Questions tagged [compressor]
As the name suggests, gas turbine engine compressors provide the compression part of the gas turbine engine thermodynamic cycle. There are three basic categories of gas turbine engine compressor: axial compressor, centrifugal compressor, and mixed-flow compressor. A fourth, unusual, type is the free-piston gas generator, which combines the functions of compressor and combustion chamber in one unit.
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Are low pressure (LP) compressors and booster compressors the same thing?
Based on the above picture, are "LP compressor" and "Booster compressor" different names for the same thing or are they actually different things?
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Do any propellers/propfans use stator vanes? Why is this not a commonplace feature?
I understand that axial-flow turbine engines generally include stator vanes behind every(?) compressor and turbine stage. This makes quite intuitively sense, because without them the rotating blades ...
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Would there be a purpose for a set of compressors in an electric turbo fan?
This is actually a two part question. Would there be a purpose to a compressor in an electric turbofan where there is no need for a combustion chamber, and if not, is there then a purpose for a bypass ...
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How to understand turbo machines?(compressors,fans,pumps,turbines,etc..)
From what I understood, the energy transfer between the blades and the fluid(fluid to blade or blade to fluid) occurs due to the curvature of the blade.Its because of this curvature the stream of the ...
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How are compressor maps drawn?
I've always thought they are empirically derived: once you have your axial compressor phisically in a bench, you set both a rotational speed and a mass flow throught the turbomachine then you measure ...
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I wonder if it's possible to make a "compressed air" turbine engine [closed]
I wonder if it's possible to make an efficient turbine engine that uses only hot compressed air to move but only that, meaning there is no ignition involved. To put it simple can we use compressors ...
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What is significance of N1 and N2 in Jet engine? [duplicate]
Why N1 Low pressure compressor RPM and N2 High Pressure compressor RPM are monitored in jet engines ?
Why specifically compressor RPM rather than turbine RPM ?
What do N1 and N2 signify in terms of ...
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Why does a turbine engine compressor ratio affect stagnation pressure?
This might just be a misunderstanding on my part, but in an ideal Brayton cycle, the flow through the compressor and turbine is isentropic, meaning $\Delta s = 0$. However, usually you are given the ...
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How does fuel flow and altitude affect the compression ratio of jets?
Does the compression ratio of jet engines change with altitude and/or with the rate of fuel flow?
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What does the term "loading" refers to when we talk about Blade loading and Stage loading in Turbomachinery?
I have been reading about the term Blade Loading and Stage loading in case of Axial Turbines and Compressors, however, I would like to know what does the term "loading" here exactly refers to?
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Why does the Pressure ratio across the compressor increases when the mass flow rate is reduced?
I am learning about Rotating stall in Axial Flow Compressors. So, when we throttle the compressor then there is Pressure Rise and later after the peak pressure rise tip stall starts to appear.
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Could compressor stalls be caused by air in supercritical conditions?
It is likely that in compressors of jet engines appear conditions that cause the intaken air to become supercritical, cf Is the air in a jet engine supercritical? .
Is it possible that ...
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Is the air in a jet engine supercritical?
Nitrogen has a critical point of 126.2 K and 3.4 MPa (34 bar). Air contains 75 % of nitrogen
For example, nitrogen has a critical point of 126.2 K (−147 °C) and 3.4 MPa (34 bar).
source : https://...
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Why do compressors constrict flow if this decreases pressure?
An axial compressor (and a ramjet intake, for that matter) is commonly depicted as decreasing the volume of air travelling through as we move closer to the combustion chamber. In axial compressors, ...
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What is the difference between axial compressor blades and centrifugal compressor blades?
Is there a particular difference? The way they're overhauled is the same ? (I mean do we use the same overhauling methods ?)
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Why is the first turbine in a turboprop (or turboshaft) connected to the compressor?
Typically the first turbine after the combustion chamber drives the compressor as shown in this picture.
(wikimedia.org)
This first turbine spins the fastest and harvests the most energy from the ...
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Is N1 and N2 and any N speed the revolutions per second for the rotor blades of compressors? [duplicate]
For example the Airbus A350 has three N speeds I think is called Nucelle speed and N1 is for the fan or LP compressor, N2 is for the IP compressor and N3 is for the HP compressor. Even on the Airbus ...
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Why does the Trent XWB have intermediate compressor stages?
I realized that the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB on the Airbus A350 has intermediate compressor stages. Why is that?
Other engines like the CFM56 or IAE V2500 that power most of the A320-family have low ...
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How do the compressor stages keep spinning after start in a free turbine?
In a ‘free’ (or uncoupled) turbine engine (specifically the Rolls Royce C20-250), what is spinning the compressor blades (N1) after start? It can’t be N2, because it’s a free turbine. I don’t think ...
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What engine are these fan blades from?
I bought these from a metal scrapper and paid about $30.00 total figuring they're worth more than that in cool factor. Problem is they aren't nearly as cool if I can't figure out what engine (and ...
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What is the purpose of blades on a compressor?
What is the point of having blades on a compressor. I heard on NASA that it alters the flow but how would this help. As the flow of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases, and vice versa. The ...
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Why are there curved blades on jet engines? [duplicate]
On the fan and comssorssor and turbine for that matter there are blades and they are also curved. Im already confused beucase the fan has blades but wouldn't it blow out air not suck in air? Why are ...
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How does the size of each stage vary in a high pressure compressor?
Is it true that in the high pressure compressor the stages and blades on the stages get smaller as it goes on?
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How does the FADEC prevent compressor stall during rapidly increasing thrust demand?
My understanding is that if the demanded thrust is increased rapidly on a jet engine (for example going from nearly idle to TOGA during a go-around), the engine will likely experience a compressor ...
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Why do large turbofans generally have many more LP turbine stages than HP turbine stages?
In almost every large turbofan I see, the LP turbine stages outnumber the HP turbine stages by a factor of at least 2. Here's a photo of the RR Trent 900:
The Trent 900 (like most Rolls-Royce ...
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What are the specifications of the General Electric J85 engine compressor?
On the internet I can't seem to find all the specifications I need.
Mostly I'm looking for the tip and hub radius and the angular velocity of the blades.
Thanks.
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Does the compressor stationary vane have stagger angle?
Does the compressor stationary vane have stagger angle? ( stagger angle is the angle between chord of the blade or vane with engine's longitudinal axis )
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Why does the LP compressor rotate in the opposite direction of the HP compressor?
Why does the LP compressor rotate in the opposite direction of the HP compressor in some multi-spool turbine engines?
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What is the material composition of aircraft compressor blades?
I read up that aircraft compressor blades are generally made out of titanium. I was curious as to why is titanium the choice of material used for aircraft compressor blades? What alloys are involved ...
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Is a compressor blade slowing down the airflow or accelerating it?
When a jet aircraft flies at maximum speed, are compressor blades actually a barrier to the air flow, or is the airflow accelerated by the compressor?
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Why aren't compressor and turbine blades flat? [duplicate]
Why are the compressor and turbine blades of a jet engine shaped as airfoils? Why can't they be flat?
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What is the function of the protruding outlet on the Trent XWB?
Original by Bernd Sieker from Germany (Trent XWB) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Above is a photo of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB highlighting the aft facing outlet in question.
In a video for ...
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What could cause a low-pressure compressor first stage blade of a turbofan engine to bend forward?
What could cause a low-pressure compressor first stage blade of a low-bypass turbofan engine to bend forward?
I also noticed rotor path rubbing in the 9 to 12 o'clock portion (while usually this can ...
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How does an ETOPS APU start in-flight?
An ETOPS APU has to be on-demand, i.e. must be able to start at any altitude. If it can't, then it's not shut down for the entire flight.
Compared to a normal APU, what are the design differences ...
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What is the order of Reynolds number inside the Compressor at cruise conditions?
I am doing a CFD study on a probe that will be installed inside a compressor of a civil aircraft for my final year project. I need to know the Reynolds number inside a compressor at cruise conditions. ...
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Why were rotary vane compressors never used in jet engines?
It seems like a rotary vane compressors have ideal characteristics for a jet engine. They can generate high pressure ratios (up to maybe 10-12) compared to older axial compressors and I think they can ...
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Why a higher compressor pressure ratio results in higher Thrust and lower TSFC?
My professor usually asks us in our exams to plot the Thrust-Pressure ratio and TSFC - Pressure Ratio charts and justify the tendencies observed.
(TSFC = Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption).
We all ...
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What is the absolute velocity change through compressor+burner?
I thought that the velocity going through a turbojet increased as it went through the compressor and the burner. Intuitively, if the pressure/enthalpy increases, so would the velocity, right? I came ...
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What is the equation for the energy balance between turbine, compressor and propeller?
Let's consider the next turboprop arrangement:
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I am looking for an equation that involves $\dot{W}_T$, $\dot{W}_C$ and $\dot{W}_P$ (i.e. the power done by each component). This ...
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Compressor-Turbine: Why a shaft and not kind of a "rotating drum"?
I'm studying the fundamentals of jet propulsion and its applications. I really have this next question and haven't found an answer yet: why do jets use a shaft (or more) to connect the turbine(s) to ...
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What are the limitations of using a single shaft between the compressor and turbine in a jet engine?
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I'm studying the internal structure and components of a turbojet. I can see there is a shaft between the compressor and the turbine, so that energy is mechanically extracted from ...
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How are fan and compressor discs balanced?
@curious-cat brought up an interesting question on another thread. How are the fan discs, compressor spools and turbines balanced on a jet engine. As they wear they surely get out of balance. Do they ...
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What is the effect of power extraction on turbofan compressor and turbine maps?
Effects of Power Extraction on Turbofan Compressor and Turbine Maps
The two diagrams below show the effects of shaft power extraction (shaft power offtake / shaft power off-take for the propulsion of ...
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How much power is drawn by a turbofan to power its own compressor?
In a modern commercial airliner how much percentage of its engine power is used to power its own compressor, the ducted fan and other ancillaries like the airconditioning etc? Maybe it can't be ...
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Why does a jet engine acquire a metallic whine when in full power? [duplicate]
I had a flight yesterday on an AA Embraer ERJ-190. As the plane idled at the end of the runway there was the familiar high-pitched jet whistle, which increased in pitch as the engine started spinning ...
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Why do turbofan engines have low pressure compressors?
In my understanding turbofan engines usually have 2 stages of compressors:
one low pressure compressor
followed by a high pressure compressor
But it looks like the high pressure compressor ...
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What is the visual difference between turbine fans and compressor fans?
How to identify that a given fan is a compressor fan or a turbine fan, just by visual inspection? Also, can visual inspection of a fan help in identifying the compressor/turbine stage i.e. if the fan ...
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