Stephen A. Lawrence <sa...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 08/08/2016 09:30 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > > If you assume there was actually some pressure, then there was only hot > water, not steam, where the temperature went from 60°C to 100°C. > > > I feel like this is where I came in. > > Years ago, in early ecat tests, Rossi had a *fixed* flow rate of water > going in, and claimed 100% dry steam coming out, but the temperature of the > effluent was nailed hard to boiling: 100C (or perhaps a degree or two > higher, presumably due to some overpressure in the system). This, despite > the fact that the temperature rose with a fairly steep slope until it hit > 100C, and despite the fact that claimed power output went from just enough > to heat the input flow to 100C to enough to entirely vaporize it in > essentially zero time (which entailed a rather large power jump) . . . > I think you are right. The 1 MW test appears to be a continuation of the faulty method you describe. As I said, I cannot rule out a mixture of steam and water, meaning the flow meter error is somewhat larger than 3. That would be closer to your scenario. - Jed
