Tesla Turbine

Tesla Turbine Review

Tesla Turbine Feature

• NEW closed loop - ideal for organic rankine cycle systems
• Hybrid Turbine - using Tesla technology and impulse turbine technology to improve efficiency
• Ceramic Bearings
• Higher Efficiency
• Aluminium and stainless steel construction

Once again this Tesla turbine is eagerly awaited. Further improvements have been made after plenty of R&D from the last turbine. The turbine efficiency has been increased by increasing nozzle pressures and added shaped spacers that act like an impulse turbine AFTER the useful energy has be captured using the discs. This may not be that satisfactory to some Tesla purists that don't think that impulse turbine technology should be mixed with the Tesla turbine but it does increase performance and they can be removed if required and replaced with your own spacers/washers. There is plenty of interest in using Tesla turbines with organic rankine cycle systems, to enable power generation with waste heat or solar power. A number of major changes have been made to make this turbine useable in a closed-loop system (working fluid is constantly reheated and cooled). In other words no air, gas, steam, water can escape. It is now sealed ready for use in pressured system. It has been tested at 150psi using air. The turbine still has a standard a 1/4" BSP threaded connector for both the inlet and outlet pipes. A 1/4" BSP to Universal (uni) adapter is provided to allow easy connection to an air compressor (5+ SCFM recommended). 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 generator can produce up to 150watts leaving plenty of headroom for experimentation. The turbine design and generator mount allows for possibility of changing the generator or connecting to something else. The turbine is supplied on a aluminium base for display and demonstration purposes (connected using two M6 Hex cap screws).