The data are presented in both graphical and numerical form. Nikola tesla is an author of many inventions including tesla turbine. 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. The tesla steam turbine scientific american september 30th, 1911 teslas new monarch of machines new york herald oct. The word turbine in this situation can be misleading. The lost inventions of nikola tesla altered states. The autobiography of nikola tesla is a brief account in teslas own words of his early life and education and his career as an important and prolific inventor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Interestingly, using the word turbine to describe teslas invention seems a bit misleading.
Making your imagination work for you tesla universe. Interestingly, using the word turbine to describe tesla s invention seems a bit misleading. By the courtesy of the inventor, we are enabled to publish the accompanying views. Rotating magnetic field teslas early and most farreaching invention, which he conceived in 1882 at the age of 26, and from which sprang the technology for our entire generating and distribution system of alternating current. Instead, some of the air or water pushes the outer edge of a disk, and the as the rest is pulled between the disks, flow is converted into tighter spirals which generate centrifugal force. Previous work tesla turbine was patented by nikola tesla in 1903. The top half of casings is removed, showing two rotors. This turbine uses smooth circular disks instead of vanes, and it is placed inside the construction cabinet. That invention was a turbine, known today as the tesla turbine, the boundary layer turbine or the flatdisk turbine.
Pdf my inventions the autobiography of nikola tesla. This was his disc turbine for which a british patent, which also covered a compressor variant, was granted in 1910. The steam enters at the periphery, and flows in spiral paths to exhaust at the center of the disks. I have been working independently on hyperloop technology, and have found that the engineering problems, were insurmountable for myself at least. Complete optimization of tesla turbine performance is beyond the scope of this paper. The tesla turbine is also known as the boundarylayer turbine, cohesiontype turbine, and prandtllayer turbine after ludwig prandtl because it uses the boundaryla. In contrast to the name albert einstein, nikola teslas name is unknown in the general population but is probably at least well known among technicians. Nikola tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. The guiding idea for developing tesla turbine is the fact that in order to attain the highest efficiency, the changes in the velocity and direction of movement of fluid should be as gradual as possible. The tesla turbine does develop shaft horsepower at high rpms quite well, and the tesla pump can be used to compress gasses or move high solids liquids. Secret tesla inventions a revolutionary approach to alternative energy some of his most important achievements were concluded in electricity.
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. It is immaterial to me whether i run my machine in my mind or test it in my shop. However, most of his inventions are unknown in public, including the tesla turbine. I discovered that tesla developed several of the most important technologies we use today. Tesla turbine patent 19 patent prints, tesla invention. At the lowhead and lowflow region, the tesla cmscale turbine operating range is superimposed. Nikola tesla said his tesla disc turbine was the greatest of all my inventions. A tesla turbine has the disadvantage of having to rely on friction interaction between a smooth surface and a fluid. The tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal flow turbine patented by nikola tesla in 19.
Duncan has not as yet been made acquainted with the real character of my invention, i cannot. Though many of teslas other inventions, like the alternating current induction motor and power transmission systems, remain prominent in society, the tesla turbine has languished in obscurity for nearly a century. May 04, 2010 all that you need to know about the epic history of nikola tesla in only 15 minutes. One should think that so simple and beautiful an invention, possessing many features of an ideal motor, should be adopted at once and, undoubtedly, it would under similar conditions. Nikola tesla he writes about his experiments in electrical healing. In the same year kenneth hicks 11 published a patent with an. My inventions the magnifying transmitter nikola teslas. Welcome to nikola teslas autobiography my inventions. Nikola tesla lived from 1856 to 1943 and with some of his many inventions he revolutionized the world. Design and operation of tesla turbo machine a state of the.
The design of a 1 kw tesla turbine was carried using iterative process for head and discharge for main dimensions of the turbine. More applications are yet to be studied and developed. Pdf nikola tesla the creator of the electric age researchgate. It is absolutely immaterial to me whether i run my turbine in thought or test it in my shop. The disk turbine rotary engine runs vibration free. Tesla turbine operation relies on the boundary layer effect to turn the discs and make the turbine work. Jul 31, 2016 nikola tesla autobiography my inventions. First published in 1919 in the electrical experimenter magazine table of contents i.
In thirty years there has not been a single exception. He designed it to power his electric flying machine, which had no wings, ailerons, or propellor. This page is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the principles of operation of the tesla bladeless disk boundary layer turbine engines and pumps. Nikola teslas revolutionary turbine still lies untouched. Tesla intended to use his turbine to propel aircraft, in geothermal power plants, in cars instead of pistons, for vacuum pumps, for compressing air and liquifying gases.
Oct 19, 2016 teslas turbine also comes with a sad story. His inventions should have made him a multimillionaire, but he died in relative poverty. My first electric motor, the vacuum tube wireless light, my turbine engine, and many other devices have all been developed in exactly this way. All that you need to know about the epic history of nikola tesla in only 15 minutes. The tesla turbine is one of the great unknown creations of nikola tesla, the famed inventor of the early 20th century. This obstacle led me to devise a simpler method of achieving the same air hockey result only using the wing in ground effect i have built a proofofconcept scale model that floats stable inside a track like hot wheels on a one inch high. Therefore, the propelling fluid of tesla turbine moves in natural paths or stream lines of least resistance. See more ideas about tesla, nikola tesla, nicolas tesla. Download books and patents of nikola tesla internet archive. The tesla turbine, as you may have guessed, was patented by nikola tesla in 19. The tesla turbine is a nonconventional promising technology that is yet to be fully researched and optimized.
The tesla turbine is a simple device invented and patented by nikola tesla that uses flat plates instead of buckets or vanes on the rotors. Fluid entering through the inlets spirals inwards between disks, transferring power to the rotor shaft. The tesla steam turbine scientific american september 30th, 1911 tesla s new monarch of machines new york herald oct. At the age of 63 tesla tells the story of his creative life. My inventions is an assemblage of six magazine articles tesla is. The tesla turbine is different in the sense that air and water do not strike a blade. The tesla turbine testing plant at the edison waterside station, new york. Topics my inventions nikola tesla collection opensource. Starring tygh runyan produced, written and directed by robert holbrook me. 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. He has the credit of changing completely the way the world understood to produce energy, green energy to be more precise. Design and computational analysis of 1 kw tesla turbine.
Sep 09, 2011 as a turbine the tesla turbine is terrible. Tesla had nearly 300 patents and countless ideas and inventions, but frequently referenced his particular turbine innovation as one of his most important. The autobiography of nikola tesla is a book compiled and edited by ben johnston detailing the work of nikola tesla. I was taking electronics engineering classes in college when i first learned about nikola tesla. As a pump it can do some really cools stuff as other people have posted. His notes, letters, and patent filings bespeak a genius at work through his seventies, but a genius whose time is increasingly given over to feeding the pigeons of manhattan, and to nursing the sick ones in his hotel room. Complete patents of nikola tesla electrical engineering portal. My inventions nikola teslas autobiography at the age of 63 tesla tells the story of his creative life. I have always been interested in tesla and his lifeinventions. My inventions nikola teslas autobiography table of contents. The breadth of his inventions is further demonstrated by his.
I have always been interested in tesla and his life inventions. He is very strange, intelligent, and someone far ahead of his time. I have seen tesla fans try to make jet engines using the tesla turbines for. The inventions i have conceived in this way, have always worked.
My inventions nikola tesla s autobiography at the age of 63 tesla tells the story of his creative life. The tesla turbine was one of the many inventions of nikola tesla, the father of alternating current. The tesla turbine is also known as the boundary layer turbine, cohesiontype turbine, and prandtl layer turbine after ludwig prandtl because it uses the boundary layer effect and not a fluid impinging upon the blades as in a conventional turbine. Now, compare this situation with that confronting my turbine, for example. Nikola tesla, on his construction of the turbine itself, as well as his future plans for it. Researching a shockwave tesla turbine a thermopneumatic tesla turbine locomotive. The free energy secrets of cold electricity peter a. But in 19, tesla received a patent for what he described as his most important invention. Each rotor consists of 25 disks 38inch thick by 18 inch diameter. Teslas final invention was the bladeless turbine, able to produce energy using fluids, gases and centripetal force. This turbine was already invented at the beginning of the 20th century by nikola tesla and according to its inventor it should have a number of advantages compared with conventional blade turbines. 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.
From what i understand in my studies, conventional turbines have the advantage of creating very high torque, particularly due to the physical movement and direction change of a fluid. Tesla was 63 years old when this text was first published in the electrical experimenter magazine in 1919. The principle of the tesla turbine comes from two main fundamentals of physics. Tesla was famous at the turn of the century for inventing the alternating current system still in use today.
It assumes the same vent diameter to disc diameter ratio as for teslas 9. Tesla turbine design and the theory of operation of an. Nikola tesla 18561943, was the discoverer of the alternating current light and power system in use all over the world today. See more ideas about tesla generator, tesla turbine and nikola tesla. In 1909 nikola tesla registered for a patent for this turbine.