DESIGN ENGINEERING BLADELESS TURBINEAbstract The primary objective is to perform an experimental analysis of bladeless turbine. It is an unconventional turbine that uses fluid/air properties such as boundary layer and adhesion of fluid on series of smooth discs keyed to a shaft Resistance to fluid/ air flow between the disc plates results in energy transfer to the shaft. This turbine can be used for small scale industry to develop power with high efficiency than conventional one. Thus an analysis of the performance and efficiency of bladeless turbine Is to be carried out.Introduction of Bladeless Turbine Tesla turbine, a bladeless turbine, was patented by the famous scientist Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) in 1913. Up to now, a major stumbling block in its commercial use has been its low efficiency and certain other operational difficulties. However, there has been a resurgence of research interest in this type of turbines because they have several advantages (as explained below) and hence may be appropriately developed and used in certain niche application areas. The Tesla turbine is also known as disc turbine because the rotor of this turbine is formed by a series of flat, parallel, co-rotating discs, which are closely spaced and attached to a central shaft. The working fluid is injected nearly tangentially to the rotor by means of inlet nozzle. The injected fluid, which passes through the narrow gaps between the discs, approaches spirally towards the exhaust port located at the centre of each disc. The viscous drag force, produced due to the relative velocity between the rotor and the working fluid, causes the rotor to rotate. There is a housing surrounding the rotor, with a small radial and axial clearance. car mnswrsoniceIn physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is the layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a surface where the effects of viscosity are significant. In the Earth's atmosphere, the atmospheric boundary layer is the air layer near the ground affected by diurnal heat, moisture or momentum transfer to or from the surface. On an aircraft wing the boundary layer is the part of the flow close to the wing, where viscous forces distort the surrounding non-viscous flowDifferent types of Boundary Layer Flow There are two different types of boundary layer flow listed below. 1)Laminar Boundary Layer Flow The laminar boundary is a very smooth flow, while the turbulent boundary layer contains swirls or "eddies." The laminar flow creates less skin friction drag than the turbulent flow, but is less stable. Boundary layer flow over a wing surface begins as a smooth laminar flow. As the flow continues back from the leading edge, the laminar boundary layer increases in thickness.2) Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow - At some distance back from the leading edge, the smooth laminar flow breaks down and transitions to a turbulent flow. From a drag standpoint, it is advisable to have the transition from laminar to turbulent flow as far aft on the wing as possible, or have a large amount of the wing surface within the laminar portion of the boundary layer. The low energy laminar flow, however, tends to break down more suddenly than the turbulent layer.Corrosion and cavitation is less. Simple in construction. Pollution free. Low cost to produce and maintain. Lower design and production costs than standard turbines, jet engines and pumps. As it is bladeless, it is not require to design the blade geometry. High-speed. This type of equipment can be operated at a wide range of working medium parameters without any danger and malfunction.It is not so sensitive to a partially polluted working medium, since the fluid flow is parallel to disks, so it can be operated with saturated steam. It can be used in reverse direction. Improved reliability, resistance to erosion due to cavitation when steam quality is poor. A cost-effective, elegant, clean/ green and robust solution to compressor power prob.+ Applied to various low torque operation. : Applied to small scale industry. * Geothermal applications. * Chemical, oi] & petrochemical processing. + Pulp & paper manufacturing. + Waste water treatment &disposal applications. + Mining & environmental clean-up. + The Bladeless turbine is selected over traditional blade turbines due to its high efficiency under pressure and the ability to make it compact in size. + And also reduce noise derived from the operation of an engine+ Study and analysis of this bladeless turbine come to conclusion that Number of discs, spacing between discs and surface finish of discs affects the performance of turbine significantly .This work was carried out to study performance of disc turbine operating on water medium, however previous studies and experimentation carried out with air and steam medium.THANK YOU