https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=On_the_tesla_turbine 2026-04-19T19:56:11Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.13 https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=On_the_tesla_turbine&diff=25477&oldid=prev 2011-05-06T15:24:48Z

<p>Replaced content with &quot;{{delete|content moved to <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Turbine" title="Tesla Turbine">Tesla Turbine</a>}}&quot;</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:24, 6 May 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On the Tesla turbine - proceed to the simple steam engine, please.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{delete|content moved </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Tesla <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Turbine]]}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I know of one commercial tesla pump, and it is very expensive. I know of no commercial Tesla engines. Point is - to do this right - with longevity and proper seals - is advanced technology, and to my knowledge, not yet the realm of &#039;appropriate technology&#039; engineering. Sure, small toys work as examples, just like the Picoturbine works </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power an LED light.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">We considered the </del>Tesla <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">turbine seriously, I had materials quotes lined up - and then I found out that a typical implementation is 20% efficient, and the best documented one is 60 at obilaser.com. Old-fashioned steam engines are 80-90% efficient. When I recognized this - and considered limited working fluid in a solar concentrator sytem - I said bye-bye turbine.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I can provide a much longer discussion on the above.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> </table>

Syk0 saje https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=On_the_tesla_turbine&diff=3033&oldid=prev 2008-09-14T19:34:33Z

<p>New page: On the Tesla turbine - proceed to the simple steam engine, please. I know of one commercial tesla pump, and it is very expensive. I know of no commercial Tesla engines. Point is - to do t...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>On the Tesla turbine - proceed to the simple steam engine, please.<br /> <br /> I know of one commercial tesla pump, and it is very expensive. I know of no commercial Tesla engines. Point is - to do this right - with longevity and proper seals - is advanced technology, and to my knowledge, not yet the realm of &#039;appropriate technology&#039; engineering. Sure, small toys work as examples, just like the Picoturbine works to power an LED light.<br /> <br /> We considered the Tesla turbine seriously, I had materials quotes lined up - and then I found out that a typical implementation is 20% efficient, and the best documented one is 60 at obilaser.com. Old-fashioned steam engines are 80-90% efficient. When I recognized this - and considered limited working fluid in a solar concentrator sytem - I said bye-bye turbine.<br /> <br /> I can provide a much longer discussion on the above.</div>

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