Horace Heffner <hheff...@mtaonline.net> wrote: This test shows your true colors. It indicates that you actually expect the > steam power to be on the order of 100 watts, not 10,000 watts or even 1,000 > watts. If you put a wand issuing 10,000 watts steam power into the bucket > you will get a notion of what I mean. >
I don't see your point. I used to do this test with a hose producing 75 kW at Hydrodynamics Inc. It worked fine. The results were close to the expected amount from that heater. > Beyond that, this "bucket method" works only for a brief snapshot of power. > It does nothing to accomplish an overall energy balance for a test. It proves that the steam is dry. For the rest of the test, you can depend on temperatures. It does not get wet one minute and dry the next. If you think it "percolates" just hold the hose out for 10 minutes. A much better test would involve a much larger reservoir. > Not too big, or the change in temperature will be small. You can't prolong it because the heat will radiate from the container. - Jed
