Before we start the gas turbine engine demonstration run, we are being told to put on an ear mask. This is to prevent the loud sound of the engine to hurt our ear. From this demonstration, it gives me a better understanding on how the plane gain it’s thrust from and how the engine operates.
This engine is widely used for modern high-speed passenger and military aircraft. This engine requires air to generate it. Thus air is drawn in through the intake and being compressed. The compressed air will mix it with the fuels and burnt in the combustion chamber to give hot gases. Hot gases is expanded through turbine and therefore, trust is being generated. During this demonstration, we also get to know that when the engine is generating the fuels, the temperature can go up to about 600 degree Celsius.
In conclusion, I get to have a better knowledge on how the gas turbine engine is operated and how thrust is being generated. And since these types of engine need air to generate trust, thus it can’t be use in space. But these engines allow high altitude operation and have a higher reliability and durability.
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