Patent ID: 7432482

Claim:
Distillation apparatus comprising: a microwave containment vessel having an exterior surface, a material holding cavity, and a microwave reflector formed on the exterior surface of the vessel, an antenna chamber formed of a microwave transparent material, protruding into the interior of the microwave containment vessel cavity, the antenna chamber providing physical isolation of the interior of the antenna chamber from material in the cavity of the microwave containment vessel, a microwave generator, an antenna in communication with the microwave generator producing a frequency, the antenna positionable in the antenna chamber, wherein the distance between the antenna and the microwave reflector is a multiple of the wavelength of the microwave generator frequency, a condensation coil connected to the containment vessel, wherein the condensation coil receives gases generated in the material holding cavity of the microwave containment vessel and condenses the gases into a distillate.