Tesla turbine
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tesla-turbine-212-4110567
title:
Tesla turbine
text:
The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal flow turbine invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913. It functions as nozzles apply a moving fluid to the edges of a set of discs. The engine uses smooth discs rotating in a chamber to generate rotational movement due to the momentum exchange between the fluid and the discs. The discs are arranged in an orientation similar to a stack of CDs on an axle. The Tesla turbine uses the boundary-layer effect, instead of the method employed by more conventional turbi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Bladeless centripetal flow turbine
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_turbine
date created:
2001-10-03T22:40:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T11:18:35Z
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