you forgot melting point

Buster — 9/22/2003 6:44:26 PM (archived)

Your overall comments are OK but ice isn't going to power a steam turbine. I'm pretty sure the water has to be liquid at it's source both thermodynamically and from the practical matter of pumping. Water below 32 C doesn't boil it sublimes.

steam table link
http://www.extolohio.com/DATA/CHARTS/steam-table.html

see ya

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Are we just a bunch of grumpy old futurists? - McFly - 9/17/2003 3:10:01 PM
- No, just a pack of clueless Mars Nuts - E.P.Grondine - 9/20/2003 6:40:33 AM
  - re: No, just a pack of clueless Mars Nuts? Nothing like an over generalization to show intelligence. - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2003 1:01:41 AM
- It's "the vision thing" - Fox - 9/18/2003 11:24:17 PM
  - One line analysis - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2003 7:10:06 PM
    - re: One line analysis - Raoul - 9/20/2003 10:13:24 AM
      - That's good news. - Tom Brosz - 9/23/2003 1:51:02 AM
    - McKnight Is A Lawyer & It Shows - Mark Eby - 9/20/2003 3:39:58 AM
      - Axe nice and sharp now? - Fox - 9/22/2003 12:04:19 AM
        
        And, a sidebar - Fox - 9/22/2003 1:47:23 AM
        
        I Disagree - Mark Eby - 9/22/2003 2:24:51 PM
        
        Geothermal gradients and Power on Mars (long post) - Nick Hoffman - 9/23/2003 3:06:51 PM
        
        You Got One Thing Backwards - Mark Eby - 9/23/2003 6:22:12 PM
        
        re: You Got One Thing Backwards - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2003 9:50:17 AM
        
        Freezing in Pipelines... - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2003 9:10:53 AM
        
        you forgot melting point - Buster - 9/22/2003 6:44:26 PM
        
        Good Point (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/23/2003 5:50:01 PM
        
        re: Axe nice and sharp now? - Mark Eby - 9/22/2003 1:45:14 AM
  - terrific analysis Fox, thanks :-) (n/t) - McFly - 9/19/2003 2:49:09 PM
- Are we waiting on the time of trains, or did we build movable pyramids? - ebnelson - 9/18/2003 1:11:20 PM
- re: Are we just a bunch of grumpy old futurists? - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2003 4:49:54 PM
- re: other directions - Raoul - 9/17/2003 4:36:25 PM

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