Tesla Turbine: A Practical Design Guide for Boundary Layer or Bladeless Turbines

Preface
Contents
Nomenclature
	Subscripts
	Superscripts
	Abbreviations
1 Introduction and State of the Art
	1.1 Motivation
		1.1.1 Turbomachinery Dogmas
		1.1.2 Tesla Turbomachinery Application Potential
	1.2 Tesla Bladeless Turbomachinery
		1.2.1 Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
		1.2.2 Nikola Tesla at Niagara Falls Power Station, Canada
		1.2.3 Tesla Machine—Principle of Operation
	1.3 State of the Art
		1.3.1 Experimental Research
		1.3.2 Numerical Research
		1.3.3 Application Driven Research
		1.3.4 Contribution to State of the Art by the Authors
		1.3.5 Tesla Turbine in Millennium Poetry
	References
2 Analytical and Numerical Analyses
	2.1 Analytical Approaches
	2.2 Numerical Simulations of Tesla Turbines
		2.2.1 Fundamental Equations and General Remarks
		2.2.2 Approach to the Numerical Analysis of Tesla Turbines
		2.2.3 Grid Independence Analysis
		2.2.4 Initialization Procedure
	2.3 Tesla Turbine Component Analysis
		2.3.1 Rotor Design Approach
		2.3.2 Stator and Rotor Analysis
		2.3.3 Exhaust Diffuser and Collector
	References
3 Tesla Turbine Prototypes
	3.1 Performance Parameters and Experimental Method
		3.1.1 Evaluation of Performance Parameters
		3.1.2 Uncertainty Analysis
	3.2 Air 3kW Tesla Turbine Prototype
		3.2.1 Design Data and Experimental Set-Up
		3.2.2 Results and Discussion
	3.3 Water 1kW Tesla Turbine Prototype
		3.3.1 Design Data of Innovative Geometry
		3.3.2 Results and Discussion
		3.3.3 Prototype and Experimental Test Rig
		3.3.4 Results and Discussion
	References
4 Losses in Tesla Turbines
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Loss Categories in Bladeless Machines
		4.2.1 Losses in the Stator
		4.2.2 Losses in the Rotor
		4.2.3 Ventilation and Mechanical Losses
		4.2.4 Leakage Losses
		4.2.5 Turbine Inlet and Exhaust Losses
	4.3 Characterisation of Losses in Air 3 kW Turbine
		4.3.1 Stator and Stator-Rotor Clearance Loss Evaluation
		4.3.2 End Wall Losses—Ventilation Loss Evaluation
		4.3.3 Leakage Losses
		4.3.4 Impact of Losses on Overall Turbine Performance
	4.4 Characterisation of Losses in Water 1 kW Turbine
	References
5 Comprehensive Design Considerations
	5.1 Rotor Only Design
	5.2 Stator and Rotor Design
	5.3 Turbine Assembly Design and Shape Optimisation
	5.4 Turbine Assembly Mechanical Design
	References