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Can you believe that after all these years the combustible engine is still one of the most widely used engines? We’re working hard to research and develop exciting new technologies that will support more efficient and greener living and operations. It is our sincere hope that our work will help pave the way for virtually every industry to make use of our discoveries and replicate our success for a brighter future.

The Sea Bird (previously the USNS New Bedford T-AKL-17) will implement many new, experimental technologies designed to lower emissions and allow the ship to run clean.

As part of that, we’re currently making great efforts to incorporate the Tesla turbine within the design of the Sea Bird. Much research and development is still needed but a greener, more efficient future is definitely approaching.

And while we’re making some great advancements, we’re sure to make even better progress with your continued involvement and support—please tell your friends about us and visit our site often to get updates on our progress and share your own insights.

These are earth-changing matters that involve everyone and we really want you to be a part of this!

Understanding Waste Oil: From Production to Disposal

Many people have begun using waste oil as a less expensive way to produce energy.
Kris Land
Tesla Turbine Efficiency Another View

Nikola Tesla, the inventor of the Tesla Turbine, determined that there were three key points to achieving maximum efficiency with the turbine: Inlet Nozzle Disk Geometry Outlet Nozzle The Inlet Nozzle: The inlet nozzle is thought to be the most important component with a complex shape that is needed to achieve maximum conversion of gas pressure to shaft horsepower.
Sarah Paulin
Gas vs. Diesel vs. Tesla Turbine

All engines work generally the same way.
Sarah Paulin
Three Keys to Tesla Turbine Efficiency

According to Nikola Tesla, the Three key efficiency points of his turbine are: the inlet nozzle disk geometry the outlet nozzle Disk Geometry Disk geometry is a simple matter of using the right material with the right spacing and the right number position of spacers, or sandwiched elements.
Phoenix Navigation
Powering the Sea Bird: The G50 Baldor Reliance AC VC Motor

Powering the Sea Bird is no small task.
Kris Land
Kris Land
Alternative Propulsion

While not quite as clean burning as steam generator burners, pulse combustors are much cleaner than piston combustion cycles, and their simplicity makes them excellent candidates for automotive and other vehicular applications.
Phoenix Navigation
Achieving Near Perfect Combustion?

The Sea Bird (previously the USNS New Bedford T-AKL-17) will implement many new, experimental technologies designed to lower emissions and allow the ship to run clean.
Kris Land
Waste Oil can be Burned as a Fuel

There has been a great emphasis put on recycling.
Phoenix Navigation
Waste Oil Can be Transformed

While at first mention, achieving a clean burn using a waste product may not make much sense, there's actually some extremely green potential here.
Kris Land
Tesla Turbines are Very Different

The minds behind the refitting of the Sea Bird (previously the USNS New Bedford T-AKL-17) are working hard to produce some of the most innovative and promising concepts possible.
Kris Land
Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla

In 1913, famous Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla designed a bladeless centripetal flow turbine.
Kris Land
The Sea Bird and Closed Loop Steam

Closed Loop Steam Vapor Cycle Among other experimental technologies studied for use on the Sea Bird, closed loop steam concepts have proven to offer a lot of potential.
Kris Land
Extremely Low Emissions

One of our goals was to determine if we could in fact double or triple an automobile's mileage using techniques similar to those used by high mileage carburetor experimenters & advocates.
Kris Land
Waste Oil as a fuel source

What is "waste oil"? Waste oil fuel sources can also be used transmission oils, cooking and vegetable oils, hydraulic oils, combustible synthetic oils or any oils up to 50 S.
Kris Land
Near-Perfect Combustion

What technology is Being Used to Achieve Near-Perfect Combustion Pyrocatalytic Method pyrocatalytic converter Gasoline piston engines, as they are designed today, do not work well with mineral spirits, fuel oil, or even pure alcohol.
Phoenix Navigation
Understanding Pyrocatalytic Cracking

You are probably wondering by this time how you get such a clean burn from heavy waste products; the answer is really quite simple -- pyrocatalytic cracking.
Phoenix Navigation
Pulse Detonation (pulse combustion)

An engine that utilizes pulse detonation harnesses detonation waves to burn, or combust, fuel.
Kris Land
Closed Loop Steam

For applications where lowest possible emissions from fossil fuels must be realized, our second approach using our ultra-clean burner technology is the best choice.
Phoenix Navigation
The Pulse Combustion Turbine

Tesla Project For several years I have been developing rocket and gas turbine engines.
Luis Mendonça
First Detailed View of the Tesla Turbine

On that note we'll move on to examine details of our new turbine design.
Phoenix Navigation
Tesla Turbine

Understanding Turbine Basics bladed impulse bladed reaction boundary layer disk After comparing the characteristics of the three, you may come to the same conclusions we have -- the Tesla type turbine fits the bill for the 21st century.
Phoenix Navigation
Tesla Turbine Projects

The Tesla Turbine is composed of discs fitted closely together to one another.
Kris Land
Earth Friendly Forms of Propulsion

Exploratory research is being done on a number of highly efficient and Earth friendly forms of propulsion.
Kris Land
Pulse Combustion Test

We just received the following project update by Luis Mendonca including more drawings.
Luis Mendonça

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1944: Camano Class Light Cargo Ship was laid down for the US Army as FS-289 at Wheeler Shipbuilding in Whitestone, NY.

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1945: Delivered to US Army.

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1950: Acquired by the US Navy on July 1, 1950 and placed in service as USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17).

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1954: The movie, Mister Roberts, was made on the USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17).

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1955 - 1963: Used as a cargo supply ship for the Texas Towers, a network of advanced radar stations located off the Eastern Seaboard. In 1957, Capt. Sixto Mangual was commander of the AKL-17 and in 1961 it was rechristened the USNS New Bedford. The New Bedford, sailing out of State Pier, was keeping vigil when Texas Tower No. 4 callapsed off the New Jersey coast during a January 1961 nor'easter.

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1963: Reclassified as Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX-308).

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1971: The New Bedford (IX-308) served as a Torpedo Test Firing Vessel in the Puget Sound area.

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1994: Ceremony in New Bedford.

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1995: The ship was struck from the Naval Register on April 4.

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2004: The Sea Bird's current disposition is a tuna long liner (fishing boat) out of San Diego, CA.

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2006: Design of the Tesla Turbine began on June 11, 2006. The Sea Bird was sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for commercial service.

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2007: The Sea Bird was drydocked for renovations.

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2008: The Sea Bird setting sail to Sea-Tac in Seattle, WA.

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2009 - 2010: The Sea Bird is currently docked at Seattle Sea-Tac.

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