Computational investigation of the flow inside a Tesla turbine rotor

L Ciappi, D Fiaschi, PH Niknam, L Talluri - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Research on Energy-Efficient Disc Pumps: A Review on Physical Models and Energy Efficiency

Y Pei, Q Liu, KT Ooi - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Disc pumps have obvious advantages in dealing with difficult-to-pump media. Energy
efficiency and sustainable energy management are important topics with regard to reducing …

CFD simulation of tesla turbines performance driven by flue gas of internal combustion engine

H Umar, TM Kashogi, SE Sofyan… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - akademiabaru.com
The reduced production of fossil energy, especially petroleum, has encouraged researchers
to continuously increase the role of new and renewable energy as part of energy security …

Computational investigation of partial admission effects on the flow field of a tesla turbine for ORC applications

L Pacini, L Ciappi, L Talluri, D Fiaschi, G Manfrida… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Over recent years, the Tesla turbine gained a renewed interest from the scientific community,
as its simple structure guarantees low cost and reliability. These are key aspects of the …

Efficiency based optimization of a Tesla turbine

K Rusin, W Wróblewski, S Rulik - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Experimental characterization of losses in bladeless turbine prototype

A Renuke, F Reggio, A Traverso… - … of Engineering for …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Multidisk bladeless turbines, also known as Tesla turbines, are promising in the field of small-
scale power generation and energy harvesting due to their low sensitivity to down-scaling …

Influence of disc tip geometry on the aerodynamic performance and flow characteristics of multichannel Tesla turbines

W Qi, Q Deng, Z Chi, L Hu, Q Yuan, Z Feng - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
As a competitive small-scale turbomachinery option, Tesla turbines have wide potential in
various fields, such as renewable energy generation systems and small power equipment …

Waste heat recovery using Tesla turbines in Rankine cycle power plants: Thermofluid dynamic characterization, performance assessment and exergy analysis

A Ganguly, S Sengupta, S Pramanik - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The Tesla turbine with insulated rotors has been investigated numerically and analytically
for the application in Rankine cycle power plants for waste heat recovery. Simulations are …

Disc Thickness and spacing distance impacts on flow characteristics of multichannel Tesla turbines

W Qi, Q Deng, Y Jiang, Q Yuan, Z Feng - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tesla turbines are a kind of unconventional bladeless turbines, which utilize the viscosity of
working fluid to rotate the rotor and realize energy conversion. They offer an attractive …

Performance study of a bladeless microturbine

K Rusin, W Wróblewski, S Rulik, M Majkut, M Strozik - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper presents a comprehensive numerical and experimental analysis of the Tesla
turbine. The turbine rotor had 5 discs with 160 mm in diameter and inter-disc gap equal to …