Sorry if he is a friend of yours, but maybe his particular definition for COP can be guessed by reading this page... http://www.randi.org/jr/051702.html (in which Naudin is mistakenly taken for a scientist BTW, Randi even calls him "Dr Naudin" :)
...or any of the 10000 others Google finds when you search: "tom bearden" fraud Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Lowrance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]: Proof of capturing ambient temperature energy > Michel Jullian wrote: > --- > > You're right Harry it's more rigorous to define the COP as the ratio of > output power to input power. Note that for heat pumps it is often used even > more > rigorously to describe the ratio of output (moved) thermal power to input > mechanical power, i.e. taking the motor or engine's efficiency out of the > equation. > > > > IMHO one can use both definitions provided one defines clearly the _system_ > under study (heat pump alone, or motor+ heat pump combination, commercially > called "heat pump") > --- > > > I'm wondering if Tom Bearden's usage of COP is correct, or does Tom use a > different COP term? > > [snip] > > > Regards, > Paul Lowrance >