Recent content by Charles Bagwell

Russ, I can’t tell you how enjoyable it is to be in a discussion on my favorite subject: Energy. Though, I will have to take exception to your statement “Having a >1 COP would violate conservation of energy”. I would agree with you if we were discussing a closed system. But the microwave oven is...

Thank you for your feedback. You may be right. But, You may be right. But, I will still run my own tests to verify. I will furnish feedback as to my results.

Thank you for the feedback. Thank you for the interesting links. I will study them. And, thank you for your concern. I am a licensed 1st class Stationary and Refrigeration Engineer with unlimited horsepower rating with the City of Detroit. I have been operating Boilers since my Navy days...

I am working at retrofitting a microwave oven to produce steam for my 3 HP steam engine/generator. I have read estimates of 50-70% efficiency, but I am trying to verify those figures. Can anyone point me in the direction of calculating the efficiency myself?

Thank you for the information, Looking forward to learning a lot on this forum. Sorry for breaking the rules and receiving a warning for solicitation of an open source project collaboration offer. It was an accident on my part and will not happen again. It looks like Electrical Engineering has...

I am a retired Nuclear Engineer with a Senior Reactor Operator certification On 1150 MW General Electric Boiling water Reactors. I also operated a 3,000 MW Coal fired power plant for DTE Energy. (Detroit Edison). I started my Energy training as a E-5 Boiler operator for the US Navy in the...