Here's what a friend said about it: "Tesla's turbine uses the smooth surface boundary effect to drive a turbine with no blades. Power is transferred by using the boundary layer drag effect where a moving fluid tries to stick to a smooth surface.
"It seems that the disc spacing is important. Too wide and fluid simply rushes by. Too close and the flow is too slow to have the right effect. Interestingly, it works best with smooth surfaces. Try an old CD on a stick in a power drill, it'll stir a bucket of water. Not as well as a paint-stirrer maybe, but the boundary layer effect is real. "I think the main use for his turbine might be at the low pressure end of a steam turbine. Normally steam cannot condense in the turbine as the blades will literally wear away. However a Tesla turbine would not have that problem and may be able to extract some of the latent heat. That is often around 60% of the energy burnt to raise the steam so any return is valuable." http://www.execpc.com/~teba/ TESLA ENGINE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION The Secret of Nikola Tesla This underground classic, starring Orson Welles, examines one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. It reveals the truth behind the life of this brilliant man and examines the controversy between Edison and Tesla. A telling expose of how corporate influences have shaped technology and our world. 115 minutes. From Jade Mountain http://www.jademountain.com/booksVideos/tesla.html I really agree with your lack of illusion, Bryan - or delusion rather. Mr Germano's a bit naive if he thinks he's going to "revolutionize the power industry", and even more so if he thinks all it needs is better tech (if that's what it is). http://www.frank.germano.com/ Frank.Germano.com, International Turbine And Power, LLC., Tesla Technologies...Today! Why'd you post that message twice, by the way? Or is it eGroups? Best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >I don't know what you mean by dragging on a drum. The way I understood it >they used a drum brake to test the torque output. The drum just provided a >load. they built it too ways.. you could use steam to power it but the best >performance came from some kind of gas burner, some kind of combustion >chamber. I saw drawings of it but I never really understood very well how it >worked. Personally I don't see how it could be very efficient. It would seem >to me that it would take an awful lot of volume of something to get it to >run. It would also appear to me that depending on the volume you might need >to change the disc spacing.. I don't know but I think it would be cool to >have a collection of these alternate engines small scale that actually run >(or come close)whatever their problems.. >If you have the ability then why don't you duplicate some of his specs and >make one and see. If I came up with a great invention tomorrow,(that worked) >how hard do you think it would be for me to get it to mainline production? I >have no allusions It would not happen at all. I would build them for myself >and family and that is it.. > >--Bryan > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "jerry dycus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <biofuel@egroups.com> >Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:41 AM >Subject: Re: [biofuel] new type of engine > > > > Hi Brian and All, > > Doesn't the Telsa turbine run by steam dragging on > > a drum? If it does this doesn't seem very eff way to > > get torque. > > Notice none are being sold and a lack of data > > supporting it speaks volumes especially since it would > > be easy to build and having been around 90 years. > > jerry dycus > > --- Bryan Fullerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Manuel, > > .. This is one I have not had a chance to > > > check out. Are you > > > familiar with Tesla's Turbine? That is another that > > > is interesting though I > > > doubt nearly as developed as the Bourke engine. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
