After three different set ups, (only ended up taking pictures of the first and the second...sorry) I managed to actually collect water in the collecting water pot...not much, technically not enough...but it worked and that's what counted. below you will find the amusing pictures!
Gotta say, the water tasted like duct tape...Probably ingested some not so great toxins in that little sip...ick. but we did it. we collected water and that's what counts, right? Essentially the system is a very low tech, very inefficient water still. On the right you have the brine water boiling on the stove and on the left you have a pot to collect the water vapor. to make the water vapor condense we surrounded the collecting pot with cold water. between the two pots there is a makeshift enclosed path to guide the water vapor to the collecting pot while it cools down and returns to the state of being like water. This system was not perfect (obviously...) lots of steam escaped and there was not a lot of return on the water. I'd say I filled the cup about a third or half the way. I did take a sip...would not recommend it...distilled duct tape in a cup...not good...at all.
But this was fun, very challenging!
