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Drawings by Dan Granett, Granett Engineering: | |||
This is an external combustion engine with proven efficiencies of 25% for un-optimized models. A working fluid spins this turbine by means of surface friction. When the disk spacing is small (on the scale of a millimeter), energy transfer from the working fluid to the disks can be efficient. Design rationale: | |||
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Working fluid (such as steam) enters tangentially to the disks through a nozzle: | |||
[[Image:BLT_nozzle.jpg]] | |||
Bearings must be protected from the working fluid with a shaft seal seal: | |||
[[Image:BLT_shaftseal.jpg]] | |||
Working fluid must be prevented from escaping past the outer disks so that it can transfer its energy effectively to all the disks. To do this, we put in a ring seal: | |||
[[Image:BLT_ringseal.jpg]] | |||
Revision as of 18:18, 26 January 2008
Design Rationale
Drawings by Dan Granett, Granett Engineering:
This is an external combustion engine with proven efficiencies of 25% for un-optimized models. A working fluid spins this turbine by means of surface friction. When the disk spacing is small (on the scale of a millimeter), energy transfer from the working fluid to the disks can be efficient. Design rationale:
Working fluid (such as steam) enters tangentially to the disks through a nozzle:
Bearings must be protected from the working fluid with a shaft seal seal:
Working fluid must be prevented from escaping past the outer disks so that it can transfer its energy effectively to all the disks. To do this, we put in a ring seal:
