The presenter said near the beginning of today's demo that the the power output calculations were not based on the enthalpy of steam although steam is present. He said it was their "gift to the skeptics".
Harry On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Craig <cchayniepub...@gmail.com> wrote: > It does look to me like the COP is being measured as if the outflow was > only water, which it can't be at that high temperature. Are my numbers > correct? If so, then the COP is much higher. > > Heat = mass X specific heat X temperature change = > > 500g / minute X 1 calorie / gram X (140 - 25) = 57,500 calories / minute = > > 57,500 calories / minute X 60 minutes = 3,450,000 calories / hour = > > 3,450,000 calories / hour X 1.163E-6 kWh / calories =~ 4,000 kWh/h > > Craig > > On 07/23/2013 03:52 PM, Alan Fletcher wrote: > >>> See my Steam Calculator at http://tinyurl.com/def-1240 > >> I added the reported input temperature (ambient isn't used) > >> COP -- Water : 3.8 Steam: 13.8 > >> > >> > >
