Homestead mailing list

[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Like I said
> before, if your base sample contains volatile organics, then you are
> distilling those right alongside the water.  They will vaporize first
> and condense in your collector along with your 'pure' water.

Our distiller, currently in storage, has a little hole at the top of 
the tube as it leaves the boiler. The design is to allow volatiles to 
slip up and away rather than staying in the vapor that is then condensed.

No, I have never visited a distillation production facility and I 
have no clue as to how or if they get rid of volatile organics.