Running The Tesla CD Turbine To Catastrophic Failure

[idomusics]

oooo...now i get it... thx....

[idomusics]

ok...what does it do? beside spining with the help of air ...does it create something? electricity?...or something...

[MrfixitRick]

@idomusics

The next video in this series is "Running the Tesla CD Turbine Prototype With Saw Attachment" where I magnetically attach a Skilsaw blade. ;)

A magnetic coupler can run on the outside of the case to drive tools or a generator. I have many videos showing that idea.

(see my "SinkScience Series" playlist for some examples)

The rotating magnets inside can also be used with coils outside the case to create electricity.

[psychonaut25]

Yes, it blends



[easyezekiel]

i wanted to see blood

[MrfixitRick]

@easyezekiel

Sorry, "Catastrophic Failure" just applies to the turbine this time!

[jetpoweredgriffin]

PS

Turbines have an amazing history and date back some 400 years.

Tesla's concept of utilizing cohesive force to make a bladeless turbine was a revolution that never got to happen-

like so many of his other ideas,it was forcibly blocked.

[MrfixitRick]

@jetpoweredgriffin

Yes, Nikola Tesla called his disc turbine, "The greatest of all my inventions." for a reason!!

[Cokecanninja]

I want to build one of these using steel 6 feet in diameter and spin it with the exhaust from a pulsejet!!!!

[MrfixitRick]

@Cokecanninja

Exactly! That would be a 200 horsepower Tesla turbine!

BTW, Nikola Tesla built a 200 horsepower disc turbine for his 50th birthday in 1906 !!

It ran at 16,000 rpm on steam pressure.

[jetpoweredgriffin]

@MrfixitRick

Pulsejets create a lot of vibration-

their exhaust is not even.

I'd be interested to know how that would work out.

A hybrid rocket/turbine would be even more interesting but the issue would be fuel and duration.

Reaction Motors made rocket turbines that were incredibly powerful that were used to operate fuel pumps for larger engines but fuel and cost were no issue for them.

Compressed air rockets using a simple fuel like gasoline can be amazing but are even more dangerous&costly.

[MrfixitRick]

@jetpoweredgriffin

The pulse and vibration should not bother a Tesla Turbine. The claim to fame of the Tesla disc design is that it can take shock waves and pulses without damage. It is also the only turbine that can run on straight biofuel combustion without contamination and self-destruction.

[jetpoweredgriffin]

@MrfixitRick

I would agree with that concerning alcohol biofuels but we have run our large Allison and Lycoming Turbines on biodiesel with no problems.

The Chrysler Automotive Turbine Program's last great obstruction was the emerging emission laws-

especially Nitrous Oxide.

When we ran the Allison C-18 on biodiesel we had NO NO2 emissions.

The biodiesel guys were pretty elated,to say the least.

Like the Kiwi program running jets on algae diesel but I do not know if that's blended fuel.

[MrfixitRick]

@jetpoweredgriffin

Thanks for the biodiesel comments!

I meant to say straight "biomass" combustion, rather than straight "biofuel" combustion. Sorry for the confusion.

In other words, the Tesla Turbine, because of its robust disc construction, can actually run on rice husks, sawdust, or unfiltered gasses without excess carbon build-up or degradation of the turbine. Other turbines can't do that. (Google "tesla turbine biomass" for the report from State of California and TEBA)

[jetpoweredgriffin]

@MrfixitRick Again,I'm not sure about that. I do know that I just delivered two Turbines(T-53's,the biggest of that series)to be converted to run on Natural Gas. How different is biomass gas than straight Natural Gas? I do know that biomass gas tends to run dirty. I suppose it depends on the grade and source. I am a fan of algae diesel- it seems to have promise. I once met Stan Meyers- very nice guy,seemed honest. His pursuit of efficient Hydrogen distillation from water still intrigues me.

[jetpoweredgriffin]

@MrfixitRick

PS You are definitely right,though,about Tesla's bladeless design.

Blades are the jet turbine's Achilles heel.

Tesla's concept virtually eliminates FOD(Foreign Object Damage).

Of course,

the costs of time&money for production are vastly minimized,as well.

Hopefully soon we'll be seeing some new designs actually in use not just considered in the abstract "someday".

Peace to you,

-g

[DukeObjectivist]

Can't say I didn't see this failure coming...

[ishouldplayzelda]

lol i have those same goggles

[cheetawolf]

keep it running wounded and see if it blows up worse :P

[blo0oming]

hahaha

[czolgista999]

Lol, sounds like an V8.

[jupy921]

I love your videos, but I worry that one of these days the blade is going to fly off and impale someone....hopefully NOT you. :)

[MrfixitRick]

@jupy921

This was a one-ime thing just as a proof-of-concept. I certainly don't recommend others try this at home!

[jackwilsontube]

]v[ E G A D E T ]-[

[lilcow418]

wow that nearly killed him

[WeedAndWeapons]

boring butthead

[stoopidoooo]

poopy

[MetallicAsian]

Makes me want to make one out of aluminum in my shop class. A tesla car would sound like a beast. People would look up at the sky thinking there's a low-flying jet.

[MrfixitRick]

I would love to drive a Tesla Turbine car. It should look like the Batmobile, and maybe fly. Tesla Turbines are much quieter than normal turbines, but have a nice distinctive tone.

Sounds like a great shop project! Discs are usually made from special high-strength stainless, 1/32 to 1/16 inch thick. Nanocarbon composite discs would be even better!

Tesla had a 200 horsepower Tesla Turbine he showed off on his 50th birthday. If only Ford would have let him put it in the model T!

[jib1000]

@MrfixitRick How in the world do you propose to use a tesla turbine to power a car?

Where does the energy come from?

[MrfixitRick]

@jib1000

The energy to run a Tesla Turbine can come from any burnable source, such as propane, alcohol, biomass or garbage. The turbine can use an external combustion chamber, or burn it in the turbine itself.

The Tesla Turbine is the only turbine design that can run on straight biomass combustion products.

Tesla himself even made a turbine that ran on gasoline...100 years ago!.

[jib1000]

@MrfixitRick To run a tesla turbine needs a fluid in motion. The motion requires energy. You can't take a tesla turbine fill it will gas and ignite it. Well you can but it doesn't turn it just gets hot.

[MrfixitRick]

@jib1000 Tesla used a small external combustion chamber, which was fed fuel and air by his special one-way valve invention called the Valvular Conduit. The fluid is then accelerated through a nozzle.

Tesla mentioned any excess fuel simply gets burned in the turbine, adding to the fluid pressure differential that drives the discs.

Steam is also used in the Tesla Turbine, when pressurized by an external boiler.

[jib1000]

@MrfixitRick So to run a car you'd have to have a combustion chamber to feed the pressurized gas/liquid into the tesla turbine...

That sound like something cars already have.... hmmmm..... oh thats right an internal combustion engine!!!!

It would be cool to see a tesla turbine worked into the exhaust system to replace alternators. It would probably reduce noise and maybe burn any excess fuel that didn't burn in the engine.

[MrfixitRick]

@jib1000

Check out Valvular Conduit Tesla Patent # 1,329,559

The exhaust system Tesla Turbine is a great idea that I've also been thinking about. It could replace a muffler, and make a car sound like a Ferrari!

The Tesla Exhaust Turbine would be excellent as a particulate-burner, as carbon particles can't leave the high-speed stream at the outer periphery inside the turbine case until they are burned up completely. The carbon must lighten up before spiralling into the centre exhaust.

[903harman]

@jib1000 the turbine was made in the 1940's so i think you need to stop being so sarcastic and bitchy! cars already have idiot we could have had that a long time ago.

[jib1000]

@903harman Cars already have idiot?

You mean the driver?

Maybe in your car...

[903harman]

@jib1000 you were rambling on about how cars already have it! and i was just saying this was invented like 100 years ago..

[jib1000]

@903harman Yes the Tesla Turbine was invented a while ago... an NO ONE uses it.

Basically because its cost and efficiency don't make it useful.

[903harman]

@jib1000 the turbine was made in the 100 years ago so i think you need to stop being so sarcastic and bitchy! cars already have idiot we could have had that a long time ago.

[orangizzle]

I think they should make a car with that engine, matter of fact going to start experimenting with this "idea".

[MrfixitRick]

If I had the money, I'd build a vehicle with a Tesla turbine.

200 horsepower and 16,000 rpm sounds about right. That's the turbine that Tesla demonstrated for his 50th birthday!

[NTComputer86]

u should consider putting the camera up close but behind plexiglass, very difficult to see, but very cool

[ufoengines]

Kinda Cool,and Scary! I build my disk turbines out of paper and cardboard. Never had one fly apart, but if it happened, I don't think the paper fragments would be to dangerous. I'm hoping somebody will make a car that runs on compressed air that uses a Tesla Turbine.

[MrfixitRick]

I think in the near future Tesla Turbines will be made with carbon nanofibre discs that are nine times stronger than steel at 1/3 the weight. The turbines speeds would be radically higher. If a discs comes apart, it will be as a harmless fibrous mass out the exhaust.

I, too, wish to run a vehicle on a Tesla Turbine. I think all vehicles should have had Tesla turbines, right back to the Model "T"! (I would love to convert one to TT!)

[tomterahedrob]

I love it !!! Teslas finally getting his overdue fame.Keep at it inventors.

[TommeyLeeReed]

Nice...

[Nicko1024]

Materials failure. Increase the precision of your design a bit and it'll go to a much higher RPM (of coarse usually around 15k-20k rpm the CDs will start to distort and will shatter anyway). But if you increase the amount of magnets, get it balanced properly, so it won't hit the side under load and you'll go much faster. FYI I'd recommend Hard Drive platters (already balanced, but aluminum platters are a bit easier to mod then the glass ones).

[MrfixitRick]

Thanks for comments.

I'm aware of Tesla turbines with metal discs...this CD design is more challenging, fun and cheap. And really dangerous. (hehe)

My SinkScience CD Turbine on faucet water pressure, is much more sane and completely safe.

[Nicko1024]

Although I like the dangerous aspect of stressing the glass platters in hard drives to fail...that would be really cool.

[EasyQuest]

is that a water hose?

[MrfixitRick]

No, this test is with air pressure, and it kinda got away on me. I didn't expect it to actually work, especially at high revs. Hence the screaming.

[sk8boardbusta]

what is your name

[MrfixitRick]

It's Rick, AKA MrfixitRick, and you are...? Let me see...(I'm psychic...).ummmm...Devon, right?

[windowlicker1]

dang.. looks dangerous!

[MrfixitRick]

Yes, dangerously fun. Nothing a decent suit of armor can't handle.

[poeticromance]

wow that sounds pretty cool.

[yeheyz]

yeah!!! it sound like a car motor or something

[krystoff42]

!!!1st!!!

[my83merc]

This video has been viewed 8,529 times, and up since october... and you managed to get "1st" one hour before I came about? Bastard! XD