combustor

Noun

Meaning

combustor (plural combustors)

A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.

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All the air ingested by the inlet is passed through the compressor, combustor, and turbine, unlike the turbofan engine described below. Source: Internet

How well the individual components contribute to turning fuel into thrust is quantified by measures like efficiencies for the compressors, turbines and combustor and pressure losses for the ducts. Source: Internet

Aircraft engine is a combination of various components, including compressor, combustor, turbine, induction system, and cylinder, among others. Source: Internet

Fuel injection is often into a sheltered region below a step in the combustor wall. Source: Internet

In a liquid fuel ramjet (LFRJ), hydrocarbon fuel (typically) is injected into the combustor ahead of a flameholder which stabilises the flame resulting from the combustion of the fuel with the compressed air from the intake(s). Source: Internet

Like a turbojet, it uses the gas generator core (compressor, combustor, turbine) to convert internal energy in fuel to kinetic energy in the exhaust. Source: Internet

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