In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:22:25 -0500: Hi, [snip] >In this case, the flow rate is fixed by the positive displacement pump >at what seems to be an arbitrary value, and the power level is whatever >the reactor puts out. It's an enormous coincidence that the temperature >of the effluent was within 2 degrees of boiling. You would think >hitting it that close to "on the nose" would require very careful tuning >of the input flow rate, or it would require some kind of feedback >control of the pump. Neither is present here, as far as I can tell. > >I have a hard time with coincidences of that scale. > [snip] Perhaps the power level was being deliberately controlled to ensure that the steam was just above boiling (i.e. dry)?
IOW maybe the controls were designed to ensure precisely that? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
