Gadget Freak Case 143: Tesla Turbine Creates Liquid Electricity
Design News Staff -- Design News, June 1, 2009
If your electricity fails in a post-apocalyptic world, you
can use water pressure to generate electricity. Travis Lipstein and fellow
students in a mechatronics class at Colorado State University used a Tesla
turbine - based on the work of Nikola Tesla in the early 1900s - to turn water
into electricity. The water pressure forces a shaft in the turbine to rotate.
The rotating shaft is connected to a generator. The water flow around the turbine
is controlled by valves. The rotational speed is communicated to the user via a
LCD interface on the system's control panel, which lets the user know when
sufficient power is being generated by the turbine.
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Amt |
Part Description |
Allied Part # |
| 2 | NPN Power Transistor |
935-6158 |
| 4 | Linear Voltage Regulator |
568-0488 |
| 1 | Molded Vane Sensor |
276-0035 |
| 1 | Eight DIP Array |
248-9280 |
| 1 | Piezo Speaker |
090-SPEC |
| 1 | 10-Bit, Serial I/O A/D Converter DIP |
630-0840 |
| 10 | 0.1µF Capacitor | 852-1170 |
| 3 | 330Ω Resistor | 296-4698 |
| 4 | 10kΩ Resistor | 648-0156 |
| 1 | DPST, Rocker Switch |
908-0112 |
| 3 | Red LED |
782-0010 |
| 3 | Yellow LED |
782-0040 |
| 3 | Green LED |
782-1503 |
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What is the availabity of drawings for the turbine?
Al Martyka - 2009-5-6 16:20:21 EDT -
Info on system would be of interest - Water flow rate, pressure, generated power (watts), etc.
Frank Cicchiello - 2009-3-6 09:11:23 EDT -
You know the circuitry is awesome but is there anything you could share about the turbine construction?
Steve Cook - 2009-2-6 16:11:37 EDT
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