DIY Tesla Impulse Turbine

[Steamchick]

Thanks Toymaker. Sounds good! I am very interested in your turbine, as the one I have have been trying (made by the late Chairman of my local model engineering club) is a bit unknown, and I have hesitated dismantling it as I understand he carefully assembled it for good balance. Very similar in size to yours.
From what you are doing, I feel more confident about giving mine a lot more steam and heat!
Thanks!
K2

 

[Nerd1000]

Do you have an equation to calculate flow rate through a centrifugal water pump which includes impeller blade height or thickness?

Being that a centrifugal pump is not a positive displacement machine, the flow rate will be set by many variables, most notably the amount of restriction on the flow at the inlet and outlet. You can get an idea of the amount of pressure the impeller can generate at a given flow rate by using velocity triangles and the Euler pump and turbine equation.