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in the deign of multiflash c~aporarors, during recent jcars, is outlined with rcfcrcncc 10 impro\cmcnts in pcrformancr and the efftcicnt use of matercats. !t is not considered that there will be a sudden major break through in terms of cost reduction and efficiency with this @pc of design but instead, a gradual advance is txpccM as dc\elopment of existing ideas is undertaken.
Due 10 vx% keen world uidc competition. the possibility exists of a ctt:t.ng of margins b> and it is cons-idered ihat this is dcrrimentaf to the customer and to the science s a uhole. designers
The chemical aspects of sea Hater dcsafin*tion of flash evaporators are discussed and certain solutions arc exam&d \tirh polriblc a;cnucs for furrhcr study and cxpIoration being wggatcd. To further the ncms;rr?; cxpcrimcntal programmcs in muitiflash distillation. a multi-miilion pound rcscarch and dewlopmcnt programmc into distillation is undcwey in the United Kingdom. in cwllaborarion with the U.K.A.E.A. One part of this programmc includcz the construcruion of a Ccsaliontion Rcswrch and Dcwfopmcnt Stati@n at Troon on the Agrshirc Coast of Scotland, and this Station Is descrltcd in the paper.