Is it possible to connect a home made turbine to an electric motorand use that to power a go kart?

Question

I have been working on a theroy abouut a constantly repleneshing energy source. If you hooked up an electric motor and a turbine to a go kart, and used the spinning motion of the turbine to power the motor which would, in turn, make the turbine spin, would you be able make the go kart move with a single push?

Answer 1

Not unless you could turn off all friction. But a small jet turbine used to power a gokart could be fun.
........although....you could get it to work, you would just need a large hill and a helmet.

Answer 2

Everytime energy converts from one form to another, some is lost--take my word on this one, or follow the first suggestion and read up on thermodynamics. The machine you have described begins with electrical energy, converts into wind energy (kinetic), and then back into electrical energy. If you lose energy at every step, where do plan to get the extra energy to power the go kart?

(Is this a serious question, or were hoping to get a laugh when some tried to explain the laws of theormodynamics?)

Answer 3

Nope, not possible. You are attempting to violate the conservation of energy principle.

In practice, you will find that you won't get the go kart going fast enough to spin the turbine enough to give enough power to the motor. You would need to add energy to the system just to keep all the wheels moving, which would not be good for energy generation.

Answer 4

This sounds to me like a goose chase. There is no such thing as replentishing energy, A motor throws out energy that is lost and can never get back, heat. you could run the go cart for a short while but the energy would deplete rapidly due to friction and heat. A perfect machine is only in an ideal world as there are always friction losses and heat output. A car uses only about 20% of it's energy to actually move you the rest is lost in heat and friction.

Answer 5

Not hardly !!! To begin with, a pure turbine propels something by the increased airflow that it produces ( Thrust ). It produces this thrust as a result of a combustion process. There has to be some type of fuel involved, or to burn for combustion to take place. Even a turboshaft engine ( a jet engine that spins a gearbox to rotate a shaft ) that you could use to spin a generator ( have to have a physical connection to the turbine shaft ) to produce electrical power to run the electric motor still would need fuel to burn to operate the turbine. Turboshaft engines are used on turbine helicopters, turboprop airplanes
( turbine engine with a gearbox that spins a shaft connected to a propeller ) etc.

Answer 6

in many cases. To be highway criminal in Nevada, a motor vehicle has to have a head gentle, a tail gentle, decrease back-up lights, a minimum of one rear-view replicate, and an audible horn. And if the law enforcement officials catch you, you may extra proper have a license for the two motor vehicle and motive force. highway criminal would not advise risk-free. maximum of those little carts are so low to the floor that a individual using a known motor vehicle can't quite see them. it may be lots smarter to maintain the Kart for enjoying interior the dirt.

Answer 7

Nope, that would be a perpetual motion machine. Can't work.

Answer 8

No, God this is painful, read up on thermodynamics!