John Slade wrote:

What would be cooler, a steel plate with a fire on one side with 10 gallons
per hour of water flowing over it or 15 gallons of water per hour flowing
over it?  Perhaps that is over simplified .....

Yes. I think it is. Its a long time since I studied thermodynamics, but I'm
sure that the amount of turbulence, the speed of the boundry layer, that
sort of thing make a big difference.
I would think that it IS possible to speed up the water flow and thus reduce
the cooling.
John Slade

Jeff has some handles on this. Hopefully he will comment when he gets
back from vacation.

Paul Lamar

 
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