Biocentric Energy Holdings, Inc. (BEHL)

[FuzzyGummyBear]

Can someone double check my math regarding evaporation in Death Valley?

It appears that BEHL plans on using Basins full of water to keep the PBR cool. I thought I'd look into evaporation rates and get an idea of what is expected ..

I was looking at Pan Evaporation records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_evaporation

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/htmlfiles/westevap.final.html

CALIFORNIA

MONTHLY AVERAGE PAN EVAPORATION (INCHES)

| PERIOD |
| OF RECORD | JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR

DEATH VALLEY | 1961-2005 | 3.93 5.38 9.10 13.00 16.76 19.11 20.98 18.86 13.95 9.78 5.54 3.75 140.14

The measuring pan has a diameter of 47.5 inches, giving it an area of 179.5 inches.

Evaporation in death valley is 140.14 inches per year.

179.5 x 140.14 = 25,155.13 cubic inches lost to evaporation.

1 Cubic Inch = 0.00432900433 Gallons

25,155.13 x .00433 = 108.9 gallons evaporates each year from that test location.


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Lets look at BEHL's basins..

1 acre = 6,272,640 square inches

6,272,640 x 140.14 = 879,047,769.6 cubic inches

879,047,769.6 x .00433 = 3,806,276.84 gallons

3.8 million gallons = 11.66 Acre Feet per year ..

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Does that look right?


Edit second thought ..

The numbers assume that the tubes will be completely submerged .. this may not be the case .. which would reduce the surface area of the water considerably thus reducing the evaporation.