I am looking at the Josephson version of the Defkalion video, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHEtnTO3h6s

It is a little more blurry than the original. At time 39:03 the numbers on
the screen can be read. Total input is 1918 W. Output is 4295 W. T_in is
25.29°C, T_out 132.13°C, and the flow rate is 0.569 liters/min.

132.13°C - 25.29°C = 106.9°C

0.569 liters/min = 9.5 ml/s

106.9°C * 9.5 ml = 1014 calories

1014 cal * 4.2 = 4258 W

That is approximately what is shown in the Output Power section of the
screen.

I have heard that the device produced steam. This is shown at various times
in the whole video. From the numbers here, I conclude that the people at
Defkalion treated the output as hot water, ignoring the heat of
vaporization. The heat of vaporization of water is 2260 kJ/kg, or 2260 J/g,
so for 9.5 ml that would be an extra 21,470 J/s (watts).

I gather there have been some disputes over whether this water was fully
vaporized. It might have been somewhat wet. It might have included unboiled
water. I don't see how it could have, at 132°C, but in any case that is
irrelevant since they ignored the heat of vaporization.

This is very conservative estimate of the heat output.

- Jed

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