Keith Dysart wrote:
The energy flow into the battery is exactly and always
accounted for by the energy flow that heats the battery
and the energy flow consumed in the reversable chemical
reaction.

Point is, energy can be stored and released at a
later time. You earlier said that reactances do not
store energy for release at a later time yet that
is exactly what reactances do.

A strange of way of looking at it. It seems easier just
to say that there is no theta. And add the voltages.

Saying there is no theta is a shortcut that can get
one into trouble as it did with you. Since there is
no such thing as negative energy, there is also no
such thing as negative power. Note there are no
negative power signs in the power density equation
where 'theta' is the phase angle between the two
interfering voltages:

Ptot = P1 + P2 + 2*SQRT(P1*P2)cos(theta)

The last term is known as the "interference term",
page 388 of "Optics" by Hecht, 4th edition. When
90 theta 180, the sign of the last term is negative
indicating destructive interference. When
0 = theta 90, the sign of the last term is positive
indicating constructive interference. When theta = 90,
there is zero interference which is what Part 1 of my
web articles is based upon.

This Pr.correction term has nothing to do with
interference, ...

Your argument is not with me but rather is with
Eugene Hecht who defined that term as the "interference
term" in "Optics". Have you even read his chapter on
interference? If not, I would suggest that you do so.
Two other enlightening chapters are on "Superposition"
and "Coherency".

Note that there is no hint that Pr.correction needs to be
stored when it is negative nor come from somewhere when
it is positive.

You're correct, there's no hint. It is spelled out in
detail in "Optics". The possibilities are listed below.

Your above statement is a conceptual violation of the
conservation of energy principle. In the absence of
any other energy source or energy sink, localized
destructive interference must exactly match the
localized constructive interference magnitude in
order to avoid a violation of the conservation of
energy principle. This is why a Z0-match works.

Since one needs to know the constituent voltages to
determine the sign of Pr.correction, why not just use
superposition to compute the total voltage and then
derive the power?

That is what has extended this discussion to arguments
over the past quarter century. That 30,000 foot method
says nothing about where the ExH energy in the reflected
wave goes. The irradiance (power density) equation with
its defined "interference term" tells us exactly where
all the energy goes and answers the question: What happens
to the ExH energy in the reflected wave?

Here are the basic principles:

When destructive interference occurs, there is "extra"
energy left over from that isolated event. That energy
must go somewhere. Here are the possibilities in a
typical lossless RF transmitting system.

1. The source can throttle back on its energy output
to compensate for the destructive interference energy.

2. Reactive components can store the destructive
interference energy and return it to the network at
a later time.

3. In the absence of (1) and (2) above, an RF energy
wave is launched in a direction that allows the
"extra" energy to leave the destructive event area.

The last possibility is why we can observe reflected
energy being redistributed back toward the load in
the complete absence of single-wave reflections.

When constructive interference occurs, there is "missing"
energy needed to be supplied into that isolated event. That
energy must come from somewhere. Here are the possibilities
in a typical lossless RF transmitting system.

1. The source can simply supply the energy needed by
the constructive interference event.

2. Reactive components can return stored energy to
the network.

3. In the absence of (1) and (2) above, constructive
interference energy *must* be supplied in real time
by destructive interference between two other waves.

************************************************** *******
* The last possibility is how a Z0-match redistributes *
* all of the reflected energy back toward the load when *
* the physical reflection coefficient is not 1.0. *
************************************************** *******

The two-step process of redistributing 100% of the ExH reflected
wave energy back toward the load is covered in my other energy
analysis article on my web page at:

http://www.w5dxp.com/energy.htm

This analysis also makes clear the nature of powers
computed from the constituent voltages of superposition.
These powers do not represent real energy flows. As
discussed far above, real energy flows can be summed
to test for conservation of energy.

Translation: Don't bother trying to ascertain where the
ExH component wave energy goes. Since the conservation
of energy principle cannot be violated in reality, it
is OK to violate it conceptually. Now where have I
heard that argument before? :-)

"I personally don't have a compulsion to understand where
this power 'goes'."

Do you really think that the ExH energy in a reflection
from a mirror does not represent real energy flow?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com