On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Jeff Driscoll <hcarb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why would you divide the energy to vaporize 1 g of water (starting at > 10 C) by the energy to heat it from 10 C to 100 C (liquid)? Seems > random to me. > Because those are the two extremes of a situation that results in the *same* measured data that Rossi reports. I thought that was clear. > > I wrote out a whole scenario with (I thought) clear steps. Give me > your reasoning and steps. > > > > These two scenarios result in the same quantitative data reported in one > of > > Rossi's steam producing demos, because he only reports temperature, and > > input flow rate. So the same data is consistent (in Krivit's run) with > 600W > > and with 5 kW. > > Rossi does not provide quantitative evidence that it should be closer to, > or > > at, the high end of that range. He only makes pronouncements based on > things > > like visual inspections, or unreported RH measurements, which indicate > > nothing. > > Now, of course, the fact that there is some steam, means it is not at the > > bottom of the range either, but in the videos where he shows the steam, > it > > is not impressive. > >
