Investigations of Aerodynamics of Tesla bladeless microturbines

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 477-499

  Lampart, Piotr ^a   Jedrzejewski, Łukasz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FLUID FLOW MACHINERY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bladeless frictin turbine; CFD simulation; Flow efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; RANKINE CYCLE; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CFD SIMULATIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FLOW EFFICIENCY; FLOW PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; ROTATIONAL SPEED; TESLA TURBINES;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 79957469935     PISSN: 14292955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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