Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Harry Veeder
Jeff Driscoll wrote: Mark Iverson wrote: If the instrument is reading 10g/m^3, then ALL the inlet water is being converted to vapor, and the This is wrong. I wrote in a another thread that the Relative Humidity detector is pegged at 100% for any saturated steam with a quality

Re: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-26 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 25, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Mark Iverson wrote: Still no denial Horace! Now you're messin' with us... :-) I hope you got some stock in Rossi's company, cuz the parr-teee is gonna be at your house, and it ain't gonna be cheap! :-) -Mark Good for yet another chuckle! 8^) When I read

Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Jeff, thermometer was calibrated and unlike common belief, boiling point was not 100 degrees, but 99.7°C ± 0.1. The fact is that steam must be dry if it's temperature is above 100.1 °C ± 0.1 at atmospheric pressure. —Jouni

Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: First, here is my conclusion based on the methodology and resoning below: If certain conditions are present, one can reduce this to a mass-in, mass out problem, and you don't need to measure the volume of steam

Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.comwrote: Jeff, thermometer was calibrated and unlike common belief, boiling point was not 100 degrees, but 99.7°C ± 0.1. The fact is that steam must be dry if it's temperature is above 100.1 °C ± 0.1 at atmospheric

Re: [Vo]:The infamous chimney

2011-06-26 Thread Jouni Valkonen
E-Cat can be fabricated on all possible levels, because we do not know very little relevant details about the setup. However waterflow is not probable because Mats Lewan collected condensated steam into blue bucket. He would probably have seen if there had flown some 12 liters of water into small

Re: [Vo]:Okay, suppose there is only 800 W input with no anomalous heat

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:58 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Joshua Cude's message of Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:20:48 -0500: Hi, [snip] I was talking about running it above boiling, but way below the level

RE: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Iverson
Horace wrote: When I read vortex I often have to wonder who is messing with whom! 8^) Yep, that's half the fun!! -Mark -Original Message- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:hheff...@mtaonline.net] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:16 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:E-Cat

[Vo]:Announcement and INFORMAVOREs SUNDAY NO. 461

2011-06-26 Thread Peter Gluck
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Re: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.comwrote: 2011/6/25 Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com: On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/6/25 Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com: Well it might be if the reactor

RE: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Iverson
Josh: First, thanks for at least looking at the methodology and then trying to critique it w/o resorting to personal attacks... part of this exercise was to see who can at least think out of the box and consider some PROPOSED line of reasoning. Second, and this really irks the hell out of me

[Vo]:Fwd: Vortex-l@Eskimo.com

2011-06-26 Thread Frank Roarty
Frank X. Roarty Original Message Subject: Vortex-l@Eskimo.com From: Frank Roarty froarty...@comcast.net To: kbar42...@mypacks.net CC: Mill's theory remains badly presented to the public - Jan Naudts gave him the right answer in 2005 and the right way to present the hydrino

Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: ** You stated: But steam at 100C and 1 atmosphere pressure has a density of 0.6 kg / m^3. It can't be 10 g/m^3. I thought it would have been clear by how I worded it, but apparently not, so let me be perfectly

Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: The perfect regulation is a much more reliable indication that the fluid is at the boiling point than any evidence you can get from a probe that measures temperature and pressure. Since the probe is what indicates the

Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Jeff Driscoll
Jeff, thermometer was calibrated and unlike common belief, boiling point was not 100 degrees, but 99.7°C ± 0.1. So then you are relying on Rossi's calibration being accurate to within +/- .5 C and believing Rossi who comes across as a fraud (hiding the evidence down the drain, terrible

[Vo]:Looks like steam to me (I agree with Jed again)

2011-06-26 Thread fznidarsic
I worked in a power plant for 20 years and have seen a lot of steam. I agree with Jed it looks like low temperature steam to me. It is hard to see as it comes out of the line and it does condense into the slight mist that you see against the black background. I am not surprised to see some

[Vo]:Frenet Serret ambiguity

2011-06-26 Thread David Jonsson
Hi This is a mail in the same series as before: stresses in gas. Admit that it is not obvious what is B and what is N in this case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenet-Serret_formulas Imagine the animated spring on the right to be longer and curved so that the end is attached to the beginning.

Re: [Vo]:Looks like steam to me (I agree with Jed again)

2011-06-26 Thread Rich Murray
If visible, it is no longer steam -- the H2O vapor has given up its heat of vaporization and become nano to micro droplets. So, we have no evidence about how much steam exits directly from the Rossi device into the hose. The fact that the outflow is always 100 C indicates presence of water mist

Re: [Vo]:Okay, suppose there is only 800 W input with no anomalous heat

2011-06-26 Thread Jeff Driscoll
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:58 PM,  mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to  Joshua Cude's message of Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:20:48 -0500: Hi,

Re: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-26 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: I hope you got some stock in Rossi's company, cuz the parr-teee is gonna be at your house, and it ain't gonna be cheap! :-) You like Alaska in the winter? T

RE: [Vo]:The WD Files on Rossi (2 of 4) - Interview Transcript March 5 2011

2011-06-26 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Daniel: My wife is a kind of medium. I don't believe that. But, anyway, she doesn't know English and cannot read what I am writing here, so, just ask Witch Doctor to tell her his true name and I will email it to you Steven, as a confirmation. Let me repeat. The purpose of the Witch

Re: [Vo]:Looks like steam to me (I agree with Jed again)

2011-06-26 Thread Jouni Valkonen
On Jun 26, 2011 5:55 PM, Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com wrote: So, we have no evidence about how much steam exits directly from the Rossi device into the hose. Actually i heard that Mats Lewan crudely estimated that about half of the water was evaporated. Remaining half was overflowed or

RE: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Iverson
He's gonna have his 1GigaWatt Rossi-Heffner prototype fired up and not only heating the house, but the local lake! Bring your bathing suits! -Mark -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 8:06 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject:

RE: [Vo]:Looks like steam to me (I agree with Jed again)

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Iverson
If that's the case, then it might explain why Galantini specifies 100.1 (99.7+0.4 C). Last time I looked, the specs on the combined Testo temp-hum probe were: accuracy: +-0.4C resolution:+-0.1C So he was taking into consideration the worst case scenario when making his measurements...

RE: [Vo]:Looks like steam to me (I agree with Jed again)

2011-06-26 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Mark, thanks for providing error margins. I think that this means that the accuracy when measuring delta-T, is ±0.1°C, but it's accuracy without calibration is ±0.4°C. Therefore thermometer was calibrated that boiling point was 99.7°C. Henceforth thermometer measures accurately. To add one

Re: [Vo]:Okay, suppose there is only 800 W input with no anomalous heat

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
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

[Vo]:Inert gas engine!

2011-06-26 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
I don't know what to make of this -- I think I'll wait 'til someones report back: http://peswiki.com/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions:_PlasmERG%27s_Plasmi c_Transition_Process_Engine

RE: [Vo]:Looks like steam to me (I agree with Jed again)

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Iverson
I assume all of the demos/tests that we've seen since Jan have been at Rossi's building/office and not at the University of Bologna? What's the elevation/altitude at that location? -Mark

RE: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Iverson
Josh: Your off by a factor of 1000 on the saturation mass of water vapor at 100.1 and 1 atm... So I'll assume that your calc was in kg/m^3, and you forgot to convert to grams... NIST has a really nice website for calculating physical properties here: http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid/

Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Josh: Your off by a factor of 1000 on the saturation mass of water vapor at 100.1 and 1 atm... So I'll assume that your calc was in kg/m^3, and you forgot to convert to grams... NIST has a really nice website for

[Vo]:Rossi at the Defkalion press conference

2011-06-26 Thread Harry Veeder
From the Defkalion press conference. Rossi answers the question why in Greece? in english http://www.youtube.com/user/jum401#p/a/u/2/wa4Q2XnlznU   Harry

RE: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Iverson
Yep, I couldn't find it either! You're number of 0.6kg was correct. When you wrote it as 0.6kg I just assumed it was in the g/m^3 as I had used... I didn't see the 'k'... my apologies! I did read your post completely, and I'll reread it more carefully... Are we in agreement with this

[Vo]:Inert gas engine

2011-06-26 Thread Frank Roarty
Frank X. Roarty Original Message Subject: Inert gas engine From: Frank Roarty froarty...@comcast.net To: hoyt.stea...@gmail.com CC: Hoyt, The inert gas engine was developed from the Papp engine. For those such as myself that believe all these anomalies from Black Light

Re: [Vo]:Inert gas engine

2011-06-26 Thread David Jonsson
It is more efficient since there is no energy loss in heating on rotational energies as there are with diatomic gases. The only problem is ofcourse to heat the gas. More of the heating energy goes into gas expansion in noble gases compared to diatomic gases. I assume that good Sterling engines use

[Vo]:Estimating steam quality from visual flow appearance and speed.

2011-06-26 Thread Daniel Rocha
I found this sequence of illustrations videos for a liquid at only 5C, showing the characteristic 2 phase fluid vapor/liquid with different qualities. Notice that while the pressure is low, the expected mist just happen for higher pressure and higher steam quality.

Re: [Vo]:Estimating steam quality from visual flow appearance and speed.

2011-06-26 Thread Daniel Rocha
*higher speed and higher steam quality

Re: [Vo]:Estimating steam quality from visual flow appearance and speed.

2011-06-26 Thread Daniel Rocha
More at chapter 12: http://www.wlv.com/products/databook/db3/data/db3ch12.pdf The content table is here: http://www.wlv.com/products/databook/db3/DataBookIII.pdf But I cannot open the chapter from there, I found them either by google or changing the number manually.

RE: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Iverson
Joshua wtote on Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:49 PM: You've lost me here. Say the device is calibrated to measure this. How do you deduce that from 10 g/m^3 that all the water is converted to vapor? If the device measures 10 g/m^3, but the steam is coming out at 0.1 m^3/s, then clearly, the steam

Re: [Vo]:Estimating steam quality from visual flow appearance and speed.

2011-06-26 Thread Alan Fletcher
Fascinating stuff ... and more evidence that amateurs shouldn't diddle with steam! Ch 1 has photos from videos Ch 17 has equations and charts I loved the names for some of the evaporator flow regions (inside the eCat) : Single-phase liquid | Bubbly | Plug | Slug | Wavy | Annular Different

[Vo]:Air affects steam quality too!

2011-06-26 Thread Harry Veeder
Air affects steam quality too! What I am not sure about is how this affects the heat of vapourisation. If the amount of air mixed in with the steam is not known, could this lead to an over estimate or an under estimate of the heat of vapourisation? Anyway, don't you think a humidity probe would

[Vo]:On Stirling Engines on ZPE Mechanical Force

2011-06-26 Thread Wm. Scott Smith
Actually, advanced Stirling engines tend to use highly pressurized Helium, which is the lightest monatomic element. GM spent $200 million on developing a really well-performing Stirling engine that could potentially burn anything combustible, and with great efficiency, but they wanted more

Re: [Vo]: Proposed method for how Galantini measures steam quality...

2011-06-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Joshua wtote on Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:49 PM: Okay, due to my randomly selecting an unrealisticly low flow-rate of 10g/sec, I can see where it could be confusing. Let me try to clear things up... 10 g/s is