Glenn Scherer wrote:

Wschertz@aol.com wrote:

Paul,
Have you ever given any thought to using the Tesla Turbine as a driver for a
turbo-compounding application, rather than a let-down turbine with gear
reduction?

The Tesla turbine consists of parallel cylindrical disks on a shaft, the steam
(or exhaust) enters tangentially, and spirals inwards towards the center.  The
fluid exhausts through ports in the center of the disks.  It works by viscous
drag of the fluid on the parallel surfaces of the disks.  I believe that it is
a relatively low speed device, and might be directly coupled via a cogbelt to
the accessory drive of the engine, similar to the setup you showed with the
gear reduced turbine on the website.

Bill

Do you have any engineering data or efficency curves?

Paul Lamar

I found the following web site dedicated to the concept.

http://www.execpc.com/~teba/

Lots of rah-rah but no numbers. Interesting concept, very simple, but
it's kind of like the old saw "If you're so smart, why ain't you
rich?". It's been around a *long* time, but nothing's come of it.

Glenn "Weird engines always get my attention" Scherer

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