3. Introduction to
Jet Engines
In this section, I'll quickly
introduce you all to Jet
propulsion
Uses and
Types of Jet
Engines
What are the types of Jet
Engines and what are they
used for?
History of Jet
Engines
Who invented the Jet
Engine? Well, we'll talk
about it in this section
General
Physical
Principles
How do Jet Engines work?
We'll discuss that also
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7. History of Jet Engines
The principle of the Jet Engine
is not new; however the
technical advances necessary
to make the idea work did not
come to fruition until the 20th
century.
8. History of Jet Engines
Historians tried to trace the
origin of jet engines back to
middle ages, and the principles
used by the Chinese to send
their rockets and fireworks was
similar to that of a Jet Engine.
9. History of Jet Engines
However, the real history of Jet
Engines started with Frank Whittle.
Between the 1600s and World War II,
many scientists experimented with
hybrid engines to propel aircraft.
Many used one of the piston engine's
forms - Including air-cooled and liquid-
cooled inline rotary and static radial
engines - as the power source for
aircraft.
11. Uses of Jet Engines
Jet Engines power jet aircraft,
cruise missiles, and unmanned
aerial vehicles.
In form of rocket engines, they
power fireworks, model rocketry,
spaceflight, and military missiles.
12. Uses of Jet Engines
Jet Engine designs are frequently
modified for non-aircraft
applications, as industrial gas
turbines or marine powerplants.
These are used in electrical
power generation, for powering
water, natural gas, or oil pumps,
and providing propulsion for ships
and locomotives.
13. Types of Jet Engines
Gas turbines are rotary
engines that extract
energy from a flow of
combustion gas.
These include
Pulsejets, Motorjets
and Pulse detonation
engines. (I'll explain them in a bit)
Ram compression Jet Engines
are airbreathing engines similar
to gas turbine engines and they
both follow the Brayton Cycle.
Turbine
powered
Non-
continuous
combustion
Ram
compression
14. Types of Jet Engines: Turbine Powered
Turbofans differ from turbojets in that they
have an additional fan at the front of the
engine, which accelerates air in a duct
bypassing the core gas turbine engine.
A Turbojet engine is a gas turbine engine
that works by compressing air with an inlet
and a compressor, mixing fuel with the
compressed air, burning the mixture in the
combustor, and then passing the hot, high
pressure air through a turbine and a
nozzle.
Turbofan
Turbojet
15. Other Types of Jet Propulsion
The rocket engine uses the
same basic physical
principles of thrust as a
form of reaction engine.
Combined-cycle engines
simultaneously use two
or more different
principles of jet
propulsion.
A water jet, or pump-
jet is a marine
propulsion system that
utilizes a jet of water.
Rocket
Hybrid
Water Jet
16. Introduction to
Jet Engines
In this section, I'll quickly
introduce you all to Jet
propulsion
Uses and
Types of Jet
Engines
What are the types of Jet
Engines and what are they
used for?
History of Jet
Engines
Who invented the Jet
Engine? Well, we'll talk
about it in this section
General
Physical
Principles
How do Jet Engines work?
We'll discuss that also
02
01
04
03
18. General Physical Principles
All jet engines are reaction
engines that generate thrust by
emitting a jet of fluid rearward at
relatively high speed.
The forces on the inside of the
engine needed to create this jet
give a strong thrust on the
engine which pushes the craft
forwards.
19. Introduction to
Jet Engines
In this section, I'll quickly
introduce you all to Jet
propulsion
Uses and
Types of Jet
Engines
What are the types of Jet
Engines and what are they
used for?
History of Jet
Engines
Who invented the Jet
Engine? Well, we'll talk
about it in this section
General
Physical
Principles
How do Jet Engines work?
We'll discuss that also
02
01
04
03
21. Revolutionary Design!
This is a screenshot I took from GE (General
Electric) website. They have been working on the
world's first open-rotor aircraft engine.
The fan at the front of this design is
"open" because, unlike other
turbofan engines, It isn't surrounded
by a case.
This open fan can help provide
significant improvement in
propulsive efficiency. A key to
reduced emissions and fuel
consumption.
22. Revolutionary Design!
This one is from Airbus, They are trying to develop the world's first
zero-emission commercial aircraft by 2035.
They are trying to achieve this ambition with Hydrogen propulsion.
All three ZEROe concepts are
hybrid-hydrogen aircraft. They are
powered by hydrogen combustion
through modified gas turbine
engines. Liquid hydrogen is used as
fuel for combustion with oxygen.
In addition, hydrogen fuel cells
create electrical power that
complements the gas turbine,
resulting in a highly efficient hybrid-
electric propulsion system.
23. Plasma Jet Engine
A Jet Engine (a thruster prototype) that turns
electricity directly into thrust using plasma
propulsion.
This was done by a
professor at Wuhan
University named Jau Tang.
With no fossil fuels required,
plasma propulsion is achieved by
using microwaves to energize
compressed air into a plasma
state and shooting it like a jet.
24. Plasma Jet Engine
A Jet Engine (a thruster prototype) that turns
electricity directly into thrust using plasma
propulsion.
This is a ground breaking
technology from China! Imagine a
thruster that doesn't require tanks.
Sort of like Iron Man's suit.
The goal of this technology is to
try and use electricity and air to
replace gasoline.
25. Electrofuels
Commercial plane refueling using new electrofuels
that could help cut emission from the aviation
industry
Electrofuels are produced by
combining hydrogen with carbon
from CO2.
All planes today are suitable for
this fuel and no adaptations or
changes would be required to be
made to the aircraft or it's engines
for it to work.