Biography Alexander Zarchin
prime minister levi eshkol visiting desalination plant in eilat 1964
born in ukraine family of religious zionists, young man, zarchin studied industrial chemistry , specialized in metallurgy. in 1934, arrested authorities crime of zionism (he patented chemical process using magnesium lcla acronym phrase l ma tzion lo achsheh ( sake of zion not hold peace ) book of isaiah) , sentenced 5 years in prison. zarchin recruited red army, , end of world war two, managed reach west germany, , there immigrated palestine in summer of 1947. since arrival , settlement in israel, work in area of sea water desalination, petroleum production bitumen stone, wind operated generators, , other areas.
invention of seawater desalination
in 1964, alexander zarchin obtained patent seawater desalination. zarchin s method of sea water desalination involved freezing sea water in vacuum, forming pure water crystals melted produce salt-free water. salt drained off in vacuum stage. 1 of alexander zarchin s main contributions vacuum freezing vapor compression (vfvc) system incorporation of compressor having rotor nexible unmachined hades, made of thin staintess strip.
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