Patent ID: 8506762

Claim:
A water distillation system comprising: an intake for receiving an intake stream of water entering the water distillation system; a first flip-filter unit positioned within an intake of the water distillation system for filtering the intake stream of water entering the water distillation system; a sump in communication with the intake stream of water; an evaporative condenser coupled to the intake for transforming the filtered intake stream of water to vapor and for transforming compressed vapor into a distilled water product, the evaporative condenser comprising: a plurality of parallel core evaporator tubes, each tube having a first open end in communication with the sump and a second open end in communication with a head chamber; a second flip-filter unit, positioned within an intake of the water distillation system and positioned to be cleared by a backwash stream, and coupled to the first flip-filter by a pivot joint disposed between the first and second flip-filter units; and a flip-switch for rotating the first flip-filter unit and the second flip-filter unit to allow the backwash stream to clear the first flip-filter as the second flip-filter is positioned to filter the intake stream of water.