Combustor

A combustor is a part or area of a gas turbine, ramjet, or scramjet engine where combustion takes place. It is also known as a burner, combustion chamber or flame holder. In a gas turbine engine, the combustor or combustion chamber is fed high pressure air by the compression system.^[1] The combustor then heats this air at constant pressure.^[1] After heating, air passes from the combustor through the vanes to the turbine.^[1] In the case of a ramjet or scramjet engines, the air is directly fed to a nozzle.^[2]

Components

Casing
Diffuser
Liner
Snout
Dome
Fuel injector
Igniter

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Klaus Hünecke, Jet Engines: Fundamentals of Theory, Design, and Operation (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1997), pp. 4–6
↑ E T Curran, 'Scramjet Propulsion', Progress in Aastronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 189 (2000), p. 5

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[Hunecke4.6-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Klaus Hünecke, Jet Engines: Fundamentals of Theory, Design, and Operation (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1997), pp. 4–6

[2] E T Curran, 'Scramjet Propulsion', Progress in Aastronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 189 (2000), p. 5

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