Steven: If you're implying that Angela (or someone) might be proposing that weather conditions might have some effect OTHER THAN simply affecting the BP of water, then NO, I don't think that's the case. As has been discussed at length here, the E-Cat's performance critically depends on the steam quality (dryness), and Rossi/Gallantini/Levi/Kullander are all basing their numbers on the steam being nearly completely dry...
The reasoning is based on basic physics. Liquid water cannot exist in any significant amounts in steam when the temperature of the steam is clearly above the BP, and the steam is at ambient pressure. So any information that Angela could provide would help significantly since we were not given details of the atmospheric pressure outside the reactor -- we were only told that the pressure inside the chimney was the same as outside. Obviously, that requirement could be violated if the heat output of the reactor is fluctuating. Another proposal here is that liquid water is ejected out of the chimney, which may very well happen. This is certainly possible with the new, smaller e-Cats which have a much shorter chimney, but I would think that its very unlikely with the older e-Cats whose chimney looks like its at least 16 inches tall. The chimney could also have some baffles inside that would prevent liquid water from being ejected; it would simple fall back down into the boiling water. Perhaps that's why the newer e-Cats have a shorter chimney -- because baffles were put inside. We just don't know... The only real figures we have about the steam quality are from Kullander's report which calculated the liquid content of the steam was less than 1.4% to 1.2% -- Don't remember, but I think that would have to be by mass. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson [mailto:svj.orionwo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:55 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi responds to "movie professor" and Peter Ekstrom's analysis >From Angela: > no, they measured it a bit away, but still in Bologna. I you want the > precise position, I may tell you that later, I have access to all the > historic weather data. I think it is the airport there. Meteorology > was my business for a long time. Every station transmits the local air > pressure and adds the lacking pressure that comes from local height > above sea level. See wikipedia "barometric formula" for details, its > about 1 hPa per 8 m. If every station of the world would simply > transmit local air pressure, you would not be able to draw the ground > pressure charts. All values are sl-values. It looks like some are seriously looking into altitude and historical weather pattern data... looking for clues in operational behavior. This is a daunting task. Good luck in your endeavors. Only time will tell if research into this matter proves to be revealing... or not as the case may be. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
