Hi All, HELP!!! I,ve got as far as the nozzle design for my steam TT and have ground to a halt due to lack of available info. Questions – 1) Does the TT...
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star_wind_ca
May 5, 2002 1:04 pm
Richard, To the best of my knowledge only two nozzles are typically used in a Tesla turbine, one for forward another for reverse. The width of the nozzle is...
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Mike Passerotti
mpasserotti@...
May 6, 2002 1:07 pm
Patent 5,782,414 gives a best fit curve calculation for supersonic nozzles. The nozzle is broken into segments and each segment calculated based on parameters...
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fred b mcgalliard
freddyboy_9
May 6, 2002 2:45 pm
OK. I will give you just a bit out of my ignorance. First, the nozzle is there to produce a spiraling cyclone with much of the heat energy of the inlet gas...
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richcoluk
May 6, 2002 10:24 pm
Mike, Would really appreciate the patent images for the nozzles. Like you I have worried about the disc rim problem but have now been convinced that the...
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Barry Turner
odziz
May 6, 2002 10:41 pm
Hi Mike Thanks for the patent it will come in very useful. I used GetIPDL to download it, excellent little program puts it in PDF format as well. You might...
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Paul Stearns
onelist@...
May 7, 2002 12:35 am
One Idea that I had, which I can't think of negatives to except a bit more tool work, is to have the edge runners slightly larger in diameter that tne internal...
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Mike Passerotti
mpasserotti@...
May 10, 2002 6:44 pm
I bet most of you have seen this. http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/ Just in case you haven't, consider some alternative uses of energy transfer. Mike...
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tuckert15
May 13, 2002 3:18 am
All, Excellent article! Anyone tried this sonic style of nozzle yet? The article makes the point that the Tesla turbine is better suited for high pressure...
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kapos45
May 14, 2002 5:44 am
Why is there a bookmark for "Growth Hormone Releaser" in Bookmarks for Tesla Turbine Group. posted by maryjohnson43 http://www.pureghr15.com Does it have some...
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Barry Turner
odziz
May 17, 2002 6:19 pm
Hi Came across this little gem on the MDI Air Car newsgroup. Its called the Stelzer Engine, looks like it could be used to provide the compressed air for a...
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wyzedd
May 27, 2002 3:23 am
Hi. I came across this company for venture capital. Davison RIDC Park 595 Alpha Drive Pittsburgh www.180054ideas.com Any body have any info on this company? ...
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jjones277
Jun 9, 2002 8:44 pm
In all honesty I've never been that interested with building a steam powered turbine. Since I've been working toward increasing fuel economy and lessening...
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Barry Turner
odziz
Jun 9, 2002 11:11 pm
Hi Jon The correct url is http://www.tankless-water-heater.com/ its derived from a spin-off from NASA technology...
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DeLesley Hutchins
ds_hutchins
Jun 10, 2002 4:58 pm
... If there is sufficient electrical power on board then you will waste it by converting it to heat. An electric motor can convert electricity to kinetic ...
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Mike Passerotti
mpasserotti@...
Jun 10, 2002 5:59 pm
Nice thought about aluminum. I'm definately planning to toy with solar. I intend to use fresnel lense collector for a flash steam boiler. Somewhere down the...
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Paul & Patricia Bartl...
pbartlet@...
Jun 11, 2002 12:10 am
How about having a battery on board to run your lights etc. and use it to fire up the boiler....
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DeLesley Hutchins
ds_hutchins
Jun 11, 2002 7:25 pm
... The main advantage of aluminum is that the infrastructure for processing aluminum oxide is already in place. Aluminum is problematic, however, in that it...
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Mike Passerotti
mpasserotti@...
Jun 11, 2002 7:43 pm
I have a friend working on NASA's high flying solar powered unmanned electric airplane. He's researching the whole energy storage systems you're refering to....
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Barry Turner
odziz
Jun 11, 2002 11:36 pm
Hi Perhaps you should look at HOD (hydrogen on demand). http://www.keelynet.com/energy/cornish.htm http://www.layo.com/ ...
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Mike Passerotti
mpasserotti@...
Jun 12, 2002 1:20 pm
Aluminum as a sacrificial metal is a good idea. There is the Brown gas made with sacrificial carbon. But the high acid content is difficult to deal with....
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DeLesley Hutchins
ds_hutchins
Jun 12, 2002 3:48 pm
... you're I was reading about that project just the other day. Very cool. ... Hydrogen is great for a lot of things. The energy/weight ratio is the best of...
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DeLesley Hutchins
ds_hutchins
Jun 12, 2002 4:09 pm
... An interesting idea. I admit that I was thinking of buring aluminum directly -- but reacting it indirectly to produce H2 accomplishes the same thing, and...
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fred mcgalliard
freddyboy_9
Jun 12, 2002 6:31 pm
1. Aluminum is basically the price of the electrical power, bought at a big discount, used to make it, plus a small amount for the rock. Expensive compared to...
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Mike Passerotti
mpasserotti@...
Jun 12, 2002 7:16 pm
Thanks Fred. Didn't know about aluminum hydroxide. Isn't it extremely alkaline? Mike Passerotti ... From: fred mcgalliard [mailto:fbmcgalliard@...] ...
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fred b mcgalliard
freddyboy_9
Jun 12, 2002 7:58 pm
Aluminum hydroxide dissolves in alkaline or acid solutions, but they do not have to be very strong. My chemistry text describes it as a feeble base but says it...
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DeLesley Hutchins
ds_hutchins
Jun 12, 2002 11:46 pm
... need ... Not a problem. Run the solution through a heat exchanger to preheat the water for a steam turbine before it enters the hydrogen-powered boiler. ...
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niles_rod
Jun 13, 2002 2:14 am
has anyone built TT with multiple disk packs. Has it shown to increase effeciency? A lot of the literature I have read mentions this and I was just looking to...
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fred b mcgalliard
freddyboy_9
Jun 13, 2002 3:01 pm
1. Heat capture from an aluminum water reaction. To run this efficiently we may need to run it a lot hotter than is easy to achieve. We are not capturing just...
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DeLesley Hutchins
ds_hutchins
Jun 16, 2002 4:16 pm
I found a decent discussion of modern aluminum processing techniques at: http://electrochem.cwru.edu/ed/encycl/art-a01-al-prod.htm Aluminum is currently...
