A combustor is a component or area of a gas turbine, ramjet, or scramjet engine where combustion takes place. It is also known as a burner, burner can...
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CFM International CFM56 (section Combustor)
(GE) of the United States. GE produces the high-pressure compressor, combustor, and high-pressure turbine, Safran manufactures the fan, gearbox, exhaust...
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Fluidized bed combustion (redirect from Fluidized-bed combustor)
gas in addition to the vitiated air from the PFB combustor. This mixture is burned in a topping combustor to provide higher inlet temperatures for greater...
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Catalytic converter (redirect from Catalytic combustor)
engine management developments. William C. Pfefferle developed a catalytic combustor for gas turbines in the early 1970s, allowing combustion without significant...
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mixed with the compressed air and burns in the combustor. The combustion products leave the combustor and expand through the turbine where power is extracted...
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third-generation, twin-annular pre-swirl (TAPS) combustor instead of the previous dual annular combustor. Able to endure hotter temperatures, ceramic matrix...
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combustor, can annular combustors have discrete combustion zones contained in separate liners with their own fuel injectors. Unlike the can combustor...
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to combust, the turboramjet combustor may use hydrogen and oxygen, carried on the aircraft, as its fuel for the combustor. The air compressed by the compressor...
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and combat. The afterburning process injects additional fuel into a combustor in the jet pipe behind (i.e., "after") the turbine, "reheating" the exhaust...
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