jet propulsion: recap, intake, types of compressor, and more
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Jet Propulsion: Recap, Intake, Types of compressor: Axial flow compressor and Centrifugal flow compressor. After Burners Air distribution in the Combustion Chamber. Reverse ThrustTRANSCRIPT
Jet Propulsion
Recap Quiz
• What does the compressor do?• What is the difference between Rotor Blades and
Stator Blades?• How is the Turbine driven?• Name the 3 types of Combustion Chambers?• Briefly explain what happens to the temperature
and pressure as the air goes through the engine?• Name 2 different types of jet engines?• What is a Compressor Surge and how is it solved?
• What does the compressor do?The function of the compressor in a jet engine is to
increase the pressure of airflow through the engine.
• What is the difference between Rotor Blades and Stator Blades?
Rotor blades push the air back to the Stator blades. These then compress the air increasing its pressure.
• How is the Compressor driven?By the Turbine
• Name the 3 types of Combustion Chambers?Can, Cannular and Annular.
• Briefly explain what happens to the temperature and pressure as the air goes through the engine
Pressure: As the air goes through the compressors, it increases. Once it is ignited, the pressure drops and continues to drop as the air goes out the exhaust.
Temperature: As the air goes through the compressors the temperature increases slowly. Once it is ignited in the combustion chamber, there is a rapid increase. IT then slowly decreases as it leaves the exhaust.
• Name 2 different types of jet engines?Turbojet, Turboshaft, Turboprop, Turbofan,
• What is a Compressor Surge and how is it solved?A compressor surge (stall) is a situation of abnormal
airflow resulting from a stall of the airfoil within the compressor of a jet engine. The compressors are unable to cope with the amount of air entering the engine.
This is solved by having a bleed valve.A double shaft.
Intakes
• An engine’s air inlet duct is normally considered an airframe part, and not a part of the engine. However, the duct, itself, is so important to engine performance.
The inlet duct has two engine functions:
• It must be able to recover as much of the total pressure of the free air-stream as possible and deliver this pressure to the front of the engine with minimum loss.
• The duct must deliver air to the compressor inlet under all flight conditions with as little turbulence and pressure variation as possible.
• Most inlet ducts on subsonic airplanes are of the divergent type. Air flowing into a divergent duct expands slightly and converts some of its velocity energy into pressure.
• Rectangular inlets are designed to absorb the shockwaves produced.
CompressorsCentrifugal flow
• Centrifugal compressors were used on many of the earliest gas turbine engines because of their ruggedness, light weight and high pressure ratio for each stage of compression.
• A typical centrifugal compressor consists of three components: the impeller, the diffuser, and the manifold.
Eye of the impeller
ImpellerDiffuser
Manifold
• Air enters the eye of the fast-rotating impeller and is accelerated to a high velocity as it is slung to the outer edge by centrifugal force. The high-velocity air then flows into the diffuser, which fits closely around the outside edge of the impeller.
• There it flows through divergent ducts where some of the velocity energy is changed into pressure energy.
• The air, which has slowed down and has had its pressure increased, flows into the manifold through a series of turning vanes.
• From the manifold, the air flows into the combustion section of the engine.
Axial flow compressor
• Axial-flow are compressors in which the air passes axially or straight through the compressor.
• They are heavier than a centrifugal compressor, but they are capable of a much higher overall compression ratio, and they have a smaller cross-sectional area, which makes them easier to streamline.
• Axial-flow compressors have therefore become the standard for large gas turbine engines and are also used on many small engines.
• Axial-flow compressors are made up of a number of stages of rotor blades that are driven by the turbine, and that rotate between stages of fixed stator vanes.
• Both the rotor blades and stator vanes have airfoil shapes and are mounted so that they form a series of divergent ducts through which the air flows.
CombustionAir distribution
• Approximately 82% of the air from the compressor passes around the outside of the inner flame tube.
• This air is then passes into the flame tube via a number of large and small ‘dilution’ holes into the inside of the flame tube where it is heated by the combustion flame
• Approximately 18% of the air passes immediately into the flame tube where it is split into another two main flows: -
• A. Approximately half of the air passes around and through the end baffle plate and swirls into the flame tube. It can be seen that this air flow produces a forward flow right at the point where the fuel is sprayed in.
• B. Approximately half the airflow passes through swirl vanes situated around the fuel jet. This swirl air hits the forward flow to produce what is known as a ‘Re-Circulating Vortex’.
F u e l F e e d
O u t e r C o m b u s t i o n C a s i n g
1 s t S t a g e N G V ’ s
1 8 % V o r t e x F l o w
R e c i r c u l a t i n g V o r t e x
I n n e r F l a m e T u b e
8 2 % C o o l i n g F l o w
J E T E N G I N E M E C H A N I C A L A R R A N G E M E N TJ E T E N G I N E M E C H A N I C A L A R R A N G E M E N T
Afterburners
• An afterburner is an additional component on some jet engines. Its purpose is to provide an increase in thrust.
• Afterburning is achieved by injecting additional fuel into the jet pipe downstream of the turbine. It is burnt using the remaining oxygen.
• This heats and expands the exhaust gases further, and can increase the thrust of a jet engine by 50% or more.
Reverse Thrust
• Modern aircraft are normally so heavy to land at such a high speed that the aircraft brakes cannot be depended upon for complete speed control.
• Thrust reversal is the temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's exhaust so that the exhaust produced is directed forward, rather than rearwards.
• This acts against the forward travel of the aircraft, providing deceleration
CLAM SHELL DOORS
FORWARD THRUSTREVERSE THRUST
TARGET DOORS
FORWARD THRUSTREVERSE THRUST