about Penon "non independence", except having an italian name and having done a previous test, is there any relationship established with rossi predating the Ferrara test ?
for the rest I agree, a good HVAC engineer would do it better. 2016-04-07 4:06 GMT+02:00 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>: > Lennart Thornros <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> 1. Based on his previous work, Penon is not qualified to do calorimetry. I >> have no clue about how well you know this guys qualifications except you >> read a report you think was flawed. If the COP was 50, then I (and I am not >> good at calorimetry) could give the answer that at least COP6 was reached. >> > > As it happens, I just posted a message describing some of the reasons I am > not impressed. > > If you read the report, and you were impressed, I think you need to learn > a little more about calorimetry. It was as bad as the Lugano report. Some > of the same mistakes were in both. > > > >> 3. He is not licensed in Florida to do this kind of measurement. Sorry >> but license is just an issue of passing a simple exam and pay the fees. I >> know there is probably some experience required but that can always be >> fixed - believe me.BTW if he is licensed anywhere would that make a >> difference. >> > > A license and the proper procedures can be the difference between life and > death. The exams are NOT simple. I have seen them, and I am sure I would > fail them. > > I have never worked with large industrial equipment. But I have been in > factories, and in ship engine rooms. I have talked to OSHA inspectors and > HVAC engineers. My late father was fireman first class in the engine room > of a steamship built around 1910, and he told me a lot about it. He did > that for 6 years until his arm was crushed in an accident. There are not > one, not two, but DOZENS of ways you can kill yourself, blow up the > building or sink the ship when you make a mistake with a boiler. Even > today, with all the automatic controls, it is still dangerous. And yes, you > can confuse 200 kW with 1 MW (or vice versa) by doing it wrong. That is why > boilers blow up. Look at Defkalion for an example of how badly you can make > a mistake doing industrial scale calorimetry. > > > >> 4. I. H. said they disagree with the result. They know more about >> calorimetry than Penon does, so I am inclined to believe them. Now you >> are way out of line. IH does not know anything. >> > > I have met with those people at conferences. I can judge their knowledge. > > - Jed > >
