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ENCIT 2020
18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
A PROPOSAL FOR OPTIMIZATION OF TESLA TURBINES ROTORS
Submission Author:
Cristiano Maidana , RS
Co-Authors:
Cristiano Maidana, Charles Rech, Juan Galvarino Cerda Balcazar
Presenter: Cristiano Maidana
doi://10.26678/ABCM.ENCIT2020.CIT20-0216
Abstract
This paper examine the use of rotor discs with modified profiles proposed in order to increase the efficiency and power generated in multi-disc turbines, also known as Tesla turbine. For this analysis, an analytical method is used to predict the efficiency and power produced by this type of device in conjunction with PIKAIA's evolutionary algorithm in order to obtain a rotor configuration that minimizes the power variation produced along the radius of the turbine rotor. The results indicate that a theoretical increase of up to 11.2% in the power generated by the turbine from the adoption of rough discs in the rotor.
Keywords
Tesla turbine, rotor optimization, bulk-parameter method
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