tesla turbine Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 16:38:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Bladeless Wind Turbine Built by Solar Aero, Inspired by Nikola Tesla's Invention https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-aero-tesla-bladeless-wind-turbine-20100504/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-aero-tesla-bladeless-wind-turbine-20100504/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 18:36:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7547 Remember that Tesla turbine we wrote about two years ago? Or the Tesla turbine made out of a hard drive? Nikola Tesla patented these turbines back in 1913, but he wasn't able to build them properly because the metals he could use at that time didn't have the right thickness and quality.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-aero-tesla-bladeless-wind-turbine-20100504/feed/ 2 7547 The Tesla Turbine https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-tesla-turbine-20080206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-tesla-turbine-20080206/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:33:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/06/the-tesla-turbine/ Nikola Tesla created an engine design nearly 100 years ago that is as much as three or four times more efficient than the combustion engine design that has dominated for reasons other than science.At the time of his invention around 1909, Tesla was able to demonstrate a fuel efficiency of 60% with his bladeless turbine […]

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