Hi Soloman, Dependent on ...

Hi Soloman,

Dependent on how much "chlorine" you use, this may be due to production of a non-condensible gas that is evolved during the thermal degradation of the chlorine.  Non-condensible gases mean that less heat can be recovered via the multiple effects, thus less distillate being produced.  

The type of non-condensible gas (probably ClO2 but potentially Cl2 or even O2) and reaction pathway is dependent on the pH/composition of the solution, the presence of certain metals, temperature and the type of chlorine being used (hypochlorite, ClO2 etc).  

Cheers,

Matt.

Dr Matthew Brannock  CEng, CSci, MIChemE, RPEQ

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