Michel Jullian wrote: > The name is Jullian with an "a".
Sorry, too much watermelon. > If by "incomptent" you mean "doesn't compute > well" yes that's what I "seemed to imply" ;-) > > BTW the fact that power is not equal to Iav*Vav in the general case (I'll let > you find an obvious example where P is not zero whereas Iav or Vav is null, AC? > which would make the Iav*Vav method infinitely underestimate input power i.e. > overestimate the COP), and so can't be relied on when dealing with spiky > currents and voltages, applies to all electrical power measurements, whether > input or output. > Then I guess you shouldn't estimate electrical input power from V and Iav. You should estimate it from V and R? It is important to remember that there are other kinds of power besides electrical power. In the end if enough heat is produced the most effective way of converting the heat into electrical power, might be through a boiler and a steam driven turbine. Harry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harry Veeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:00 AM > Subject: Re: Battery shapes > > >> >> So is Naudin incomptent when it comes to calculating power output? (That is >> what Michel Jullien seem to imply.) >> >> Harry >> >
