Experiment and analysis for an improved design of the inlet and nozzle in Tesla disc turbines

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-277

  Guha, A ^a,b   Smiley, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Efficiency; Jet; Nozzle; Pitot traverse; Power; Rotor; Tesla turbine

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LOSS; DISC TURBINE; EXPERIMENT AND ANALYSIS; INLET CONDITIONS; JET NOZZLE; LOSS REDUCTION; NEW DESIGN; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PITOT TRAVERSE; PITOT TUBES; PLENUM CHAMBER; TOTAL PRESSURE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NOZZLE DESIGN; TURBINES;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77950673183     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE818     Document Type: Article

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