second thought about it, I think it is a personal conquest hobby after all, I don't know how it works elsewere, but in my school I could decide which project to make for the graduation exam, so I had already built a tesla coil (pretty ugly...) and got to know about the tesla turbine searching the net, then I decided to make one
first it was a school project, then next year i improved it with a friend of mine that used it as a school project himself
i've made a new project for a gas tesla turbine with 40 130mm disks on the motor side, with modular design with supersonic nozzle.
it would cost me 2000+€... :-s
i've put it on the waiting line until i'll have some more theory on my side, maybe i could use it as thesis for the university, but it isn't sure, i'll be some time from now
yes, these are the specs I use, but i think 0,4mm spacing would be even better.
compliments for your attempt, I have to say that in mine, having the aluminum case, the bearings didn't get too hot.. but only because they were destroing the case itself XD
I had to compensate with paper
with going supersonic you're referring to the nozzle? I'd be very interested in seing how it works.
from what I've tried I've seen a great dependance by the spacing: it mustn't be too big, otherwise the gas flows out in the middle and only a small part does infact drag the disks, with the biggest part flowing between them.
thick disk do only steal space, dhe thinier the better, obviously aluminum foil is no good either XD
and in the end, the exaust is pretty important too, the next turbine I've designed has something like a hole 2" diameter for exaust.
Nice sounds great, I think Tesla was onto something. I have just finished a 1.5" rotor stack of 17 disks and I have little out pressure but great torque. The path of the swirl of fluid steam must increase with speed making the route longer to exit. It is amazing stuff, maybe there is a Tesla secret we are missing involved here? his statements it being "perhaps the most important" a hint? Peace!
second thought about it, I think it is a personal conquest hobby after all, I don't know how it works elsewere, but in my school I could decide which project to make for the graduation exam, so I had already built a tesla coil (pretty ugly...) and got to know about the tesla turbine searching the net, then I decided to make one
lollum89 1 year ago
first it was a school project, then next year i improved it with a friend of mine that used it as a school project himself
i've made a new project for a gas tesla turbine with 40 130mm disks on the motor side, with modular design with supersonic nozzle.
it would cost me 2000+€... :-s
i've put it on the waiting line until i'll have some more theory on my side, maybe i could use it as thesis for the university, but it isn't sure, i'll be some time from now
lollum89 1 year ago
It would be interesting to build the turbine with a removable nozzle, so that you can change it without twisting all up.
Which materials are you going to use?
lollum89 1 year ago
ps... how many disks you're gonna use?
lollum89 1 year ago
sorry for my being late.. XD
yes, these are the specs I use, but i think 0,4mm spacing would be even better.
compliments for your attempt, I have to say that in mine, having the aluminum case, the bearings didn't get too hot.. but only because they were destroing the case itself XD
I had to compensate with paper
with going supersonic you're referring to the nozzle? I'd be very interested in seing how it works.
anyway 350mm is HUGE XD
lollum89 1 year ago
I'm talking a lot these days.. XD
lollum89 2 years ago
from what I've tried I've seen a great dependance by the spacing: it mustn't be too big, otherwise the gas flows out in the middle and only a small part does infact drag the disks, with the biggest part flowing between them.
thick disk do only steal space, dhe thinier the better, obviously aluminum foil is no good either XD
and in the end, the exaust is pretty important too, the next turbine I've designed has something like a hole 2" diameter for exaust.
keep up the good work!
lollum89 2 years ago
Nice sounds great, I think Tesla was onto something. I have just finished a 1.5" rotor stack of 17 disks and I have little out pressure but great torque. The path of the swirl of fluid steam must increase with speed making the route longer to exit. It is amazing stuff, maybe there is a Tesla secret we are missing involved here? his statements it being "perhaps the most important" a hint? Peace!
TheTeslaJet 2 years ago