Published in “ExtraOrdinary Technology” magazine – July 2003

Rebirth of the Tesla Turbine

Will the real engine of the 21

st

century please stand up!

By Ken Rieli

It’s been nearly 100 years since Nikola Tesla prototyped his first turbine engine, and the wo rld is
still waiting to see if it will ever amount to much. To understand why an engine with so much
potential can languish in limbo for so long we have to view in retrospect the state of the
engineering world at the time of its development.

Just prior to the turn of the century (19

th

- 20

th

), gasoline and diesel piston engines were

developed to the po int where they could be used in vehicles. At the same time, Parsons and
Curtis turbines were being developed for steam power plants. By the time Tesla began
developing his engine, pist on technology was fully entrenched in the auto industry, and the
major players in electrical pro duction – GE and Westinghouse – had already invested heavily in
Parsons and Curtis designs.

When Tesla finally did
appro ach power producers and
car pro ducers, they simply
were too far into their
investments, and were not
interested in considering new
technology – even if it was
better.

During that same time frame, the U.S. oil cartel was cooking up a plan to subjugate the people of
the U.S. and eventually the rest of the world by making everyone dependent on the new “black
gold” – oil. Engines such as Tesla’s that had the potential for lower cost and higher efficiencies
did not fit into the profit schemes o f the rich oil barons of t hat day. They saw Tesla’s dream of a
pollution-free environment as anti-American, since it cut into their profit plans.

Tesla and his technologies were systematically swept under the carpet until the “great
awakening” in the late 1960’s to early 1970’s. So me of us who were starting college around
1969 discovered obscure bo oks and articles in campus libraries that spoke of experiments and
developments performed by a completely unknown inventor – Nikola Tesla.

The old book that I unearthed and read from cover to cover featured a man and his vast variety
of discoveries – in practically every area of science – and how he developed working prototypes
for most of these discoveries. I was fascinated with his ‘earthquake machines’, death ray
concepts, and most of all by his turbine. Not having the opportunity or resources to do very
much with it at that time, the knowledge slowly cooked on the back burner for another 25 years.

Then in 1994 t he turbine memory emerged as an answer to a pressing pro blem. At t he time my
company focus was o n developing UAVs (Unmanned Air Vehicles). As we stepped through t he
first design we discovered that engines being used by other designers for aircraft were either
high-priced bladed turbines or gas piston engines that needed major rebuilding every 500 hours.
The answer to the powerplant problem stuck out like a sore thumb – Tesla turbines.

In addition to being the answer t o the UAV power plant problem, we also discovered along the
way t hat the Tesla t urbine is the answer to man’s great est challenges facing him in this century:
rapidly increasing demand for electrical and automotive power. For a couple of years running
we’ve studied serious global issues such as global warming, climate shift, the high costs of food
& fuel, and how all of these factor into sustainable growth for everyone on the planet – not just
the top 1% to 5%.

Sustainable Growth

Sustainable growth is global progress without pollution overhead. It is the ability for mankind to
move forward and create quality of living for everyone, even with a rapidly increasing
population.

The major impediment to global growth is greed. Greed economics has driven accelerated
growth with profiteering for a select few, along with unchecked pollution for over one hundred
years, and the result is devastating to our ecosystem and world health.

Deregulated industries are acco untable for most of the ills o f mankind today including poverty,
famine, disease, dwindling fuel reserves, and climate shift catastrophes (severe weather
anomalies). The three main sources of air pollution are: internal combustion engines, coal-fired
power plants, and the manufacturing sector.

The only viable technology capable of delivering the elusive sustainable growth formula – more
power, less pollution, lower cost – is the Tesla or boundary layer turbine. While knuckleheads in
government bank on fuel cells and IT as the saviors of mankind, anyone with half a brain knows
that the ‘fool cell’ and its requisite fuel infrastructure will not be able to move mankind from
piston engines to the new system for another 50-100 years!

In real terms, this means that the world will kill itself off in the mire of to xic waste before the
idiots who now run the system (industrial-government cartel) deliver a timely solution. Piston
engines must be tossed aside if we are t o save t he planet, and since fuel cells won’t meet the
deadline, what’s left? – The Tesla turbine.

The Tesla turbine is the only technology now available to head off the rapidly compounding
disaster that now plagues mankind: self-inflicted death by industrial to xins. That availability is
why the Tesla turbine is the real Engine of the 21

st

Century!

Decentralized Utilities

The Bush energy program (written by the U.S. energy cartel) describes a Pollyanna-type future
in which all Americans will enjoy ‘abundantly flowing electrical power to rid t hem of the
scourge of pollution and power deprivation’.

Let’s stop right here and take a reality check…

First of all, the plan calls for constructing a large number of huge coal-fired power plants just
across the Mexican border to evade air quality legislation.

Next, the entire U.S. must be rewired with high voltage power lines crisscrossing the entire
count ry. Bush also claimed in passing that Americans would be happy to give up their lands and
properties to facilitate construction of this divine energy system. Again, the reality is plain to
see: this is nothing but a ploy to secure Bush’s rich buddies in a monopolistic, centralist utility
extortion scheme over the American public.

The reality is that we already pay too much for utilities – much more than the cost of energy. To
give you an example – my electric bill for last month was round $53. I used $17 worth of
electricity, and the rest was surcharges & “distribution fees”! Does anyone else smell extortion
here? It’s extortion because government refuses to put a cap on greed, and we – the American
public – must have the utilities to survive.

The o bvious answer to the problem is t o decentralize utilities – t o place the power of self-
determination back into the hands of the public, as it should be! This means providing the
technology for every household and every business to produce its own heat and electrical power.

There are a number of technologies that can be considered for a quick fix, but the only
technology that fits into sustainable growth strategies is again, the Tesla turbine.

Some of the benefits we have to keep in mind when considering any engine technology are:

a) All-fuel capability
b) Quiet operation
c) Long life
d) High power density
e) Pollution free
f) Low cost t o produce and maintain

Of all technologies I have studied, the Tesla turbine is the only engine that fits all of these
requirements, and is the only o ne capable of delivering on the decentralized ut ility strategy.

Programs

So many of you may agree with what we’ve said so far, but your big question is, “How do I get
involved, and were do I get ho ld of this technology for personal and business use? How can I
secure my future through decentralized utilities?”

PNGinc has set up a number of programs for both local and global involvement – from
technology construction clubs to business and philanthropic activities. We believe that to make
the world a better place for all of us, we must t ake back control of our lives from cent ralism –
worldwide. In other words, break up the monopolies.

On a personal level we have formed the Phoenix Turbine Builders Club
(www. phoenixnavigation.com/pt bc/home.htm), which is free for anyone to join. We started t he
club by providing basic Tesla turbine construction diagrams and tips. Today we are able to offer
a kit of part s that a mechanically inclined individual can machine and build int o an industrial-
quality, low-horsepower Tesla turbine.

The end goal of the club is to construct complete, all-fuel cogenerator systems for personal
decentralized po wer (heat and sto red electricity). With the recent introduction of the turbine
engine component kit, we are well on our way to realizing this goal, as we bring more of t he
components online over the next 12-18 months.

In addition to the free club, PNGinc also offers it’s expertise in the form of philanthropic work,
sourcing turbine kits to researchers and providing consulting and joint venture opportunities to
companies of all sizes. All of these programs are geared toward solving glo bal growth problems
by replacing old, dead-end technologies such as piston and conventional turbine engines with
powerful, pollution-busting, cost-effective Tesla turbines.

Future Growth

The “grass roots” initiative in the Phoenix Turbine Builders Club is only the first sho t at taking
back control of our lives through decentralization. As mentioned above, the primary goal of the
club is to work with our members t o build complete co generator systems at a hobby level and
pace, making the project affordable for people around the world.

At the same time we are offering our technical expertise to small (or large) businesses in the
fields of power production and vehicle powerplants. OEM’s looking for a turbine component for
their solar-steam or combustion-steam electrical power systems may find our engine kits ideal
for first product, followed by larger units developed through our consulting or joint venture
programs.

Proprietary knowledge gained in our PNGinc labs such as improved disk geometry, ultra-clean
burner and pulse detonation combust ion techniques are key pivotal points for future gro wth in
boundary layer engine systems. Advanced pro jects such as our Kinetic Energy Drive™ and
aircraft propulsion systems, along with our initial cogenerator project, are destined to sweep
aside both piston and fuel cell engine offerings.

Conclusion

After examining and comparing every known viable technology for pollution-free gro wth in this
new century, we’ve concluded that there is no engine technology or type that comes even close
to the Tesla or boundary layer disk turbine. Pisto n engines and bladed turbines had their sho t in
the 20

th

century and caused the polluted cesspool we all live in today. Fuel cells are too immature

and won’t be ready for another century.

Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes of a former life, the Tesla turbine is now emerging to take
its rightful place as the real motive power engine of the 21

st

century!

PNGinc website: www.phoenixnavigation.com