In Gluck's blog, he wrote: "A recent example is expert Rick Smith using them in order to demonstrate that the 1MW plant of Andrea Rossi has circulated water not steam and the steam - if formed could not be superheated- so he ignored one critical detail - that the fluid had a temperature of 103-104 C at atmospheric pressure . . ."
It cannot be at atmospheric pressure. The reservoir is open to the air, so it is definitely at atmospheric pressure. The pressure gauge is located just downstream of the reactors, outside of the customer site. If both locations are at atmospheric pressure, no steam (or water) can flow from the reactor back to the reservoir. That is impossible. There *has to be* a pressure difference, as Smith explained. Therefore, the pressure gauge reading of 1 atmosphere must be wrong. (I assume it was supposed to be 0.0 barg, not bar -- which would be a vacuum. Either way, it is impossible.) The pressure must be higher than 1 atm. When it is just a little higher, the water will not boil at 103-104°C. This is elementary thermodynamics. See: EXPERT REPORT OF RICK A. SMITH, P.E., Document 235-1 SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT REPORT OF RICK A. SMITH, P.E., Document 235-10 The Effects of Pressure on Boiling Point Temperatures http://coldfusioncommunity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0235.01_Exhibit_1.pdf http://coldfusioncommunity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0235.10_Exhibit_10.pdf https://durathermfluids.com/pdf/techpapers/pressure-boiling-point.pdf - Jed
