Recirculating Tesla CD Turbine with Power Boost Blender
July 8th, 2009 | 
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Another adventure with Mrfixitrick and the Tesla CD Turbine. This time, a blender is shown with the CD Turbine in a powerful, self-contained recirculating system.
The Tesla CD Turbine is a home-made turbine based on the principles of the Tesla Turbine, invented by Nikola Tesla over 100 years ago.
This CD Turbine is made from recycled CD’s, CD cakebox, neodymium magnets and lots of glue.
In this example, both water and air pressure are used at the same time, as an extra power boost for tough blending chores!
And it’s all done without power from the grid or running tap water. Solar power charges a 12-volt battery. The battery runs both a 12-volt bilge pump in a recirculating bucket, and a 12-volt air compressor for an air storage tank.
Mrfixitrick gets the best selection of neodymium super-magnets from K&J Magnetics at:
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/default.asp?PARTNER=mrfixitrick
Check out the how-to Instructable for this device…
http://www.instructables.com/id/Eco_friendly_Tesla_CD_Turbine_Turbo_Boost_Blender/
Visit the Tesla CD Turbine website:
http://www.cdturbine.com/CD_Turbine/Welcome.html
Duration : 0:4:12
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if any one have any spare time would you mind rewrite this in different words?
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Tags: blender, CD, crazy, diy, eco-friendly, Energy, environmental, food, free, hack, home-made, kitchen, mad, magnets, mod, mrfixitrickhack, neodymium, Nikola, recirculating, recycle, recycling, science, scientist, supermagnet, tech, Tesla, Turbine, weird
Like Frank Zappa if …
Like Frank Zappa if he had made it to an old folks home.
i really want to …
i really want to taste that.
Hehe, the “Tinfoil …
Hehe, the “Tinfoil Safety Toque” !
To be fair to the aluminum industry, it is actually aluminum foil.
In a movie coming up soon, I will show how the T.S.T. can really work!
TINFOIL RULZ!
TINFOIL RULZ!
300 series …
300 series stainless is usually used. Note: Tesla’s discs were .030 inch dia for the 6 inch size. Thinner the better, except they can bend together at the nozzle outlet pressure.
Tesla used the best German silver-steel at that time and got 30,000-35,000 rpm before stretching the metal. But that was on steam. Water will take some pressure to get to that rpm.
Thanks for the info …
Since I will use a nickel-steel alloy for my disks I don’t think I will risk going over 15k rpm. I intend to use 12 6″ disks , but I still need some advice from my hydraulics teacher.
Thanks for the info
The star washers …
The star washers may produce some turbulence, but the flow velocity already has slowed down significantly at that point. The back-pressure will give more torque, less rpm.
Tesla presented a 60 inch turbine to allis-chalmers for testing, but Tesla said they would not build to his specs, and it did not fare so well. The max rpm was 12,000, I believe. With modern nano-carbon ceramic discs, perhaps double that (24000 rpm) would be possible.
I was talking about …
I was talking about the starting torque indeed. I will have a lot of testing and machining to do in my college labs since I’m working on a small scale energy production project.
I’m a bit concerned that my washers will produce turbulence in the water flow before reaching the outlet.
I also wonder if it can be used on a large scale (60 inches+ ) with a good number of disks made from an adequate material. At 15-25k rpm it could fail even with separators on the edges for stability.
Don’t confuse …
Don’t confuse surface finish with washers or other spacers that can increase low-end torque.
The surface finish of the discs is to be as smooth as possible, according to Tesla and others.
Tesla designed multiple washers as spacers, and other ideas like bumps have been suggested. This was to prevent disc warpage and get better starting torque. It did not increase high rpm power!
The actual disc surface must be very smooth to enable the laminar boundary layer effect between the discs.
I have a question …
I have a question though. Working with a high pressure water source , what would be the best finish of the disks ? Smooth or the bumpy ones that Mr. Tesla suggested in one of his patents?
This in a star washer design…
WHY NOT??
WHY NOT??
Well put!
And in a …
Well put!
And in a similar manner, Tesla’s aether theories “didn’t get the love” that Relativity did. Now we are forced to go back in time to recover these artifacts!
Really nice turbine …
Really nice turbine , too bad tesla turbines didn’t got the love blade turbines did from researchers.
WHY??
WHY??
Perhaps you mean …
Perhaps you mean gay as in happy? Either way you would be wrong. I’m ed off and hetero.
lololol its the gay …
lololol its the gay macgyver!
lol @ your hat, …
lol @ your hat, worried about the govt scanning ur brain hehehe
Hehe, I live on the …
Hehe, I live on the edge of a rainforest and it’s just beginning rainy season with a week solid of rain!
Glad to hear I brought a ray of sunshine amongst the clouds!
You made MY day with the positive comment…thanks!
You may see me on TV one day…Make:TV may use my material for an upcoming series!
bloody brilliant …
bloody brilliant mate… I live on Samui Island in Thailand (I’m English!), and have just spent what would have been a miserable and wet day (Monsoon is coming!)grinning like an idiot at your vids!!! You made my day buddy… why the hasn’t a T.V. producer snapped you up!? It’s about fun yes… for sure… but i LEARNT stuff too!!! Excellent amigo… keep going… and I hope to see you on T.V. one day! (Tho prob not in Thailand eh? lol)…. LOVE IT!!!!!
Um, actually that …
Um, actually that would be my new Tesla CD Turbine Vacuum Cleaner! (work-in-progress…)
Wow, duude, that …
Wow, duude, that really sucks – I mean, draws a vacuum.
you da Man! Rick
…
you da Man! Rick
Thanks for the video, great to see you putting up a new video
dude, nice tin foil …
dude, nice tin foil helmet \m/
Believe me, the …
Believe me, the whole situation is a little wobbly!
The CD case swells up under pressure and pushes up on the blender. It can swell a little too much, as I found out in a succeeding messy video!
I’ll keep at it ’till I get it right…
Just a comment, but …
Just a comment, but I think your blender could use a little more weight to it. It looked a little wobbly a few times there.