>>847022No way this is accurate unless you are hauling a huge stove.
A group jetboil which is rated at 3 kW takes 2m40s to boil a liter of water (from their website). Let's assume the water is starting at 25°C and pressure is 1 atm.
H0 = 104.86 kJ/kg
H,l = 419.06 kJ/kg
ΔH = 314.2 kJ/kg
So the stove is only effectively transferring 324.2 kJ in 2m40s (this is 2.03 kW).
To vaporize the liter of water:
H,l = 419.06 kJ/kg
H,g = 2675.6 kJ/kg
ΔH = 2256.54 kJ/kg
If the stove maintains the same performance it would take 19m9s to vaporize the water once it starts to boil.
So from 25°C to vaporized water, you'd theoretically need at least 21m49s with a large jetboil. In reality you'd need much longer to distill a liter of water because you will have steam loses and are wasting energy to continually reheating your distillate.
Overall I think your method sounds like a heavy and wasteful way of procuring clean water. You are also forced to camp near water or stop hiking for 25+ minutes to get clean water. Can I ask why you like to distill your water instead of dosing with ClO2?
