Re: [Vo]:Detailed 1-MW demo temperature analysis ; peak power = 490 kW, mean power 461 kW.

2011-11-30 Thread Robert Lynn
On 30 November 2011 06:10, Berke Durak berke.du...@gmail.com wrote: So far I haven't found anything significantly wrong with the 1 MW demo.  Also I still don't understand your instantaneous power transfer discontinuity argument. It's pretty simple: you have a large quantity of water - about

Re: [Vo]:Detailed 1-MW demo temperature analysis ; peak power = 490 kW, mean power 461 kW.

2011-11-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Berke Durak berke.du...@gmail.com wrote: On the other hand, if boiling begins at 11:00, then the power increase should be Pdot = 2Q/t^2 = 31 W/s, giving a power of 31*144*60 = 270 kW at 13:22. Indeed, I got that wrong, 160 W/s doesn't make sense, but 45

Re: [Vo]:Detailed 1-MW demo temperature analysis ; peak power = 490 kW, mean power 461 kW.

2011-11-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Robert Lynn robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com wrote: On 30 November 2011 06:10, Berke Durak berke.du...@gmail.com wrote: So far I haven't found anything significantly wrong with the 1 MW demo. Also I still don't understand your instantaneous power transfer

Re: [Vo]:Detailed 1-MW demo temperature analysis ; peak power = 490 kW, mean power 461 kW.

2011-11-29 Thread Berke Durak
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: I could have made a mistake, but by my calculations, if the power increases at a constant Pdot = 160 W/s, then 13.5 L of water (per unit) will begin to boil in t = sqrt(2Q/Pdot) = 40 minutes, not 90. And the power at

[Vo]:Detailed 1-MW demo temperature analysis ; peak power = 490 kW, mean power 461 kW.

2011-11-28 Thread Berke Durak
I was curious about JC's claims about the temperature profile during the warm-up period. Since no one seems to be doing that (or did I miss something?) I have started analyzing the Oct. 28th temperature data in more detail. I believe the data shows that initially the reactors are off, contain