----- Original Message ----
> From: Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 1:57:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vo]:Something more on the steam
>
>
> On 11-06-21 01:46 PM, Harry Veeder wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax<[email protected]>
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 12:55:05 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Vo]:Something more on the steam
> >> You are right you would not use it to measure the enthalpy of hot water.
>Bingo!
> >> Wet steam is, partly, hot water! It is not a uniform material, it will
>separate
> >> out into hot water and water vapor. I don't think the probe is measuring
> >> the
>hot
> >> water at all.
> > If they have already determined that the steam exiting the reactor is
> > dry by sight and by feel, it is appropriate to measure the ratio of
> > water-gas
>to
> > air-gas with a suitable probe.
>
> But it's pointless.
>
> We know, a priori, that after the system's been in operation for a short
> while,
>all air has been flushed from the cooling system and the stuff coming out is
>essentially 100% water (whether gaseous or liquid is a different question).
>
> Some amount of CO2 and assorted other gases could be dissolved in the input
>water but certainly not enough to worry about.
>
Perhaps at one time they were concerned about air leaking into the system while
the E-Cat was "purring".
Harry
