Module 2 Flashcards
is essentially a heat engine using air as a working fluid to provide thrust.
Gas turbine engine
To achieve this, the air passing through the engine has to be accelerated; this means that the (?) of the’ air is increased.
velocity or kinetic energy
To obtain this increase, the (?) energy is first of all increased, followed by the addition of (?) energy, before final conversion back to (?) energy in the form of a high velocity jet efflux.
- pressure
- heat
- kinetic
gases flowing through the exhaust nozzle. Also known as jet blast and Jet engine exhaust.
JET EFFLUX
For gas turbine engine, combustion occurs at a constant (?).
pressure
In a piston engine combustion occurs at constant (?).
volume
Both engines have induction, compression, combustion and exhaust. These processes occurs (?) on gas turbine engines.
continuously
Both engines have induction, compression, combustion and exhaust. For piston engines they occur (?).
intermittently (at intervals)
In piston engines, (?) is utilized for the production of power, the other strokes involve charging, compressing and exhausting of the working fluid.
only one stroke
The turbine engine eliminates the (?), thus enabling more fuel to be burnt in a shorter time; hence it produces a greater power output for a given size of engine.
three “idle” strokes
The turbine engine eliminates the three “idle” strokes, thus enabling more fuel to be burnt in a shorter time; hence it produces a greater (?) for a given size of engine.
power output
Due to the continuous action of the turbine engine and the combustion chamber is not an enclosed space, the pressure of the air does not (?). But on piston engines, volume (?).
- rise
- increases (heating at a constant pressure)
GTE
Under these conditions, there is (?) to be withstood.
no peak or fluctuating pressures
With the piston engine, the peak pressure is of (?).
1,000 lb/in2
Piston engine necessary to employ cylinders of (?) construction and to use (?) octane fuels.
- heavy
- high
Gas turbine engines use (?) octane fuels and (?) fabricated combustion chambers.
- low
- light
Because the turbo-jet engine is a heat engine, the (?) the temperature of combustion the (?) is the expansion of the gases.
- higher
- greater
The (?) must not exceed a value that gives a turbine gas entry temperature suitable for the design and materials of the turbine assembly.
combustion temperature
The use of (?) in the turbine assembly permits a higher gas temperature and a consequently higher thermal efficiency.
air-cooled blades
During the working cycle of the turbine engine, the (?) receives and gives up (?), so changes in its pressure, volume and temperature occur.
- airflow (working fluid)
- heat
These changes as they occur are closely related, for they follow a common principle that is embodied in a combination of the (?).
Laws of Boyle and Charles
This means that the product of the pressure and the volume of the air at the various stages in the working cycle is proportional to the absolute (?) at those stages.
temperature of the air
Whether energy is added by combustion or by compression, or is extracted by the turbine, the (?) is directly proportional to the work added or taken from the gas.
heat change
Law that pressure of a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature.
BOYLE’S LAW
Law that the volume of an ideal gas at constant pressure Is directly proportional to the absolute temperature. (Zero Kelvin corresponds to - 273.15 degrees Celsius).
CHARLES’ LAW
The gas turbine engine is essentially a heat engine using air as a working fluid to provide thrust. To achieve this, the air passing through the engine has to be (1); this means that the velocity or kinetic energy of the air is increased. To obtain this increase, the (2)is first of all increased, followed by the addition of (3), before final conversion
back to kinetic Energy in the form of a high velocity (4).
- ACCELERATED
- PRESSURE ENERGY
- HEAT ENERGY
- JET EFFLUX
Combustion occurs at a
constant pressure
GAS TURBINE ENGINE
Combustion is continuous
GAS TURBINE ENGINE