No, I’m not discussing “souping-up” an electric car.
The Tesla Turbine:
Tesla Turbine | The interesting physics behind it (youtube.com)
apparently holds theoretical promise if one can materially engineer discs 3 meters across, spinning at MACH 13.
In any case, can the multidisc concept also work as a compressor?
It can be used as a pump. Which is essentially a low-gain compressor.
This is not a great article, but it beat the crap out of a video
Why use the word turbo in the title when you’re talking about a turbine?
The prefix “turbo-” traditionally denotes “turbine”, as in turboprop or turbofan aircraft engines. In fact an automotive turbocharger gets its name from the fact that it’s powered by a small turbine getting its energy from the flow of exhaust gases.
But a turbocharger and a turbine are not the same thing?
A turbocharger is basically two turbines back-to-back.
Technically a turbocharger is a type of supercharger that is powered by a turbine rather than being driven by a belt.
It has been described as a pump for moving fluids as opposed to a compressor for obtaining higher pressures.
A “regular” turbo is two fans connected by a shaft…a turbine, and a compressor.
If a tesla turbine was connected to another multidisc, could that multidisc draw in air as a compressor?
Yes. It’s been done. But it’s a fan, not a compressor, producing high velocity air. Tesla’s original concept relied on the Tesla Valve to maintain combustion pressure.
Just found a CGI model of a Tesla Pump:
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so the various parts could be combined into a functional unit.
