Originally posted by mbrownn
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I knew this magnetic wankel rang a bell for me. I had seen this drawing of Tom's @cheniere many years ago, had it saved and lost it in a computer crash.
In looking at this drawing two things jumped out at me.
1- The similarities to the magneto set up on a small engine (lawn mower, chainsaw type). They already have the strong permanent magnet set into the flywheel and a matched pickup coil mounted with a small air gap, and a set of points. This might make an interesting test platform.
Do you think with proper wiring (I'm no electrician) and timing that this could be turned into a simple pulse motor? Perhaps adding the ring of angled magnets latter improving the efficiency.
2- The continuously tapering air gap in the mag/wankel looks nearly identical to a cutaway of a Tesla turbine. If the fly wheel was replaced with a number of discs, containing permanent magnets at their perimeter, and encased. Might this then be air or steam driven generating electricity as well as producing shaft power?
I also have a gut feeling that if steam was used in the Tesla turbine example, that in passing the angled magnets at high speed and being cooled as it moves to the center of vortex at the shaft, a disassociation may take place and we might have HHO at exhaust.
Mostly just thinking out loud.
Thanks, Gene
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