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Ah, yes! Horace.. The freedom of the randomness
of the quantum underpinnings of reality..well said.. may I add.. the "
awareness" of the freedom...
Observation.
A 100 MGD wastewater treatment plant effluent
channel 14 ft wide, flow 2+ fps, 30 degree sharp bend in channel. A push type
feeder mixer installed immediately downstream of the bend. Feeding
15% hypo solution. Random visible vertical surface vortexes can be seen
forming and dissipating at the bend.
The mixer 15 hp motor has superb monitoring,,
voltage, amps, phase etc. Normal running amps 16, low amp trip set at 15 amps.
The monitor stores power events.
Corrected for voltage fluctuations from the
electric power system, we experience periodic increases in amperage load and
more strangely, decreases in amperage below 15 amps for a period. It
interests us in that the rise in amps is a momentary event whereas the drop in
amps is a sustained ( a longer time interval) event.
We believe these event are caused by a submerged
" horizontal" vortex introduced at the face of the high speed propeller(
although the prop is pushing against the flow) enhanced by the sharp bend in the channel. We have observed horizontal
vortexes form in a glass test tank and "ponder" the possibility.
Some studies of porpoise motion and speed have
considered the possibility of their use of vortexes. They cannot be seen unless
air is inducted to trace the pattern.. but...
how much do we fail to see because, like water,
the picture is too clear ?
Richard
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