Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-21 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Peter Heckert wrote: Am 20.09.2011 20:38, schrieb Horace Heffner: On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Peter Heckert wrote: In all demonstrations, January demo, Essen Kulander demo, 3 Ny Teknik demos, the electrical input energy was not enough to heat the water to

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
Excuses, excuses, excuses, piled on more excuses for using methods which produce no reliable conclusions, for taking shortcuts around things so simple teenagers can do them, and not diligently working to disprove claims. How sad. I suppose you don't think you need bother with calibration

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Horace, your 15 years of experience has it's limits because you have never seen Rossi like setup before. You should not rely on that, because it might fail you. I am amazed why do you have so much difficulties to admit that there is a correlation between steam production rate (i.e. pressure) and

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-09-20 02:48 AM, Horace Heffner wrote: Excuses, excuses, excuses, piled on more excuses for using methods which produce no reliable conclusions, for taking shortcuts around things so simple teenagers can do them, and not diligently working to disprove claims. How sad. I suppose you

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
pressure in something open to the atmosphere. That should be your experience. - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 19, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Joe

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 19, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Joe Catania wrote: The device is open to atmosphere- therefore its at atmospheric pressure. The steam is being created upon

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 20, 2011, at 12:13 AM, Jouni Valkonen wrote: I was done commenting on your posts, but I see you want me to comment more. Horace, your 15 years of experience has it's limits because you have never seen Rossi like setup before. You should not rely on that, because it might fail

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
how long it takes to drain. - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. Joe, could you please explain why the water is ejected at such a high velocity

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Jouni Valkonen
2011/9/20 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: I am amazed why do you have so much difficulties to admit that there is a correlation between steam production rate (i.e. pressure) and enthalpy? Do you discard it only because you were unable to come up with the idea yourself? There is a

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Joe Catania wrote: I don't know the last time you inverted a gallon jug of water but the water does not come dribbling out. Of course it does. I didn't say dripping. The water flows from a gallon container in an unsteady stream. It doesn't spray out at high

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Joe Catania wrote: I don't know the last time you inverted a gallon jug of water but the water does not come dribbling out. Since its open to the atmosphere it won't dribble. Or if air can infiltrate from the bottom it won't dribble. I'm not saying the

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 20, 2011, at 9:01 AM, Jouni Valkonen wrote: 2011/9/20 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: I am amazed why do you have so much difficulties to admit that there is a correlation between steam production rate (i.e. pressure) and enthalpy? Do you discard it only because you were

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Joe Catania wrote: I don't know the last time you inverted a gallon jug of water but the water does not come dribbling out. Of course it does. I didn't say dripping. The water flows from a gallon container in an unsteady stream

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Peter Heckert wrote: Am 20.09.2011 19:49, schrieb Horace Heffner: I think my conclusion was good: None of this indicates for sure whether Rossi has anything of value or not. Maybe he does. The continued failure to obtain independent high quality input and

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
, September 20, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Joe Catania wrote: I don't know the last time you inverted a gallon jug of water but the water does not come dribbling out. Of course it does. I didn't say dripping. The water flows from

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 20.09.2011 20:38, schrieb Horace Heffner: On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Peter Heckert wrote: In all demonstrations, January demo, Essen Kulander demo, 3 Ny Teknik demos, the electrical input energy was not enough to heat the water to 100° Celsius. (I dont know aout the Krivit demo) There

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Jouni Valkonen
2011/9/20 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: I am familiar with multivariate regression analysis. It is of comparatively little use when there are missing critical variables. Therefore you must MEASURE the critical variables. ALL of them. This much I require common sense. Your approach

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 20.09.2011 21:31, schrieb Jouni Valkonen: But I have several times told to Horace if he bothered to look up the report and see the data by himself, but he have refused to even look the data available. This kind of attitude is very sad from him. –Jouni Maybe not everybody has the time. I

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
They state there is an auxillary heater. - Original Message - From: Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. Am 20.09.2011 20:38, schrieb Horace Heffner: On Sep 20, 2011

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Joe Catania wrote: I don't know the last time you inverted a gallon jug of water but the water does not come dribbling out. Of course it does. I didn't say dripping. The water flows

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
Really? - Original Message - From: Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. Am 20.09.2011 19:49, schrieb Horace Heffner: I think my conclusion was good: None of this indicates

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 20.09.2011 21:51, schrieb Joe Catania: They state there is an auxillary heater. Yes but they examined all cables and even lifted the devices to see whats below and I think this extra heater was connected to the blue control box where they measured the input current. If not, then they

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
Still I'm not convinced that those tests you mentioned weren't exactly like the September test. Why shouldn't they be? - Original Message - From: Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 20.09.2011 22:19, schrieb Joe Catania: Still I'm not convinced that those tests you mentioned weren't exactly like the September test. Why shouldn't they be? I dont want to convince anybody. I still have doubts myself. Im just pointing to remarkable aspects that was mostly overseen in

RE: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
-Original Message- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:hheff...@mtaonline.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:46 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Joe Catania wrote: Yes a sealed galon bottle may dribble if a hole is poked

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Sigh.  Look at the video! Do you hear a gurgle gurgle gurgle or a high powered woos? The water is obviously under high pressure.  The couple atmospheres pressure estimate by others does not seem off.   You need a

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Sigh.  Look at the video! Do you hear a gurgle gurgle gurgle or a high powered woos? The water is obviously under high pressure.  The

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Jouni Valkonen
2011/9/20 Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de: I have never understood why do they treat the water and steam system as a secret. Why dont they open up the chimney to look inside. With this big 80 kg box my doubts are even increased. Least thing what Rossi wants in this phase that people

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Sigh.  Look at the video! Do you hear a gurgle gurgle gurgle or a

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Sigh. Look at the video! Do you hear a gurgle gurgle gurgle or a high powered woos? The water

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
To ay the matter to rest I was not the one to use the word dribble. It was HH. - Original Message - From: Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:41 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. Horace: The first

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Joe Catania
That wasn't me. I've never posted to that site. But so what? Is that the best you can do? - Original Message - From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011

RE: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread jean guy moreau
What are the 2 extra wires(22) for ? Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:10:34 +0200 From: peter.heck...@arcor.de To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. Am 20.09.2011 21:51, schrieb Joe Catania: They state there is an auxillary heater. Yes but they examined

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 20.09.2011 22:55, schrieb Jouni Valkonen: 2011/9/20 Peter Heckertpeter.heck...@arcor.de: I have never understood why do they treat the water and steam system as a secret. Why dont they open up the chimney to look inside. With this big 80 kg box my doubts are even increased. Least thing

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Joe Catania wrote: They state there is an auxillary heater. Yes,the Essen reports states: At the end of the horizontal section there is an auxiliary electric heater to initialize the burning and also to act as a safety if the heat evolution should get out of

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-20 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Peter Heckert wrote: [snip] A proven COP of 2 is more important than a doubtful COP of 6. [snip] Best regards, Peter So very true. Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 19.09.2011 05:28, schrieb Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint: Peter wrote: So steam speed is about 64 m/s if the pipe diameter is 10^2 cm. A pipe diameter of 100cm is one heck of a big pipe! I think you mean cross-sectional area? Correction: So steam speed is about 64 m/s if the pipe cross sectional

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: If I did the calculations right, then this indicates the device could blow up. If there are emergency steam relief valves on the devices the steam could be released inside the container. Some friends of mine who wish to remain anonymous know a

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: If I did the calculations right, then this indicates the device could blow up.  If there are emergency steam relief valves on the devices the steam could be released inside

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: I agree with you and Horace.  If it can explode, it will explode, and at the worst possible moment (Murphy's law and first corollary). It's quite odd to notice that on the skeptical side of the fence the subject of CF continues to be perceived as a bogus completely unproven source

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:46 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Meanwhile, on the other side of the fence many who have followed CF for decades, and whose opinions I've learned to heed, are beginning to raise concerns,. . . Please understand that most fences

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: It's quite odd to notice that on the skeptical side of the fence the subject of CF continues to be perceived as a bogus completely unproven source of energy. Therefore, one would infer from such conclusions that Rossi's 1 MW

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 19, 2011, at 11:46 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: It's quite odd to notice that on the skeptical side of the fence the subject of CF continues to be perceived as a bogus completely unproven source of energy. Therefore, one would infer from such conclusions that Rossi's 1 MW

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Joe Catania
Why do you think the device is under pressure? - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 19, 2011, at 11:46 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Man on Bridges
Hi, On 20-9-2011 0:11, Horace Heffner wrote: It is not necessarily true that the E-cat can not harm a fly if there is no excess energy produced. This is because purely normal electrical input may be enough to blow the thing up.The 4 metric tons of mostly steel constitute an enormous

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 19, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Joe Catania wrote: Why do you think the device is under pressure? See end of: http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article3264362.ece Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Joe Catania
]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 19, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Joe Catania wrote: Why do you think the device is under pressure? See end of: http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article3264362.ece Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 19, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Man on Bridges wrote: It's funny to notice everyone (believers and skeptics) is talking about a 1 MW power plant, but if it has at least a COP of 6, which Rossi claims, then the input is a maximum of 167 kW! So if it's fake, there is only a 167 kW that can be

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Horace Heffner
It seems with regard to the E-cat that one of the most basic scientific methods, known to every high school student who studies science, is overlooked. That is the importance of using experimental controls. In the case of the E-cat it is clearly important to calibrate any calorimetry

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Horace Heffner
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant. On Sep 19, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Joe Catania wrote: Why do you think the device is under pressure? See end of: http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article3264362.ece Best

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Jouni Valkonen
2011/9/20 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: It seems with regard to the E-cat that one of the most basic scientific methods, known to every high school student who studies science, is overlooked. That is the importance of using experimental controls. Uh. No way it is important! What is

[Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-18 Thread Peter Heckert
I did some plausibility calculations for Rossis 1 MW plant. Thermal Energy of saturated steam @1bar, @100 centigrade = 2675 J/g (taken from an industrial steam table) 10^6 J*s^-1 / 2675 (J/g) = 374 g/s. Volume of steam = 1.7l / g So steamflow = 636 l/s = 636 cm^3 / s If the crosssectional

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-18 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 18.09.2011 21:19, schrieb Peter Heckert: So steamflow = 636 l/s = 636 cm^3 / s If the crosssectional area of the output pipe is 10^2 cm, then the steam speed is 6.36 m/s. Oops immediately after posting I found an error ;-) 1l = 1000 cm^3 636000 cm^3/s / 100 cm^2 = 6360 cm/s = 63.6

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-18 Thread Horace Heffner
On Sep 18, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Peter Heckert wrote: I did some plausibility calculations for Rossis 1 MW plant. Thermal Energy of saturated steam @1bar, @100 centigrade = 2675 J/ g (taken from an industrial steam table) 10^6 J*s^-1 / 2675 (J/g) = 374 g/s. Volume of steam = 1.7l / g So

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-18 Thread Michele Comitini
Side note: the 52 E-cats at 80 kg each should have a mass of 4160 kg!  I wonder what the shipping cost on that is? Must be cheap (compared to sending a space aircraft across the ocean). Those containers are standard they can carry up to 25000 kg. A big ship carries thousands of those. see for

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-18 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 18.09.2011 23:22, schrieb Horace Heffner: Assume the condensed water is being fed back at 100°C. The energy to vaporize water at 100°C is 2260 J/g. If 1 MW is heating 100°C water then I estimate the flow has to be 442.5 gm/s, with a volumetric flow of 737.5 liters/sec. This gives a flow

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-18 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Horace wrote: »Side note: the 52 E-cats at 80 kg each should have a mass of 4160 kg! I wonder what the shipping cost on that is?» Can anyone estimate what would be the building costs of this fake Megawatt plant? If it is asumed that there is inside conventional fuel water boiler, that can produce