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• First difference:
• In shaft power engines power output is from turbine.
• In jet propulsion engines power output is due to
expansion of gas in a propelling nozzle; wholly in
turbojet engines or partially in turboprop engines.
• Second difference:
– Forward speed and
– Altitude
• Chemical reactions
of fuel and oxidizer.
R e i p r o c a t in g o r G a s T u r b in e
P r o p e lle r e n g in e E n g in e s
Decreasing velocity
(b) pulse jet engine,
(c) turbojet engine,
(d) turboprop engine,
(e) turbofan engine.
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The above mentioned gas turbine power
plants can be classified into two categories.
(i) pilot-less operation and
(ii) piloted operation.
(a) and (b) come under first category.
(c) ,(d) and (e) come under the second.
tr
= transmission efficiency of propeller and gears
T
= turbine efficiency
noz
= nozzle efficiency
ma = mass flow rate in turbine
• By assigning suitable values to t
, noz
and tr
this
equation can be optimized for maximum thrust.
γa = 1.4 γg = 1.33
(iii) Power developed by the turbine is just sufficient to
drive the compressor.
or thrust,
and
But
• Assuming
the Eq.7.27 reduces to
where mf is in kg/s.
• Dividing Eq.7.36 by ma, we get
where = ci/cj.