But still, if the unit was running at 50% capacity @ 470kW and had a 500 kW generator for the test, then running at full capacity would be 1000kW thermal energy out from a system that has 500kW electrical energy in.
After the thermal -> electrical conversion losses when using this for generation, where are we at in overall system gains?
It’s not quite as simple as that... And I have no clue if this thing works or not. I hope it does.
The fact that the generator was running during the test is unfortunate. I don’t know if it was a 500KW generator, somebody guessed at that... A 500KW generator would probably require a 1000 horse power engine at least.
The fact that it was running during the test doesn’t mean it was supplying any excess energy to the e-cat. My guess is that they used the genset instead of the electrical mains so the amount of fuel consumed by the genset could be measured. In that sense that was a smart move. If I were an engineer working for the customer I would have insisted on this.
“I did not realize the output was thermal energy. Thanks for pointing that out.
But still, if the unit was running at 50% capacity @ 470kW and had a 500 kW generator for the test, then running at full capacity would be 1000kW thermal energy out from a system that has 500kW electrical energy in.
After the thermal -> electrical conversion losses when using this for generation, where are we at in overall system gains?”