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 …

Design, simulation and experimental validation of a Tesla turbine based rotational electromagnetic energy harvester for pipelines

W Lyu, H Ma, H Zhou, J Zhang, D Yurchenko… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this paper, a bladeless electromagnetic energy harvester based on Tesla turbine is
proposed to harvest fluid's kinetic energy and monitor the stability of flow inside the pipeline …

Performance investigation of stator-less and blade-less radial expander

A Renuke, A Traverso, F Reggio… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Interests in small-scale turbomachinery are gaining momentum, particularly around waste
heat recovery using Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), energy harvesting, pico-hydro …

[HTML][HTML] Design and performance evaluation of a reversible bladeless turbo machine

RN Tiwari, A Traverso, F Reggio - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
It is well known that bladeless or Tesla turbomachinery idea was proposed by Nikola Tesla
over a century ago, and it has several distinct features, such as reversibility of operation …

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 …

Numerical investigation of bladeless compressor on different disk spaces and diffuser configurations

RN Tiwari, K Eleftheriou… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The cost-effectiveness of turbomachinery is a key aspect within the small-size compressor
market. For this reason, Tesla turbomachinery, invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913, could be a …

Performance Assessment of Tesla Expander Using Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation

A Renuke, A Traverso - Journal of Engineering for …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Bladeless or Tesla turbines consist of several flat parallel disks mounted on a shaft with a
narrow gap between them. The analytical solution of Navier–Stokes equations for the flow …

[HTML][HTML] Acoustic signature analysis of a bladeless blower

RN Tiwari, CANM Du Haut, F Reggio, P Silvestri… - Applied Acoustics, 2023 - Elsevier
There has always been a concern about acoustic emissions in traditional machinery. For
example, in the transportation and power generation sectors, the market demands efficient …

Performance Investigation of a Bladeless Air Compressor Using Numerical Simulation

RN Tiwari, A Traverso… - … Expo: Power for …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In recent years, the demand for lightweight, compact, cost-effective, and low-noise-emission
machines has increased significantly. Tesla or bladeless machines can meet the current …

Performance Investigation of a Bladeless Air Compressor

RN Tiwari, F Reggio, A Renuke… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This study aims to investigate the reversible operation of a bladeless air expander prototype
operated reversibly in compressor mode to understand the performance by numerical …