator last weekend. The device is looking a little bit crude, but it worked. The inner tube was filled with regular tap water and it evaporated, re-condensed, and made it’s way into a little jar I had placed at one end of the outer tube. The outer tube measures about 5 feet, which is much, much smaller than the several miles of pipe that I would like to see employed at any one site. The inner tube is a little smaller at around 4.5 feet.

Hopefully within the next week or two I will be able to do more specific tests gathering information about how much water is re-condensed and deposited into my collection jar as well as environmental factors such as sunlight, temperature, and wind. Once I have some base line results established with tap water I want to choose a good weekend to take this show to the beach and run a test with actual salt water. Anyway, that’s the plan. Here’s a quick picture – hopefully more will become available as my testing drags on.

So I already have the patent application submitted. The fine people in DC have been sitting on it for 4 years now. Some weekend soon I want to build a prototype to take to the beach. I thoroughly intent to create the biggest spectacle that I can manage during that trial run of my patent. More information on my idea can be found at http://www.freshpatents.com/Solar-desalination-or-distillation-apparatus-dt20050331ptan20050067352.php?type=description

It took me two days of moving furniture, shelving, computers and then painting – but I got the office painted and it looks good.