In 1920, Serbian-born inventor Nikola Tesla designed and patented what he called a “valvular conduit”: a pipe whose internal design ensures that a fluid will flow in one preferred direction, with no ...

Scientists have dusted off the mechanics behind a 100-year-old valve and are reimagining it for use in current and future technology. The device, originally known as a “valvular conduit,” was invented ...

The simulation showed that the PVT system with the Tesla valves was able to achieve an electrical efficiency of 16.32% and a thermal efficiency of 59.65%. These results were then compared with those ...

Researchers from the University of Washington want to improve the pipe. Specifically, they are developing a flexible pipe with an interior helical structure that makes fluid flow one way and not the ...

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While it’s in vogue right now to name fancy new technology after Tesla, the actual inventor had plenty of his own creations that would come to bear his namesake, including Tesla coils, Tesla ...

In this video I show you a straw that is made as a tesla valve. I talk about what a tesla valve is and how it works as a one way flow valve. I also talk about what tesla might have used the valve for ...