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Old 11-01-2018, 05:34 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Matt@Cosworth View Post
I'd say if the Tesla turbine could be made to work you'd see it being used

the likes of Garret, rolls royce and other large makers of air movers would have given this a go don't you think?
Dyson haven't used it.........from my poor googling skills they suffer under load.

They do work well pumping air on a bench without load though.

There was 1 pumping water but it only had a small head and used the Tesla pump as well to pump a trickle of water, the problem was the Tesla turbine was feed 25psi from a compressor to achieve this trickle.

Efficient, yah na

I call "SHENANIGANS".
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