Copper pipes don't like high pressure. On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Pierre Carbonnelle < [email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all, > > I'm puzzled that Rossi has not answered me yet when I posted the message > below on his journal last week ( > http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=360). > > If he cannot generate steam hotter than 110°C, then generating electricity > will not be efficient due to Carnot's Theorem. On the other hand, if he can > generate hot steam, why doesn't he demonstrate it ? It would eliminate any > issues regarding wet vs dry steam in a very simple way. > > Just a reminder : steam can be heated at any temperature at atmospheric > pressure, provided you give it enough room to expand (because V = nRT/P). > Steam can expand as it wants in Rossi's device, thanks to the open hose. > > ------------------------------- > Dear Mr. Rossi, > > Did you ever obtain an output steam temperature well above the boiling > temperature of water, e.g. an output steam temperature of 110 °C ? > Presumably, such a temperature could be obtained by reducing the flow of > water, and would eliminate any doubts about wet vs dry steam in a simple > way. > > Is there any principle of operations that would make it impossible to > obtain such a higher temperature ? > > Thanks, > Pierre C. >
