On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On 02/18/2011 06:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Putt putt boats draw in water which flashes into steam and is then > ejected > > mostly as fluid. Given that the water was delivered to Rossi's device in > pulses, > > it seems possible that it also ejected water in pulses, at least to some > extent, > > as the leading edge of each pulse flashed into steam. Since the outlet > was > > directed down a drain this might not be noticed. > > > > IOW "that's the pump" may also have been the concurrent sound of a pulse > of > > water being ejected. > > > > Sigh.... Excellent point. We have been told that for most of the > demo the hose was sealed into a drain, with the effluent not visible to > anyone. Consequently, as you say, the thing could have been spitting a > mixture of water and steam for most of the demo without anyone being the > wiser. > > Quite some time back I wrote that it seemed clear the steam was pretty > dry, based in large part on the assumption that the end of the hose was > visible throughout the run. I was quite wrong; in fact it's not even > necessarily true that the "steam" was actually steam for the whole > duration of the run. > One should also bear in mind that it takes only 2% steam by mass to make up 97.5% of the expelled fluid by volume. And since the steam is created in the horizontal portion, it is forced up 50 cm of pipe through liquid, which would presumably turn the liquid into a fine mist after a few minutes. > > Too bad the details of the so-called RH measurements weren't published, > eh? The published reports on this demo are so far from being anything > deserving of the name "paper" that it's laughable. Really, there was so > much wrong with this demonstration, I think it's fair to say that the > only apparently solid evidence that this device actually works comes > from *other* demonstrations which have been done, for which there are no > published reports at all -- in other words, all we've got is HEARSAY. > > My current guess is that, in the end, this is going to be a PR disaster > for cold fusion, particularly since a number of sincere cold fusion > advocates seem totally convinced that it's real, and are not shy about > telling people so. > > > > Regards, > > > > Robin van Spaandonk > > > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html > > > > > > > >
