A good example. I think it comes down to whether all of the water that
we see at the outlet, in whatever form, would have had to been converted
to water vapour at some stage in order to get there, requiring its
latent heat of vapourisation. In the case of my, and John's coffee
maker, not all of it needs to be vapourised. In other systems it would,
even if some subsequently recondenses before it gets to the outlet
because of heat loss.
Nigel
On 21/01/2012 13:03, John Milstone wrote:
I suppose my coffee maker could be producing "dry" steam. But it's
producing very small quantities of it, and that small amount of steam
pushes the vast majority of the liquid water up and over the reservoir
and into the coffee grounds.
Or am I missing something?
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