Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-24 Thread P.J van Noorden
by for instance a steam engine heated with 12 kW of power. Peter v Noorden - Original Message - From: Jeff Driscoll To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments The calculations

RE: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-24 Thread Jones Beene
From: P.J van Noorden *How is it possible that the black tube is laying quiet on the ground while the steam has a high velocity of about 300 km/hr. The high velocity of the steam would create a reaction force in the tube which would cause the tube to change position. The diameter of the

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-24 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:44 AM, Jones Beene wrote: In the end - and even if all of the problems were there as claimed, the heat demonstrated by Rossi is still a factor of 10 times input (instead of 20-30 x). Extreme thermal gain seems to be a non-issue, except in the extent of gain.

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-24 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:44 AM, Jones Beene wrote: In the end - and even if all of the problems were there as claimed, the heat demonstrated by Rossi is still a factor of 10 times input (instead of 20-30 x). Extreme thermal gain seems to be a non-issue, except in the extent of gain.

RE: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-24 Thread Jones Beene
Where do you get 700 watts in? I'm thinking 400 in and 4 kW out at a minimum. From: Horace Heffner Jones Beene wrote: In the end - and even if all of the problems were there as claimed, the heat demonstrated by Rossi is still a factor of 10 times input (instead of 20-30 x).

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/17/2011 11:24 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Peristaltic pumps are an example of technology that by rights should not work, but they managed to pull it off. They overcame what seemed to be insurmountable problems with plastics. You have a wheel pressing down and squeezing the plastic tube

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Peter Gluck
You are right, Stephen- see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristaltic_pump (and many leaflets) Have used such pumps mainly for agressive liquids as HCl that corrodes almost all metals. But also for liquid cyanhydric acid (no problems) and for liquefied phosgene - great trouble had to

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Jeff Driscoll
and cold airflow in the room. Peter - Original Message - *From:* Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:08 AM *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments That meter that was listed can measure

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: I have the impression that pumps like that are really good for pumping whole blood. Anything with an identifiable impeller also has edges inside, and tends to cause clots. That's a good point. I recall they were developed for medical applications.

RE: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Mark Iverson
[mailto:sa...@pobox.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:51 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments On 01/17/2011 11:24 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Peristaltic pumps are an example of technology that by rights should not work, but they managed

RE: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Jones Beene
@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:08 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments That meter that was listed can measure Relative Humidity but it can not measure the quality of the steam. As you know, relative humidity just means how saturated the air

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
still notice a turbulence of warm and cold airflow in the room. Peter - Original Message - From: Jeff Driscoll To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:08 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments That meter that was listed can

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: (I've seen one off-hand reference to the condenser but it wasn't in a description of the apparatus; it was, IRRC, in a remark by Terry and seemed to be more of an assumption than anything else.) Ackshully, not an

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Jeff Driscoll
: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:08 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments That meter that was listed can measure Relative Humidity but it can not measure the quality of the steam. As you know, relative humidity just means how saturated the air is for for the given

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-18 Thread Harry Veeder
But who the f knows? T The elusive Dr. f Harry

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On your following list, it appears that item #3 may not have been satisfied. Unless the steam was collected, condensed, and weighed, one significant matter stream was not properly accounted for. The device itself should also be weighed, before and after, in order to further assure that all

RE: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell Nagel: Given the input water flow of about 150 grams each half minute ... OK, here is one more suspicious detail to check on, for anyone inclined - the flow rate. This assumption of 300g/min above could be way off. According to an excellent

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: Nagel:Given the input water flow of about 150 grams each half minute... OK,here is one moresuspiciousdetail to check on, for anyone inclined- the flow rate.This assumptionof 300g/minabove could beway off. Nope. As you will see in the photos, if I can manage to untangle

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: Nope. As you will see in the photos, if I can manage to untangle them and upload them, the reservoir is sitting on a weight scale. (It wasn't the H2 bottle, it was the water reservoir.) You can monitor the decrease in water. Okay. I finally managed to upload the document. I refer

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
I would like to add another comment about what Jones Beene wrote: OK,here is one moresuspiciousdetail to check on, for anyone inclined- the flow rate.This assumptionof 300g/minabove could beway off. Beware of jumping to conclusions. Raising questions and wondering is essential, but do not

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Jeff Driscoll
As was mentioned by others, they should Insulate the black hose and drop it into 30 gallons of room temperature water and measure the temperature rise of the water. How can you use an indoor air quality meter (listed in Jed's email) to measure the dryness of the steam? (you can't) How was the

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: How can you use an indoor air quality meter (listed in Jed's email) to measure the dryness of the steam? (you can't) Apparently you can. The person who did this is reportedly an expert in steam. I gather this meter measures RH in steam as well as air.

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Jeff Driscoll
That meter that was listed can measure Relative Humidity but it can not measure the quality of the steam. As you know, relative humidity just means how saturated the air is for for the given temperature - it says absolutely nothing about the quality (dryness or wetness) of the steam. The quality

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:15:51 -0500: Hi, [snip] 5. The test should be repeated at least three times, with each conducted for a continuous period of sufficient duration to strongly exclude the possibility of the measured exit energy being from chemicals stored

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Jed, in your report you quote: 30 second period (see #2). Was that the duration of the test?? (I had (perhaps mistakenly) gained the impression that it ran for at least an hour). That's confusing, isn't it? The Jan. 14 test was about an hour. Not sure how long

Re: [Vo]:Nagel: Check List for LENR Validation Experiments

2011-01-17 Thread Peter Gluck
Dear Jed, Just re peristaltic pumps- I have worked with them in the lab from the 70 years of the last century and Nature uses then for a very long time, including in our digestive systems. Peter On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: mix...@bigpond.com