Joshua Cude says: > > The power is turned on at 1250 W at time zero. Then at 29 > minutes (more than a few), the temperature reaches boiling point > (101C). At 30 minutes, one minute after boiling begins, the > power is reduced to 400 W. But oops, they jumped the gun. The > reactor probably produces a little heat, and the system has some > thermal mass, which keeps the outlet water at boiling even after > the power has been reduced, but not long enough, because at 39 > minutes (9 minutes after the power reduction), the temperature > dips below the boiling point for 2 minutes.Someone must have > noticed this, because at 40 minutes, the input power is cranked > hard to 1550 W, and the temperature returns to the boiling > point. At 49 minutes, the power is reduced to 700 W. The reactor > was probably not producing much heat by that time, because > almost immediately the temperature begins to drop gradually. At > 56 minutes, the power is turned off, and the temperature > continues dropping to ambient.
Wow, that makes the demo sound like rubbish. Can anyone refute this?
