I am a chemist (chemical engineer, actually) Can you give some practical examples and heat balances for them? Thanks! Peter
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Consider a well-insulated box. It contains a reservoir holding a > substance > > with high specific heat and high melting point. Into the reservoir, and > > through a tube into the box, may flow water, and steam may escape. > Internal > > controls may regulate flow. Hot air may be used to initially heat the > > substance. How much heat may be stored in the substance and used to > vaporize > > water? It is certainly not limited by "chemistry." > > > > No claim is made by me that such a device has been used to demonstrate > heat > > generation, only that it is possible, and not particularly difficult. > > > Where's the rest of your post? You mean that's it?! I read the entire > thing. > > :-) > > T > >
