On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Mark Iverson <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > Geezus Josh, you're grasping at straws... and obviously flawed ones at > that. > > First: > It should be COMPELETLY obvious that we're talking about the > behavior/performance of the system at steady-state -- NOT start-up. > I get that. But the behavior during start up can be used to give information about the device. Like, for example, it indicates that the device has thermal mass, and in this case, it indicates that there is nothing in the chimney preventing liquid water from getting out. > Yes, of course the liquid water must fill-up the entire device and flows > out of the chimney during the start-up phase... > Good, then what would prevent water from going through the chimney during steady state. > > Second: > You wrote: > "We know there are no baffles stopping liquid, because water runs through > it before it is boiling." > > You comment here really makes me question your objectivity at least, if not > your intelligence. Baffles inside the chimney would not significantly > impede the water (liquid or vapor) flow up and out of the chimney! > I guess I misunderstood you when you said "The chimney could also have some baffles inside that would prevent liquid water from being ejected; it would simple fall back down into the boiling water." What did you mean by that then? The pump is still operating at steady state, meaning fluid is entering the chimney all the time. It's gonna push whatever is in the chimney out, whether gas or liquid. If there's not enough steam to carry away the input mass, then liquid has to get pushed out. Where else can it go? It can't fall back; there's more water taking up the space it might like to fall back to. Please indulge my obviously inferior intelligence and limited experience. But your explanation just doesn't make sense to me.
