I'm asserting that there are defects in the Galantini report, of two kinds.
1. He does not provide data to substantiate what he claims, which
includes specifying exactly what equipment he used. He makes a point
that he measured pressure, but he did not report the result as an
instrumental reading.
2. He makes major errors in interpretation and explanation.
He takes, in fact, a very odd tack, not what I'd have expected at
all. He takes readings of g/m^3 that are lower than those for pure
vapor, and then considers them to represent "missing vapor," i.e., as
if the readings are telling us how much water is present as vapor in
a cubic meter, with the implication that the meter can measure this.
Instead, the meter simply ignores whatever might be present as liquid
water, measures the vapor phase, only, as a percentage of water vapor
in air, in that phase, then extrapolates this as a calculated value
of water mass per cubic meter.
In fact, total water per cubic meter increases with decreasing steam
quality. Think about it, Jed. He's clearly misunderstood what the
meter is telling him. He's confused meter error, which is 3.5% at the
RH involved, i.e., over 95%, with "missing mass of water vapor."
Galantini's description provides no basis for estimation of steam
quality. None.
The interpretation of "no overflow water," considering all that is
known or reasonably assumed about the E-cat, is shallow and shaky.
Further, this could even be true at the moment of measurement.
The entire approach to measuring enthalpy is corrupt and fraught with
hazards. You know how to do it right. Rossi deliberately avoided that.
At 10:56 PM 8/10/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote:
I wrote:
Maybe he forgot which probe he used. Again, this is like what you
said above: maybe he did not calibrate. Yes, we all agree that if
you don't calibrate or you use the wrong probe, it does not work.
Yes, people do make mistakes.
To summarize Abd's assertions:
If Galantini made a mistake, then he got the wrong answer.
OR
If he did it wrong, then it wasn't right.
Unless you have evidence that he made these mistakes, these
assertions seem pointless.
- Jed
