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NEW Articles:

Turbine Efficiencies - The mathematics of horsepower & efficiency, and superiority of disc turbines by Ken Rieli

Turbine Compressors, types & configuration by Ken Rieli

Tesla's Other Turbine by Ken Rieli

New Transportation Directions - Nikola Tesla's favorite projects, HEV project introduction, rolling chassis by Ken Rieli

EV & HEV Basics - electric conversions, hybrid types, limitations, Fiero HEV project description by Ken Rieli

Fiero HEV Conversion Project, Step One - removing engine & transmission, strategic planning for the conversion by Ken Rieli

Fiero HEV Conversion Project - building the transmission adaptor plate by Ken Rieli

Fiero HEV conversion project - more on building the adapter plate by Ken Rieli

Fiero HEV Conversion Project - electrical system, power controller, batteries & voltages by Ken Rieli

2007 Assessment, pulse detonation turbine build, hybrid-electric vehicle project, and where the buck ultimately stops by Ken Rieli

 

 

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2001 Articles

Tesla turbine introduction, recycled engine case Tesla turbine project, engine case selection, bearings, shaft basics, introduction to hot rotors, hot rotor case, lubrication, energetic fluids, nozzle construction, pulse combustion, combustor sequencer

2002 Articles

Tesla disc design vs. Phoenix winglet design, fuels experiments, combustion models, pulse combustor wiring diagram, Tesla turbine disc spacing, disc geometry, horsepower, torque

2003 Articles

10" Experimenter's Tesla Turbines, kits, construction details, jet oiling system, bearings, nozzle design, nozzle efficiency, analysis of impulse turbines, reaction turbines & Tesla disk turbines, waste oil generator system design, boiler basics

2004 Articles

Free Energy Plan, constructing parabolic dish solar reflectors, anatomy of two-axis mounts, Curnutt solar furnace basics, closed-loop solar turbogenerator, heat recovery Tesla Turbine project, 6" Tesla turbine designs, opposed bearings vs. stacked plates, parabolic troughs to produce steam

2005 Articles

Solar dish aiming & tracking, hardware, software, schematics, embedded microprocessors, New Life for an Old Engine Case project, introduction of 4.5" Experimenter's Tesla Turbine

2006 Articles

Energy independence, 4.5" Experimenter's Tesla Turbine applications, oiling system details, DIY CAD CD introduction, New Energy Workshop open house, air-pressurized oil jet system for Tesla turbine bearings, "perfect" nozzle

2007 Articles

Gas turbine challenge, green wood chip furnace, momentum of matter, turbine efficiencies, compressor types & efficiencies, Nikola Tesla's favorite projects, EV conversions, Fiero HEV retrofit project, pulse detonation turbine build

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