This invention, the “Internal Combustion Boundary Layer Turbine Engine” (BLTE), embodies the description of a “flat-disk radial flow turbine engine”. The BLTE uses the effects of “working fluid” or “exhaust” drag to convert the pressure of fuel combustibles to kinetic output energy in the form of a driven shaft. The BLTE application of “differentially sized flat blades” solves the problem of internal combustion and multi-stage operation for this new category of engine.
This engine offers the light weight and high power output capability of a continuous or pulsed burn-mode of a radial turbine engine. Relative to conventional radial flow turbine engines, this engine provides reduced exhaust flow, reduced emissions and offers simple, inexpensive construction with commonly available machine tools.