Designing Radial Gas Turbines

Hello Sheps,

DaS Energy is pioneer in this feild.

Our work has acheived such, and we in fact use such method for electrical generation.

The inner hud provides gas course in flow to perimiter hub shaped vanes.

The outer hub being maganatised in section and the whole much resembling a Fisher and Pykle washing machine motor.

Cheers

Peter

Thanks for the info Peter.

Is there a website for DaS Energy?

Can you supply details of the rotational speed of the rotor?

Such a thing exists already and is used in aerospace, but not generally for propulsion. A lot of APU (auxillary power units) use a centrifugal/radial principle instead of the typical axial flow setup found on a jet engine.

Your design is very close to something I dreamed up 20 years ago... mine has no main or central shaft to hold any blades but instead the blades 'hang' from an outer ring which would run on some kind of roller bearing set up. This idea has never gone further than drawings on paper... feel free to borrow what ever appeals to you (if anything) about the design. cjv

Thanks for sharing your ideas Carlos.

Like pretty much every major mechanical design I was sure someone would have had the idea before. I hope I can discover if there is any merit in such a concept or if there is a simple reason why it has not become a commercial product in all the years of GT development.

BTW, when you had your idea 20 year ago, what did you envisage it being used for?