On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Mark Iverson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is a concern that due to the likely rigorous boiling inside, some > (macroscopic) liquid water is being thrown upward and some of it exiting > thru the opening in the side of the chimney... >
Depends what you mean by macroscopic. Considering that more than 90% (probably close to 99%) of the fluid is gas (by volume), flowing at about 1700 times faster than the liquid water is coming in, the liquid would probably get broken up into pretty small (but still possibly macroscopic) droplets, and carried along with the high speed gas, right out of that chimney. That's a kind of ejection; it's also a kind of flow. But whatever you prefer to call it, it has no choice but to get out of the chimney, was the point. This is a very reasonable concern that could have easily been assuaged if a > clear hose was used. > I'm not so sure. A mist, and steam are not that different. > Baffles would be a simple solution to that problem. > I don't see how. The water has to get out. It has no choice. I think it would do it as a mist, and I don't see how baffles that allow gas to get through, wouldn't also allow a mist to get through. But again, the scientists involved have seen E-Cats operate without the > hose, and any significant liquid water coming out of the chimney would have > been a major red flag and seriously questioned... > Maybe not if it came out as a mist. What should be a red flag is that Rossi didn't show the video makers what comes out of that chimney. It's supposed to be a demo, after all.
