The increasing interest in micro power generation is pushing the research world to find new
solutions for increasing the efficiency of micro Organic Rankine Cycles. One of their main …

In recent years, small-micro power generation was appointed as one of the proper solutions
to tackle the increasing energy consumption, while opening the way to distributed energy …

Consideration of roughness effects in the flow in a minichannel has been a major scientific
problem for many decades. Roughness can alter the momentum diffusion, heat transfer …

Tesla expander is a bladeless turbine suited to low power range applications. In this article,
a comparison between the performance prediction, as well as the assessment of the main …

The Tesla turbine is an original expander working on the principle of torque transmission by
wall shear stress. The principle–demonstrated for air expanders at lab scale-has attractive …

Interest in small-scale turbines is growing mainly for small-scale power generation and
energy harvesting. Conventional bladed turbines impose manufacturing limitations and …

Waste heat recovery (WHR) has gained significant attention as a promising approach to
enhance system performances and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Tesla turbine …

In the field of clean energy, Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is considered a vital method to
utilize low-grade waste heat effectively. Due to certain application advantages in low power …

Tesla turbine is a bladeless, radial turbine which might be suitable for the applications in
various energy systems, eg in Organic Rankine Cycle or combined heat and power systems …

Interests in small-scale turbomachinery are gaining momentum, particularly around waste
heat recovery using Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), energy harvesting, pico-hydro …