The power requirements for a large truck are enormous. Maybe Rossi's 1 Megawatt steam generator is not as powerful as we are thinking as it would barely be capable of powering one of those trucks at full capacity(316 KW x 3). I see that the latest 1 Megawatt "BIG CAT" will need a slight size reduction to become a successful replacement for that truck engine. We have a long way to go.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Wed, Oct 19, 2011 1:35 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Is Rossi's 1MW demo supposed to output "steam", or just hot water under 100 C? Robert Lynn wrote: > Actually pretty easy, just parallel together 3-4 truck radiators or 10 car radiators (quite cheap) with standard cooling fans on them and pump water around with an open header tank. Wow. You are right. A large truck produces 425 hp, which is 316 kW. It akes a lot more than that in thermal power. I did not realize trucks re so powerful. I do not know efficient truck radiators are but that ounds like it would work. The water in the tank would end up getting very hot. That can be ccounted for. The calorimetry is not as challenging as I though. I have no experience easuring such large amounts of heat, and no idea how it is done, but 'm sure there are many experts who know. - Jed
