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How are jet engines throttled?
Modern jet aircraft technically don’t use throttles; rather they are equipped with thrust levers which are connected to a Fuel Control Unit (FCU).
How do you increase the thermal efficiency of a jet engine?
- As mentioned above, increase heat at turbine inlet. This requires exotic materials, active cooling of turbine blads, and decreases TBO.
- Increase compression ratio.
- Intercooling of compressor stages.
- Water injection.
- Water injection.
- Regeneration.
- Cheng Cycle.
- Reheating.
How do you control the speed of a jet engine?
Modern jets have computers to do all of the engine controls now. The pilot sets the “throttles” for how much power he wants and the computers do the rest to bring the engine up to speed and temperature to provide that thrust level.
How do jet engines accelerate?
Basic turbojet engine. A jet engine is a gas turbine engine. A jet engine develops thrust by accelerating a relatively small mass of air to very high velocity, as opposed to a propeller, which develops thrust by accelerating a much larger mass of air to a much slower velocity.
How does a jet engine work in a car?
A jet engine works by burning fuel in air to release hot exhaust gas. But where a car engine uses the explosions of exhaust to push its pistons, a jet engine forces the gas past the blades of a windmill-like spinning wheel (a turbine ), making it rotate.
What is the difference between a jet engine and a turbine?
But where a car engine uses the explosions of exhaust to push its pistons, a jet engine forces the gas past the blades of a windmill-like spinning wheel (a turbine), making it rotate. So, in a jet engine, exhaust gas powers a turbine—hence the name gas turbine.
Why do jet engines produce maximum power?
Because intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust all happen simultaneously, a jet engine produces maximum power all the time (unlike a single cylinder in a piston engine).
What happens when you change the nozzle on a jet engine?
One thing so far not mentioned or considered is that as the jet pipe nozzle changes area the static pressure within it will change. Consequently the differential pressure across the L.P. turbine (assuming a twin or triple spool engine) will also change.