The generator can produce up to 150watts leaving plenty of headroom for experimentation. Design, simulation of fluid flow and optimization of. Tesla 19, turbine, 6th may 19, us patent 1,061,206. The turbine section of the gas turbine engine has the task of producing usable output shaft power to drive the propeller. The tesla turbine is also known as the boundarylayer turbine, cohesiontype turbine, and prandtllayer turbine after ludwig prandtl because it uses the boundarylayer effect and not a fluid impinging upon the blades as in a conventional turbine. If you do use the turbine for this function, use at your own risk. A practical design tool is also offered, which inputs user specifications on head, flow, particulate size, and medium to generate a list of possible turbine designs along with a recommendation for. It is not intended to be used for prolonged periods or to be permanently used. Exhaust system upgrade options for heavy duty gas turbines. The steam enters at the periphery, and flows in spiral paths to exhaust at the center of the disks. Rices 2 analysis was among the first, and claims that turbines can be made up to 90% efficient. Since the experimental turbine exhaust air speed is below the speed of sound, mach 1. Design and function of a turbocharger turbine borgwarner. Hih saravanamuttoo, gfc rogers, h cohen, pv straznicky, ac nix.
The apparatus comprises a runner composed of a plurality of flat rigid disks of suitable diameter, keyed to a shaft 16, and held in position thereon by a. The gif below shows fluid motion and energy transfer in a tesla turbine. Pdf design and fabrication of cmscale tesla turbines. The pros and cons of tesla turbines are discussed in this article, as are those of the tesla.
Two and threepart inventions alfred masterwork edition the lost journals of nikola tesla tesla vs edison. The aim of this thesis is to supplement the course demonstrations of thermodynamic plants through the design and fabrication of a gasturbine engine. The theory of operation of a tesla turbine relies on boundary layer effects, which makes for good efficiency for the tesla turbine. The driving turbine is to the left, the brake turbine to the right.
Design and analysis of gas turbine combustion chamber. Continuously printed since 1988, this is the bestseller of the famous tesla technology series from. In the first installment, we introduced tesla turbines, discussed which parts lent themselves well to 3d printing, and replaced the turbine housing with a markforged part. Please call or email to book your immediate free inspection. The altmann combustion forceturbine hereafter cft resp. Goldman national aeronautics and space administration lewis research center cleveland, ohio abstract methods for designing supersonic stator and rotor blading corrected for boundary layer displace ment thickness are summarized. Design and experimental study of an overunder tbcc exhaust. Keywords tesla turbine, viscous turbine, hydro turbine, power mems, microscale turbine. Instead of using windpowered blades to rotate a shaft and generator, the teslainspired design consists of. Design and computational analysis of 1 kw tesla turbine.
This is the first time a tesla turbine is shown being used for air craft engine use, creating potentially a new era in. A preliminary design of a tesla turbine for pico hydro applications has been undertaken employing rices analytical method. Tesla turbine torque modeling for construction of a dynamometer and turbine. Thus a series of experiments were run to determine stall torque and maximum run speed for a known. The engine exhaust stream is the primary pathway of engine waste heat, see. With the assumption of uniform pressure distribution this ratio is usually determined from the flow conditions at the mean diameter. Teslas design attempted to sidestep the key drawbacks of the bladed axial. Modular acoustic panel with no welded or bolted joints no special tools required for maintenance low pressure drop design.
Previous work tesla turbine was patented by nikola tesla in 1903. The lifelong feud that electrified the world the human. Reaction turbine 2 iii steam turbine operating range 2 3. Integration of fuel cell and gas turbine technologies into a single symbiotic hybrid system has been shown to produce systems with high fueltoelectricity conversion efficiency. Analysis of this type of flow problem is a key element in the optimal design of tesla dragtype turbines for geothermal, waste heat, energy harvesting, or solar alternative energy applications. They convert the chemical potential energy of the fuel to mechanical energy. Tesla turbine torque modeling for construction of a dynamometer.
Design and performance of a gasturbine engine from an. Most gas turbine exhaust silencers are replaced due to inadequate thermalstructural design. Study and design of bladeless tesla turbine 883 also be achieved with protuberances which are raised in the plates by blows or pressure. Typical gas turbine engines are less than 35% thermally efficient at full power, and significantly less at partial power. Design, fabrication, and performance of a gasturbine engine from an automobile turbocharger.
This dissertation argues that these sensitivities explain the wide discrepancies in published turbine performances. Turbine combustor design using a network approach, published in the transactions of the american society of mechanical engineers, journal of engineering for gas turbines and power, vol 119, july 1997, pp. Vkt verbrennungskraftturbine is a machine which generates mechanical power from a variety of available fuels, such as diesel, biodiesel, kerosene, pure vegetable oil, waste vegetable oil, etc. The top half of casings is removed, showing two rotors. Fuel cellgas turbine hybrids fcgt have the potential for ultrahigh efficiency, ultralow emissions, fuel flexibility, and dynamic responsiveness. One of the earliest records of experiment undertakings is by n. The turbine comes with a 3 phase generator and 3 x 20 watt bulbs so that a load can be drawn, this generates 60 watts. The author discusses the design, fabrication, installation, operation, and maintenance of gas turbines. Tesla s new engine was a bladeless turbine, which would still use a fluid as the vehicle of energy, but would be much more efficient in converting the fluid energy into motion. The efficiency of the preliminary turbine design was near 80% but it is believed that. While conventional turbines have been extensively researched and tested, tesla and boundary layer type turbines have not. Attaining high efficiency inne poses many tesla turbi.
Gas turbine exhaust silencer mueller environmental. The results of these calculations are presented in the form of a series of curves which show how the design conditions, such as mass flow per unit annulus area. Now, well tackle the other printed component of our turbine retrofit. Based on the analysis, we make recommendations for the design of 1 mm microscale tesla turbines. That thesp claims are well founded is shown by the fact that in the plant at the edison station, he is securing an output of 200 horsepower from a singlestage steam turbine with atmospheric. The model accurately predicts the flow inside the rotor, but a better treatment of the flow in the inlet to the turbine is necessary. Wells once said that future history will be a race between education and catastrophe. Modifications to the critical parameters, such as the exhaust nozzle area. The gas turbine operates on an open cycle consisting of a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine combined in series figure 2. Disk turbine, tesla coil, highfrequency lighting, magnifying transmitter, radio, wireless power, freeenergy receiver. The tesla steam turbine scientific american september 30th, 1911 tesla s new monarch of machines new york herald oct. The turbine design and generator mount allows for possibility of changing the generator or connecting to something else.
Stage one of a real gas turbine was used as a reference for the aerodynamic design providing a starting point for the project. Aug 14, 2003 individual sections cover aircraft requirements and aerodynamics, principles of gas turbines and jet engines, elementary compressible fluid mechanics, bypass ratio selection, scaling and dimensional analysis, turbine and compressor design and characteristics, design optimization, and offdesign performance. Design, fabrication, and performance of a gasturbine. Built to last of heavy gauge steel and durable components, the tdsgt has been a proven. We are talking about water turbine so the materials, of which is the turbine going to made, cannot come under rust. Finally, expected performance and potential applications of these devices are discussed in light of the results developed. Although diesel engine efficiency is more uniform across its operating power range, thermal efficiency typically does not exceed 45%. Naturally, the performance of tesla turbines has already been characterized by a number of researchers. Each rotor consists of 25 disks 38inch thick by 18 inch diameter. The performance of gas turbine and diesel engines is dependent on the pressure losses which occur within both the intake and exhaust duct runs. The turbine is supplied on a aluminium base for display and demonstration purposes connected using two m6 hex cap screws. Stack silencers our silencers provide the required attenuation for predominant, very high frequency noise. Contrary to popular belief, he didnt invent the bladeless turbine, but he took the basic concept, first patented in europe in 1832, and made several improvements. Front cover, you will notice the exhaust ports have been completely covered and extended to a.
Discs have to be as thin as possible, to preventturbulenceatdiscedges. Preliminary design is a necessary step in the design of gas turbine combustors. The intent of this book is to serve as a reference text after it has accomplished its primary objective of introducing the reader to the broad subject of gas turbines. Exhaust steam conditions, extraction and admission 7 6. For both systems aarding thermal acoustics provides diffusers and plenums specifically engineered to cope with the strong gt exhaust gas swirl characteristics as well as the high gt exhaust gas velocities and temperatures. The rugged silencer panel is designed to treat noise in the aggressive service conditions of turbine exhaust. After the experiment the tesla turbine will be used as an educational instrument. Design and fabrication of cmscale tesla turbines by vedavalli gomatam krishnan doctor of philosophy in electrical engineering and computer science university of california, berkeley professor michel martin maharbiz, chair this dissertation discusses the design and scaling characteristics of tesla or socalled. Apr 12, 2016 this is a new tesla turbine design that allows you to start under load.
A turbinebased combinedcycle tbcc propulsion system employs a gas turbine engine to accelerate the vehicle to supersonic speed at which. In order to construct a dynamometer, thermodynamic flow apparatus and future turbines, we modeled the tesla turbine using theoretical calculations and preliminary experiments. It is referred to as a bladeless turbine because it uses the boundary layer effect and not a fluid impinging upon the blades as in a conventional turbine. Nozzles for the individual cylinder exhaust jet propulsion. The air intake system package consists of air intake filter, air intake silencer and inlet ducting. Tesla turbine torque modeling for construction of a. Fluid entering through the inlets spirals inwards between disks, transferring power to the rotor shaft. The turbocharger turbine, which consists of a turbine wheel and a turbine housing, converts the engine exhaust gas into mechanical energy to drive the compressor. A practical design tool is also offered, which inputs user specifications on head, flow, particulate size, and medium to generate a list of possible turbine designs along with a.
Thermal acoustics s ems t xhaus ical componen e gas. The design of a turbine sage is considered on the basis of free vortex flow from the nozzles and blades. History of tesla turbines a tesla turbine is a quite unique technology. Gt exhaust silencer we design and manufacture air intake and exhaust system for gas turbines. Thus a series of experiments were run to determine stall torque and. The gas, which is restricted by the turbine s flow crosssectional area, results in a pressure and temperature drop between the inlet and outlet. Hybrid tesla pelton wheel turbine works on the principle of boundary layer flow of tesla turbine and the impulse force of pelton wheel turbine its primary objective is to minimize the mechanical losses and achieve better efficiency. The design of a 1 kw tesla turbine was carried using iterative process for head and discharge for main dimensions of the turbine. Master of arts mechanical engineering, may 2011, 80 pp.
One of the great things about tesla turbine is its simplicity. Full text of supersonic turbine design and performance see other formats n7212783 supeesonic turbine design md eeeformamce louis j. Jul 19, 2017 this tesla turbine design use 10inch saw blades with 200 teeth to build this 30 blade turbine. Thermal acoustics s ems t xhaus ical componen e gas turbine. When the first edition of this book was written in 1951, the gas turbine was just becoming established as a powerplant for military aircraft. Study of design modification effects through performance analysis. The design and analysis of gas turbine combustion chamber is based on combined theoretical and empirical approach and the design of combustion chamber is a less than exact science. Figure 2 entire tesla turbine assembly showing the rotor blades, housing, inlet nozzle and exhaust. Some recent advances in computational gas dynamics of exhaust diffusers are presented. The engine operates on an open version of the brayton cycle. The fluid passes between the rotor disks and causes the rotor to spin. Marine gas turbine intakesuptakes davis designs and supplies complete intake exhaust systems for naval ships.
The engines making use of these bladeless turbines can run efficiently on any fuel, from sawdust to hydrogen. Gas turbine combustor design involves the calculation of parameters like gas mass flow rates, pressure drops, flame tube heat gains and losses, annulus heat addition, combustion equilibrium mixture compositions and temperatures. The compressorturbine axialradial exhaust diffusers and outlet devices of. Gas turbine design is a purposeful activity directed towards the goal of fulfilling the needs of aviation industry. The tesla turbine design is distinguished by its use of flat, corotating. Why do some people say that tesla turbines dont work.
Full text of supersonic turbine design and performance. To make the turbine run, a highpressure fluid enters the nozzles at the stator inlets. Marine gas turbine intakesuptakes davis designs and supplies complete intakeexhaust systems for naval ships. Performance of blowdown turbine driven by exhaust gas. Designed, engineered and supplied as a complete gas turbine exhaust system that. Tesla turbine design and the theory of operation of an. Industrial tesla turbines may be used in hybrid cars or in commercial applications. Barriers to tesla turbine commercialization howstuffworks. The bladeless wind turbine is completely enclosed in a relatively small compact unit. The tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal flow turbine patented by nikola tesla in 19. Fluids enter the turbine traveling tangent to the discs on the outer edge of the turbine, forcing rotation by means of viscosity and surface layer adhesion. The investigation yielded a design capable of generating 300 w under conditions of 20 m head and 2. Eventually, the fluid exits through the exhaust ports in the center of the turbine. Aerodynamic design of a gas turbine rotor blade external.
The entire turbine assembly, taken apart for ease of explanation, is shown in figure 2. This paper presents the design of combustion chamber followed by three dimensional simulations to investigate the. As a result of this fundamental difference, the turbine has engine sections called. This is the second installment of a two part series detailing the retrofitting of a machined tesla turbine with markforged parts. As the fluid slows and loses energy, it spirals toward the center of the turbine and exits through the exhaust port. Despite this, the integral perturbation solution is shown to be capable of directing high efficiency turbine design, and design strategies and parameter ranges that result in high efficiency devices are outlined. Out of all the components in a gas turbine engine, particularly combustion. This, more than anything, prevented the tesla turbine from becoming more widely used. Speed controller design for steam turbine rekha rajan1, muhammed salih. Teslas new engine was a bladeless turbine, which would still use a fluid as the vehicle of energy, but would be much more efficient in converting the fluid energy into motion. Boundarylayer breakthrough the tesla bladeless turbine pages 114118. Nomenclature b spacing between disks m r o rotor radius. General design principles for an automotive muffler australian.
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