Tesla Turbine without enclosure

Just a test run of the tesla turbine without the enclosure surrounding it.

more info @:

http://heavym3tal.googlepages.com/physics576

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Bladeless
• Turbine
• Jet
• Engine
• Nikola
• High
• speed
• Tesla
• model

[XxLeurxX]

This....really isn't a Tesla turbine without the enclosure, it's just air spinning discs...

[heavym3tal]

@XxLeurxX That's all a Tesla Turbine is---> Air(or whatever fluid) spinning a stack of discs

[XxLeurxX]

@heavym3tal A tesla turbine uses a force similar to that of a tornado, drawing the air down into a spiral in the center, out through an exit hole doesn't it?

[heavym3tal]

@XxLeurxX Not really. The theoretical operation of a Tesla Turbine is that a fluid flows past the disc, dragging the disc along with it (so it transfers some of its kinetic energy to the disc), causing it to spin. The air will travel around the disc as the disc speed increases, and the direction of travel becomes a spiral toward the center of the disc. The holes in the center provide an exit for the fluid. Running the turbine in reverse as a pump causes a pressure difference in an enclosed pipe.

[11supaman11]

without the enclosure, you lose a lot of the friction energy transfer.

[heavym3tal]

yes there is a lot of energy loss, but the only reason I did this was to demostrate the effect of the boundary layer on the turbine. Same effect happens if you place the edge of a pizza cutter under running water from the water faucet.

[sayrocknoanime]

@weldon0m NO. Is torque:(3uVr^2)/2h

[weldon0m]

e=mc2

[teslstirlputt]

Actually, since the fluid exits immediately after the nozzle, you are getting a different action from the exiting portion. Specifically you're getting the compressor function in that area, rather than the Tesla driver (engine) function. Basically what you have is an impact turbine working at the periphery with plades set at 90 degrees.