Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-07 Thread Damon Craig
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Drop a stone into a pond to prove that this is wrong. Or check out a cool-mist humidifier. Turbulent boiling water also produces liquid droplets

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-07 Thread Damon Craig
I Wrote It takes only a one foot head of water to raise the boiling point of water to 101 C. I forgot to include the observation that liquid water would build-up in the exit hose. With the hose exist above floor level a head of water would obtain rendering a 101.1 reading completely meaningless.

RE: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-07 Thread Mark Iverson
: Damon Craig [mailto:decra...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:58 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms E-cats Have No Hair Here is my challenge to the rest of you. I will be looking for evidence myself:- What evidence exists that water

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-06 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: ** What if the E-Cat is operating with a 98% 'full charge' on the heat-capacitor? It would still have considerable capacity left to absorb heat fluctuations without significantly changing steam temperature. It

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-06 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:47 AM 7/5/2011, Joshua Cude wrote: BASIC CONCLUSION: None of the plausible assumptions are consistent with the claim for excess energy being wrong. These conclusions are an indication of what passes for evidence for cold fusion advocates. And are consistent (but much more obviously

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-06 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 08:50 PM 7/5/2011, Rich Murray wrote: MISTer Joshua Cude, you are, as always, right... No evidence at all for excess heat production... From defective evidence to no evidence is a leap. I just looked over the Kullander and Essen report, and what I see is that some assumptions were made.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-06 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
motives or personal psychology. Harry From: Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 2:23:01 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms it goes into colder water entering the ecat - but I contend that the following possibilites exist

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-06 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: The inconclusive epithet is from roughly twenty years ago, and we can see this crumbling by the time of the 2004 U.S. DoE review, where excess heat evidence was considered conclusive by half the panel, and it's

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-06 Thread Damon Craig
I have stumbled upon yet another peculiar engineering design choice. This one I cannot explain as anthing other than a deliberate and studied inplimentation with the sole intent to defraud. Whereas the previous choices might be explained by oversight, or ignorance I see no way to justify this

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-06 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Joshua, You may recall, I conjectured: ... how can this newly formed H2O gas be expected to be much above 100 C if it doesn't have a chance to hang around long enough to absorb additional heat energy. ...to which you replied: How can it not? There lies the little pickle of a situation we

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-06 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:23 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Joshua, You may recall, I conjectured: ... how can this newly formed H2O gas be expected to be much above 100 C if it doesn't have a chance to hang around long enough to absorb additional

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Nor does the manufacturer's brochure assert that steam quality can be measured with their equipment . . . It said the equipment measures enthalpy. You can't do that unless you know the quality of the steam. It also

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Damon Craig
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: Nor does the manufacturer's brochure assert that steam quality can be measured with their equipment . . . It said the equipment measures

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Damon Craig
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: At 11:09 PM 7/3/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax mailto:a...@lomaxdesign.coma**b...@lomaxdesign.coma...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: Galantini has never said that steam quality can be measured with a

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: *1. Not all of the water is turned to steam.* If applied power is making all of steam, the following would be observed. Applied power = 745 watt Flow rate = 7 liter/hr = 1.94 g/sec Power to heat water to

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: Rossi has not done a definitive test. I don't trust him on his input mass flow rate (2 grams per second) . . . You don't trust that he can read a digital weight scale? I

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Experts in those meters such as Galantini say you are wrong. I don't believe Galantini is an expert in those meters. And anyway, academics can be wrong. The manufacturer's brochure says you are wrong. No. They make

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Terry Blanton
All steam is dry steam when it leaves the surface of water by definition. Molecules of water must achieve sufficient kinetic energy to overcome the intermolecular forces of liquid water. Statistically, some molecules are able to achieve this at room temperature; so, water will evaporate.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: Where is Galantini quoted? Look at what he gave to Krivit: http://blog.newenergytimes.**com/2011/06/20/galantini-**

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: All steam is dry steam when it leaves the surface of water by definition. Where is this definition given? There are very clear, well-defined, concepts related to steam, dry steam, wet steam, and steam quality. A simple

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Wrong. Steam can be wet. No sir. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Wrong. Steam can be wet. No sir. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam Yes Sir. From that article: but such wet-steam conditions have to be

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Terry Blanton
Steam can be wet. Live with it. Semantics, I know; but, wet steam is not steam: steam [steem] –noun 1. water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Daniel Rocha
Wet steam just exist when there is a 2-fluid flow, this is why wikipedia talks about machines. Steam is dry.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Steam can be wet. Live with it. Semantics, I know; but, wet steam is not steam: steam [steem] –noun 1. water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor. Water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor can have

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: Wet steam just exist when there is a 2-fluid flow, No, it can exist under a variety of condtions. Steam is dry. Some steam is dry. Some steam is wet. You just admitted steam can be wet above.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Daniel Rocha
Only inside the hose. Outside it, it is clean. Either way, both at horizontal and vertical inclinations of the hose, at 100C and 6m/s, no more than 15% of the mass can be in the liquid state without at least some kind of squirting be constantly be pouring out of the house.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Steam can be wet. Live with it. Water cannot leave the surface of water. It must be in a gaseous form. Learn some thermodynamics, Cude. Each molecule that escapes the intermolecular forces takes with it that amount of

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Jeff Driscoll
it leaves the surface as a gaseous form but then it can condense into microscopic droplets while giving up latent heat (heat of vaporization) what thermodynamic point was incorrect? On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Joshua

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: Only inside the hose. Outside it, it is clean. Why should it change as it leaves the hose? Either way, both at horizontal and vertical inclinations of the hose, at 100C and 6m/s, no more than 15% of the mass can be

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Steam can be wet. Live with it. Water cannot leave the surface of water. It must be in a gaseous form. Drop a stone into a pond to prove that

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: it leaves the surface as a gaseous form but then it can condense into microscopic droplets while giving up latent heat (heat of vaporization) what thermodynamic point was incorrect? Many people seem to claim that the

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Drop a stone into a pond to prove that this is wrong. Or check out a cool-mist humidifier. Turbulent boiling water also produces liquid droplets that are carried into the air by the vapor. Steam can be wet. Live with it.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Terry Blanton
Really, the water exits the reactor by a mechanical method. Oh, it splashed out of the reactor!! Why did I not think of that? No wait! The molecules grew cilia and it walked out of the reactor! /sarcasm The water either overflows the pipe as a liquid or leaves as a gas. Indeed it will be

RE: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Mark Iverson
@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms it leaves the surface as a gaseous form but then it can condense into microscopic droplets while giving up latent heat (heat of vaporization) what thermodynamic point was incorrect? On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Terry Blanton

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Really, the water exits the reactor by a mechanical method. The water, in whatever state, is forced through by a pump. That's a mechanical method. The water either overflows the pipe as a liquid or leaves as a gas.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Jeff Driscoll
: Jeff Driscoll [mailto:hcarb...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:37 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms it leaves the surface as a gaseous form but then it can condense into microscopic droplets while giving up latent heat (heat

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Damon Craig
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Wrong. Steam can be wet. No sir. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam Ahem. From the very article you reference, A gas can only contain a

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Daniel Rocha
This is why one should look at the general appearance of a 2 fluid flow to draw a conclusion.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I was always taught that, technically speaking, steam is an invisible gas. However, most of us quite naturally tend to only notice the clouds of water vapor condensing out from the invisible steam as it cools. We tend to incorrectly associate, in the visual sense, those tiny suspended condensed

RE: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Mark Iverson
-Original Message- From: Jeff Driscoll [mailto:hcarb...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:37 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms it leaves the surface as a gaseous form but then it can condense into microscopic droplets while giving

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread P.J van Noorden
. The water in the black hose would then be distillated water and not overflow. Peter van Noorden - Original Message - From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:51 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Josh, Correct me if I'm wrong but I gather you believe (or are convinced of the fact) that the videos you viewed proved that tiny suspended condensed water droplets (mist) was observed being

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Josh: I'm arguing that if dry steam were coming out of the ecat (corresponding to 5 kW total power), that most of it would survive to the end of the hose, because I don't think more than a few hundred watts could be radiated by the hose. And that what comes out of that hose is

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 5:26 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: From Josh: This is not based so much on whether it's visible at the end of the hose, but on the speed and volume of the gas, once it does become visible. And in the case of the Lewan run, on

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Rich Murray
MISTer Joshua Cude, you are, as always, right... No evidence at all for excess heat production...

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Josh, For brevity sake I'm just going to focus on the following: I don't think the quality of the video is good enough to judge that. Fair enough. Take a look at figure 2.2.3 on the site Iverson just linked to. Follow the constant pressure path ABCD. It indicates clearly that at

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Harry Veeder
- From: Jeff Driscoll [mailto:hcarb...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:37 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms it leaves the surface as a gaseous form but then it can condense into microscopic droplets while giving up latent heat (heat

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Joshua Cude
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:37 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.comwrote: From Josh, For brevity sake I'm just going to focus on the following: I don't think the quality of the video is good enough to judge that. Fair enough. Take a look at figure 2.2.3 on the site

RE: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-05 Thread Mark Iverson
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:37 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.comwrote: From Josh, For brevity sake I'm just going to focus on the following: I don't think the quality of the video is good enough to judge that. Fair

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Jeff Driscoll
Rossi has not done a definitive test. I don't trust him on his input mass flow rate (2 grams per second) or whether or not it was turned to vapor or just spurted out as liquid slugs of water into the drain. Levi has a lot to gain monetarily so I don't trust his high flow rate test (where there

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 10:48 AM 7/3/2011, Jeff Driscoll wrote: Rossi has not done a definitive test. I don't trust him on his input mass flow rate (2 grams per second) or whether or not it was turned to vapor or just spurted out as liquid slugs of water into the drain. Or something in between. Levi has a lot

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Daniel Rocha
The analysis of Ed Storm is consistent with the book chapters of 2 phase flows that I posted here another day. No one bothered to read that with attention and in case anyone does that will see that the only consistent solution is that there is at least 3200W of excess energy. The only way this

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: Rossi has not done a definitive test. I don't trust him on his input mass flow rate (2 grams per second) . . . You don't trust that he can read a digital weight scale? Do you trust that Krivit can? If he had any presence of mind I suppose he checked,

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Rich Murray
Ed Storms posted: 1. Not all of the water is turned to steam. If applied power is making all of steam, the following would be observed. Applied power = 745 watt Flow rate = 7 liter/hr = 1.94 g/sec Power to heat water to 100° = 73°*4.18*1.94 = 592 watt Power to make steam = 745 - 592 = 153

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Jeff Driscoll
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: Rossi has not done a definitive test.  I don't trust him on his input mass flow rate (2 grams per second) . . . You don't trust that he can read a digital weight scale? not when

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Rossi's assertions of that steam quality can be measured with a Relative Humidity meter (it can't). Yes, it can. No it can't, I wrote a detailed email on Vortex as to why it can't, maybe I should repost it. Experts in those meters such as

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Jeff Driscoll
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jeff Driscoll hcarb...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Rossi's assertions of that steam quality can be measured with a Relative Humidity meter (it can't). Yes, it can. No it can't, I wrote a detailed email on Vortex as to

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 10:06 AM 7/3/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: Here is an analysis of Rossi's e-Cat steam test from Ed Storms. Actually, this is a combination of two messages he sent me, with a clarification inserted into item 2. - Jed Thanks for forwarding this, Jed, and thanks to Dr. Storms for writing it.

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 06:17 PM 7/3/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: Jeff Driscoll mailto:hcarb...@gmail.comhcarb...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Rossi's assertions of that steam quality can be measured with a Relative Humidity meter (it can't). Yes, it can. No it can't, I wrote a detailed email on Vortex as to why it can't,

Re: [Vo]:Analysis of e-Cat test by E. Storms

2011-07-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: Galantini has never said that steam quality can be measured with a relative humidity meter. Not that I've seen. Of course he did! He gave the model number and the type of probe, and he said that he used it to determine that the steam is dry.