Questions tagged [combustion]
For questions specifically about the process of burning fuel.
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Does/Can combustion instabilities occur in SCRAM jet?
I was told that combustion occurs at Supersonic speeds in SCRAM jet. So acoustic disturbances/ pressure fluctuations can't travel into incoming jet stream. Does this avoids combustion instabilities in ...
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Is the combustion process in turbofans and turboshafts different?
According to a journal paper, for a Gnome turboshaft engine, fuel-air equivalence ratio decreases as power output increases. However, for a CFM56 turbofan engine, the opposite trend is true, and ...
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What is the fuel/air ratio of the CFM56-5A1 engine (in the A320 model)?
I could find the fan-bypass ratio, which was 6:1 (on some models 5:1) but I was unable to find the fuel to air ratio used in this engine. For reference, it is a high-bypass turbofan engine.
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How would exhaust heat recovery into the combustion chamber affect the efficiency of a jet engine?
So, a jet engine basically sucks in air, heats it up and spits it out, right?
The hotter the air gets, the faster the exhaust velocity and thus the more efficient (Higher specific impulse).
Now my ...
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What is the air/fuel mixture ratio in a turbojet engine?
How does it relates to stoichiometry ? What are the possible extinction accidents related to air/fuel mixture ratio ?
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When are pressure-swirl atomizers and airblast atomizers used?
I am a little confused as to when (during T/O, cruise, etc.) and how the combined pressure-swirl atomizer and airblast atomizer is used.
Lefebvre writes that "the merits of the pressure-swirl ...
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What was the first engine to utilise Can-Annular combustion system?
Im doing research on the history and development of combustion systems and cannot find the first engine to utilise the Can-Annular combustion system.
