A Tesla turbine is a quite unique technology. It was invented and patented by Nikola Tesla on the 21st October 1909 at the Untied States Patent Office from experiments done in England. The patent 1061206 was granted on the 6th May 1913. Although, it is thought that a Tesla first showed a 200 hp 16000 RPM version on the 10th of July 1906 (on Tesla’s 50th birthday).
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Because although the technology is over 100 years old it is not well known and only recently people have looking at it again. The main question that should be answered is how efficient are they? and can they compete with other turbines. I think they can be made to be quite efficient at they compete very well in terms of costs and ROI. Hence why I developing the next version.
all I see about Tesla are table top demos, why aren’t his technologies put to use in things we actually use daily? I don’t kno that much about this sort of stuff though so any comments on that?
i don’t get it, author of this clip did not say that this is some sort of free energy ,he just said that this is different kind of turbine …then why everyone is discussing “free Energy”
ps. is no such thing as creating energy is just changing their state of being ex. from heat to kinetic energy and vice versa
There is a lot of debate on this…. some say that it actually uses cohesion/adhesion and thus is distinct from friction and thus can be one of the most efficient turbines available, but I can’t find any conclusive studies one way or the other. Also though it serves as a very efficient pump – and as it is used for pumping gasoline, the blades must remain cool when pumping at least.
The disks remain cool.
why it is bladeless, if there are figure holes in disks, which edges are really blades.
if it is bladeless, then shaft torque is the result of air-disk friction. And as any friction it must heat disks a lot. More torgue -> more friction->more heat. So you must have BIG energy waste here.
well the sun isn’t free, its just a huge, drawn out nuclear explosion, according to the science textbooks
ive never seen this before. pretty much is it like a generator that runs on compressed air?
Correct.
Tesla never claimed to be able to violate conservation of mass and energy.
Solar. or direct combustion
Yes air is free, but how do you suggest we pressurise it without the use of fossil fuels etc? compressors nearly always uses an engine that runs of some sort of non-renewable fuel.
just out of curiosity where does the air get the pressure? work from the compressor.
dude this isn’t some cockeyed free energy or Über high tech display of quantum physics, this is a straight up tesla turbine, if you don’t understand it don’t comment. (P.S. there is no free energy. well, actually there is but it’s not coming from nothing, it’s coming from the sun)
thats never gonna happen you know
Hydrobot, a turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid or air flow and converts it into useful work.
First sentence on wikipedia.
The more you know…
um, r you stupid? because tere r no resources being used to move the wheel which in turn, turns the generator creating power. all is needed is air pressure… and last time i checked, AIR WAS FREE!!!
Would you like to think how that would work. I’ve talked about how this can be done before on a number of these forums.
looks like nothing more than a generator on air. Show me power that requires no fuel source. Then we are talking…
thats not to say the rest isnt true. they are a very interesting technology, and are much more durable for some cases. but they are a high rpm design, and put enormous stress on their bearings, and arent cost efficient. and they technically do have blades. the disks are blades. they create resistance for the air, and rotate=they are blades
tesla turbines are less efficient. too much energy passes it by completely. to check how much energy it wastes, open the valve on the compressor slowly until the turbine JUST moves. then back up on it until it stops. calculate how much energy is used to compress the tank to that psi. that is how much energy is wasted for every pound of air that passes over the turbine. you actually lose about 80% of the energy
Cheaper than other types of turbines. More tolerant to particulates in the gas/air/liquid (longer service life). Possibly higher efficiency (still to be proven). Very compact. Not as nosiey.
where do you get your supplies for this? is there like a single website? any input would be much appreciated!
What are the advantages of Tesla turbines compared to conventional turbines?
No it doesn’t break. The air compressor was really for air brushes. Got a bigger one now.