VEHICLE PROPULSION BY PULSE JET

ENGINE
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF.K.BALA SHOWRY
PRINCIPAL
M.TECH,PH.D
V C A D MURTHY(345)
A V RAVITEJA(348)
S RAJESH GOUD(339)
BHUVAN CHAND(306)

What is Project PulseJet?

Type ofjet enginewhere combustion occurs inpulses.

Pulse jet engines have few or nomoving parts.

They are capable of running statically.

WORKING PRINCIPLE

Operation similar to modern reciprocating engine.

Defined cycles : suction of air/fuel mixture, compression, ignition

and exhaust.

First stage : ignition of a fuel/air charge

Cumbustion/ power stage:Hot gases expand rapidly, increasing

the pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.

partial vacuum is formed behind the rapidly

escaping exhaust gases.

This

draws fresh fuel/air mixture into the engine.

At

the same time, a small proportion of exhaust

gases lose momentum due to pressure difference.

This

piston of hot gases compresses the fresh

charge and ignites it.

LOCKWOOD HILLER DESIGN

COMBUSTION CYCLE

CUT OPEN FIGURES

THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE

TheLenoir cycleis an idealized thermodynamic cycleoften

used to model
apulse-jet engine.

Comprises of 3 cycles:

Heat added at constant

volume.

Adiabatic Expansion.

Exhaust of the hot gasses

at a constant pressure.

FUEL

Runs on most commercially available fuels.

Liquid fuels need to be pumped and vapourized.

Gaseous fuels fed from the cylinder under pressure and the fuel
flow regulation also easy.

Use of a gaseous fuel would facilitate direct injection without

vaporization.

Propane is usually preferred due to its high energy density (50

MJ/kg).

PJ ENGINE AFTER ROLLING

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