On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Why? If it takes say 1 kW to raise the temperature of the flowing water > to > > 100C, and then you supply 1.5 kW (using only and electric heater), then > only > > part of the flowing water will get converted to steam, and you will have > to > > have a mixture of liquid and gas coming out. What other possibility is > > there? > > The wet part falls back until it becomes dry vapor later, when more > energy is added. > > How can it fall back if there's more water coming in all the time to occupy the space. Come on people. There's a pump pushing the water through. The water is only in contact with the heater for a limited time. If that time is not long enough to change the phase, it's gonna exit as liquid.
