On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Joe Catania wrote:
I don't know the last time you inverted a gallon jug of water but the water does not come dribbling out.
Of course it does. I didn't say "dripping". The water flows from a gallon container in an unsteady stream. It doesn't spray out at high velocity as if it were from a pressure washer nozzle. Besides, the opening on the E-cat was much smaller than a typical gallon bottle. If you poke a small hole in a gallon bottle it will dribble or drip.
One estimate given for the tank pressure was 2 bar. The water was above 100°C so some of it flashed to steam. It came from the bottom of the tank so was likely entirely water before being ejected.
Since its open to the atmosphere it won't dribble. Or if air can infiltrate from the bottom it won't dribble. I'm not saying the overlying water dosen't give it pressure. We also don't know how long it takes to drain.
Aha. We have a dribble quibble. 8^) Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
