You seem to be making a couple of questionable assumptions, not the
least of which is that the flow rate of tap water will remain stable
over a long time period - in fact it can vary significantly in many
locales. We're talking about Eastern Europe, no? The plumbing may go
back to the kingdom of Bohemia.
Even though the setup seems fundamentally flawed as a precision
calorimeter, it can serve a purpose. An apparent large COP will suffice
to make the prima facie case - and that would entice an investor.
Maybe Dewey Weaver will have a look. If there really is an apparent COP
near 8 for instance - a University or large company can take more
accurate thermal data without phase change.
The inventor could even close the loop with that kind of gain. In fact,
that is probably the only way to convince most doubter. The best advice
is to close the loop ASAP.
But if it gets down to judging steam quality to make a case for thermal
gain in the range of COP~1.5 - then it has been a waste of time IMHO.
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net <mailto:jone...@pacbell.net>> wrote:
Using water, instead of a heat transfer fluid makes no sense to
me, given the history of LENR and especially the duplicity of
Rossi which is looming over everything these days.
He is using tap water. That is simple and cheap. He does not need a
pump. When you open a faucet and leave it alone you get pretty much
the same pressure and flow rate all day long. Using oil or some other
heat transfer fluid would be expensive, complicated and messy. You
have to have pumps and tanks and so on.
I think you are exaggerating the difficulties of measuring the
enthalpy of steam. With the proper instruments and techniques it is
not difficult at all. You just have to measure steam quality. Or, as
we have discussed here, condense the steam by sparging, or use a heat
exchanger. What's the big deal?
Steam was a problem with Rossi because he _made it into_ a problem.
Hot water would have been a problem with him. He would have found a
way to screw up that measurement as well.
- Jed
