Somehow, in a conversation with Henry Curtis, we got to talking about
steam and water. He said he had been told that if you mist or spray
water on a coal stove, that the heat of the stove would be inreased
without the need for additional fuel. Several sample observations were
mentioned and it sounds like this could be something worth
investigating. He says it will get MUCH hotter.
I'm gonna have to start recording this stuff as I don't always remember
all the details...<g>..and most of it is so interesting it needs to be
passed around to everyone else.
If this is so, that you can increase the heat of a metal surface simply
by a mist of water, it should be proveable.
Take a thermoelectric module (a Peltier junction or thermocouple
measuring device)...this produces current in the presence of
heat...attach this to the heated surface, monitor the temperature when
heated...note the temperature and slight variations....then mist the
water and see what happens.
If it gets as hot as Henry says hes heard it does...something bizarre is
going on which might be an energy source...hmm, thermocouples produce
current, thermistor sap a voltage that goes across it...so I'd stick
with thermocouples....propane torch, piece of iron or steel
plate...Radio Shack might sell a thermocouple...let us know!!!
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