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An integrated system provides combined space heating, water heating and water distillation. The system is adapted for supplying combined services to residential and commercial buildings. The system may be used in retrofitting existing space heating furnaces and/or water heaters to provide an energy

An integrated system provides combined space heating, water heating and water distillation. The system is adapted for supplying combined services to residential and commercial buildings. The system may be used in retrofitting existing space heating furnaces and/or water heaters to provide an energy and cost efficient combined system. A portable water heating/water distilling unit can be used with an existing portable self-contained heater.

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A system selected from the group consisting of a water distiller in combination with a water heater, a water distiller in combination with a forced air furnace and a water distiller in combination with a water heater and a forced air furnace, wherein: the water distiller comprises an elongated water

A system selected from the group consisting of a water distiller in combination with a water heater, a water distiller in combination with a forced air furnace and a water distiller in combination with a water heater and a forced air furnace, wherein: the water distiller comprises an elongated water boiler tube, a gas heating member operatively arranged and connected for directly heating water in said tube, means for connecting the heating member to a source of gas for powering said heating member, an elongated passageway extending lengthwise through the tube for conducting hot combustion gases from the heating member upwardly through the tube, a metal heat transmitter in intimate contact with the water within the tube to transfer heat rapidly from the heating member and the combustion gases to the surrounding water and to minimize water turbulence as distillation proceeds, means for introducing water into the tube to maintain a supply thereof therewithin around the heat transmitter as distillation proceeds, fluid flow conducting means connected with the boiler tube for receiving distilled hot water vapor therefrom; and wherein the forced air heating furnace comprises fluid flow conducting means in direct fluid flow communication with the fluid flow conducting means of the distiller for receiving hot water vapor from the distiller, means for recovering heat of condensation as the water vapor condenses and means for conducting recovered heat to an enclosed space to be heated, and means connected with the fluid flow conducting means of the furnace for receiving water vapor condensate therefrom as distilled water; and wherein the water heater comprises a water heater tank, fluid flow conducting means in fluid flow communication with the fluid flow conducting means of the distiller for receiving hot water vapor from the distiller and conducting the hot water vapor through a single-walled condensing coil within water in the water heater tank, such that the hot water vapor is maintained separately from the water in the water heater tank and heat of condensation is recovered by the water in the water heater tank as the water vapor condenses, and means connected with the fluid flow means of the condensing coil for receiving water vapor condensate therefrom as distilled water.