thumb|Tesla turbine at [[Nikola Tesla Museum]]

The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal-flow turbine invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913.

The Tesla turbine uses the boundary-layer effect, instead of the method employed by more conventional turbines, wherein a fluid acts on blades. The Tesla turbine is also referred to as the bladeless turbine, boundary-layer turbine, cohesion-type turbine, and Prandtl-layer turbine. The latter is named for Ludwig Prandtl. Bioengineering researchers have additionally referred to the Tesla turbine as a multiple-disk centrifugal pump.

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Further reading

  • Tesla, Nikola, "Dr. Tesla Talks Of Gas Turbines". Motor World. September 18, 1911.
  • US1061206 Turbine - New and useful Improvements in Rotary Engines and Turbines
  • US1329559 Valvular Conduit - Includes the Tesla gas turbine
  • GB186082 Improvements in the Construction of Steam and Gas Turbines - Form of rotor
  • GB186083 Economic Transformation of the Energy of Steam by Turbines - Tesla turbine system
  • , Disc turbine inlet to assist self-starting, Letourneau (February 11, 2002)
  • , Labyrinth seal for disc turbine, Letourneau (February 13, 2002)
  • , Rotor assembly for disc turbine, Letourneau (March 15, 2002)
  • , Method of and apparatus for a multi-stage boundary layer engine and process cell, Hicks (December 13, 2005)
  • Vanderbilt Tesla Turbine
  • Tesla turbine, from Uncle Taz Library
  • Tesla Turbine Kit, Turbo-Generator, from OBI Laser Products
  • Tesla Turbine featuring the work of Ken Rieli and others
  • Building a Tesla turbine using hard disk platters
  • Rice, Warren, ""Tesla Turbomachinery." Proc. IV International Nikola Tesla Symposium, Sept. 23-25, 1991
  • Redmond, Stephen, "Building a Disk Turbine"
  • Germano, Frank D., "Tesla's Bladeless Boundary Disk Turbine and Pump"
  • Swithenbank, Alan, "The Tesla Boundary Layer Turbine"
  • Peterson, Gary, Nikola Tesla's Disk Turbine Tomorrow's Gas Engine. Feed Line No. 7
  • Boundary Layer Effect
  • [https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/pv_gen_pop.html "Tesla turbine" from PBS