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Where is mixed the fuel with the air in a jet engine?
combustion chamber
The squashed air is forced into the combustion chamber. Combustor – In the combustor the air is mixed with fuel and then ignited. There are as many as 20 nozzles to spray fuel into the airstream. The mixture of air and fuel catches fire.
How does a jet engine ignite the fuel air mixture?
Jet engines, which are also called gas turbines, work by sucking air into the front of the engine using a fan. From there, the engine compresses the air, mixes fuel with it, ignites the fuel/air mixture, and shoots it out the back of the engine, creating thrust.
Where does the fuel go in a jet engine?
In the basic jet engine, air enters the front intake and is compressed (we will see how later). Then the air is forced into combustion chambers where fuel is sprayed into it, and the mixture of air and fuel is ignited. Gases that form expand rapidly and are exhausted through the rear of the combustion chambers.
How does a gas turbine in a jet engine work?
All jet engines, which are also called gas turbines, work on the same principle. The engine sucks air in at the front with a fan. A compressor raises the pressure of the air. The compressor is made with many blades attached to a shaft.
How does the combustion chamber work in a jet engine?
The combustion chamber has the difficult task of burning large quantities of fuel, supplied through fuel spray nozzles, with extensive volumes of air, supplied by the compressor, and releasing the resulting heat in such a manner that the air is expanded and accelerated to give a smooth stream of uniformly heated gas.
How does the compressor work in a jet engine?
Aside from drawing air into the engine, the compressor also pressurizes the air and delivers it to the combustion chamber. The compressor is shown in the above image just to the left of the fire in the combustion chamber and to the right of the fan.