Well, no. The Tesla turbine design had a number of flaws.
It only operated well at high speeds. This eventually causes the discs to warp.
For any reasonable power level production, the turbine has to use discs of 2 to 3 feet diameter. However, when those spin at Tesla speeds the material shatters from powerful forces.
Tesla operating speed is not compatible with things like generators. To power those one has to have 50K to 3K RPM gear step downs. The gears wear out super fast.
These are lab curiousities but not actually practical.
Sounds like we just hit a barrier with materials. If we found a better, new, light indestructible material that does not warp or distort at any speed or G force them I'd assume your statement could be voided. Sometimes when a problem arises like that it doesn't mean it's useless, it means innovation. The truth is that how we have continued to grow technologically throughout the years, so in summary it's my belief that there are countless already existing filed patents that can actually be retooled to be allot more efficient today due to the gigantic leap we've made in materials tech.
Necessity is the catalyst for invention, or something like that, you know, the thing.
Well, no. The Tesla turbine design had a number of flaws.
These are lab curiousities but not actually practical.
Sounds like we just hit a barrier with materials. If we found a better, new, light indestructible material that does not warp or distort at any speed or G force them I'd assume your statement could be voided. Sometimes when a problem arises like that it doesn't mean it's useless, it means innovation. The truth is that how we have continued to grow technologically throughout the years, so in summary it's my belief that there are countless already existing filed patents that can actually be retooled to be allot more efficient today due to the gigantic leap we've made in materials tech.
Necessity is the catalyst for invention, or something like that, you know, the thing.
Carry On!!!
PS: You guys are awesome