User:Cjcampo/ENES 100/Turbine

Problem
Jet engines, airplanes, helicopters, car racing enthusiasts, wind generation, electricity generation, turbo chargers, vacuum cleaners, air compressors, and wind mills all involve turbines. Yet few know anything about them. A theory of operation; small, safe, models; and mechanism for testing them (video) is needed.

Conceive

 * Demonstrate how turbines of various sorts work and where they are used. Inspiring video.
 * Develop compressed air driven models of various turbine engines.
 * Develop an Air source and connect it to the turbine engine to demonstrate the spinning of the turbine

Design
Start with a jet-engine model found on Thingiverse.

here is an active DIY Gas Trubine group who publishes video all over youtube.


 * Flame tube design tool JetSpecs .. download, website
 * LED calculator so a string of LED's light up depending upon the power generated

Implement
Cabin fever demonstrates a variety of engines within a building. Most everything at this exhibit runs off of compressed air.


 * A YouTube video of the demonstration of the whole system was taken :

http://youtu.be/XbIwdApOgHs

Demo

 * demo
 * 9/14 presentation


 * Fully connect the Air funnels to the turbine
 * Attach a stronger air producer than the DC computer fans
 * Reprint rough edges blends to reduce friction
 * make a colorless cylindrical shape to cover the turbine body while producing air into it