That 550C temperature may only be occurring inside the reaction vessel.
The fast flow of water would cool the containing copper pipe to something under 110C based on the pressure maintained in the cooling loop. On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:50 PM, noone noone <[email protected]>wrote: > Rossi claims they can produce temperatures as high as 500 to 550 C > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Pierre Carbonnelle <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, May 9, 2011 1:01:42 PM > *Subject:* [Vo]:Can Rossi generate steam hotter than 110 °C ? > > 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. >
