Harry, what makes you think the load acted as a resistor? Or did you mean "current is not always essential for calculating the power, e.g. in the case of a resistor..."
John, 1/ energy is discussed further down that page, in the COP calculations 2/ what does "La Petomaine" mean? Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Veeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 9:00 PM Subject: Re: Scientists? We note voltage..but no mention of current >I don't know anything about this experiment, > but current is not essential for calculating the power. > > P = (V^2)/R > > since P =VI and I = V/R > > Harry > > john herman wrote: > > > Dear Vortex, > > Below text mentions X voltage in increments.... but there does not seem > to > be a Current Meaurement! > > > > What happened to the other part of the figure to be able to compute > energy, ie., in WATTS? > > > Thank you for the article. Can we find out the current measured. > > La Petomaine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/1/06, Frederick Sparber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Based on the work of Thiel and Madey, on "auto-dissociation" of water on > metal surfaces > I vote for the latter. > > http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~wchen/Madey_page/Full_Publications/PDF/madey > _SSR_1987_T.pdf > <http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~wchen/Madey_page/Full_Publications/PDF/made > y_SSR_1987_T.pdf> > > THE INTERACI'ION OF WATER WITH SOLID SURFACES: FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS > > > > http://jlnlabs.imars.com/cfr/ppclkrs/index.htm > > "2) Here is our protocol, more or less. > a) Our container is an ordinary two-liters beaker. The level of the K2CO3 > electrolyte (0.2 M, as we had) is about 1.2 liters. The beaker is open and > fresh hot water is added when the level folls to about 1.0 liters, or more > often. There is no splashing at all (or very little, less than one gram > for > 50 grams evaporated. We do have splashing when power is too high at 300 or > 350 W. Under such conditions the COPs are always close to 1.0. Under > favorable conditions, on the other hands, we hear a steady > machine-gun-like > roar. The surface of the electrolyte is suprisingly quite. We do not mix > the > liquid; intensive boiling takes place only between the electrodes, mostly > near the very hot cathode. The thermometer, situated near the wall, shows > the temperature of between 89 and 91 C. > b) Mizuno told me that the rate at which the voltage changes should be > small. Here is how we arrive to favorable conditions: > aa) Apply 100 V for about 15 minutes. > bb) Apply 150 V for the next ~5 minutes > cc) Apply 200 V for the next ~15 min > dd) Apply 250 V for the next ~15 min > ee) Apply 300 V for about 60 min > ff) Apply 350 V and start measuring the COP (5 min per run)" > "Data collected under favorable conditions are in agreement with what was > reported by Fauvarque et al. We constructed a histogram of the COP > distribution for the run performed at 300 and 350 V. So far it has 33 data > "bricks." It shows 24 results with the COP between 1.2 and 1.4, 3 results > with the COP between 1.4 and 1.4, 10 data points with the COP between 1 > and > 1.2, and one result with the COP of 0.81" > > > > >
