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Title: Tesla Turbine from Old Hard Drives and Minimal Tools
Url: https://www.instructables.com/Tesla-turbine-from-old-hard-drives-and-m...
Publisher: Instructables
Description: This page provides step by step instructions on building a Tesla turbine from two old computer hard disk drives using basic hand tools and a pillar drill. No metal lathe or other expensive fabrication machinery is required and you only need some basic craft skills. It's crude, but this thing can scream! Tesla Turbines promise up to 92% efficiency of converting air or fluid flow to rotational energy and its use can also be inverted for use as a pump with exceptionally high efficiency too. With compressed air becoming recognized as a feasible form of energy storage, we can see this device in everyday life soon as a source of locomotion. Factoring the simplicity, robustness and resilience to ingress of this design and you have something ideal for pumping heterogeneous fluids like sewerage or fluids with suspended particulate. As a pump, this device has an important role to play in the developing world. This is a good student project.
LC Classification: Science -- Physics -- Force and energy (General)
Science -- Physics -- Study and teaching. Research
Technology -- Mechanical engineering and machinery -- Hydraulic machinery -- Water wheels -- Turbines
GEM Subject: Science
Science -- Technology
Science -- Physics
Key Concept: Physics
Physics -- Kinetic energy
Physics -- Potential energy
Date Issued: 2008
Resource Type: Instructional Material
Audio/Visual -- Movie/Animation
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Format: Document -- HTML
Video -- Quicktime
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Rights: Instructables
Access Rights: Free access
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