P.J van Noorden <[email protected]> wrote: . . . so the temperature rose to the boilingpoint. The steam escaped very > violently from the exit of the coil. The sound was as if explosions took > place. > Therefore you can understand that I am somewhat critical about the > relative quiet experiment I saw on the internet. >
I understand perfectly! You raised an important point. If, in fact, the hose is as small as you think and yet it is not making noise, I agree would be an indication there is something wrong with their estimate of the enthalpy. That's fine. I am not complaining that you raised this issue. I am complaining that you described it as if it were an accomplished fact. You overlooked the many alternative explanations and reasons why you might be wrong. You forgot that the hose cannot be in the room, because it would produce clouds of steam. That is true even if the enthalpy is much smaller than they think. It is boiling. They can see there is some steam, and they do not want to vent a bunch of steam into a crowded room. So that is why you did not hear it in the videos on YouTube. The lack of noise in the video proves nothing. A true skeptic is skeptical of his own views first and foremost. - Jed
