The invention discloses a novel
Tesla turbine, belongs to the technical field of fluid machinery, and aims at solving the technical problems that an existing
Tesla turbine is low in
energy conversion efficiency, insufficient in torque, high in
machining and manufacturing difficulty and limited in application range. The
turbine comprises a rotor, a rotating shaft and a
stator, the
stator is provided with a working medium inlet and a working medium outlet, the rotor is composed of a plurality of discs and blades, and a fluid outlet is formed in the rotor; the core improvement is that the thicknesses of rotor discs are gradually increased in the radial direction, blades are arranged between the discs, the inner surface of the
stator is coupled with the discs in shape, and meanwhile, a
modular design and a combined manufacturing mode of 3D printing or pressure
processing and
brazing are adopted. Flow field distribution can be optimized,
energy loss is reduced, torque and power under the low-rotating-speed and high-load working conditions are remarkably improved, the applicable working medium and working condition range is widened, the
machining and mounting process is simplified, the equipment operation stability is improved, the service life is prolonged, the
impeller can be used as a
turbine or a pump, and good practicability and popularization value are achieved.