Definition of combustor
:a chamber (as in a gas turbine or a jet engine) in which combustion occurs — called also
combustion chamber
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Pratt is rolling out fixes this year for durability issues affecting a carbon seal and combustor.
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Pratt is rolling out fixes this year for durability issues affecting a carbon seal and combustor.
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Supercharged Swirlers Air flows to the combustor through two swirlers, which are like high-speed blenders mixing fuel and air.
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Bladed discs, located in the hot section of a turbofan engine, pull energy from the hot gases of the combustor to produce thrust.
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For greater heat resistance (and lower weight), GE’s engineers used ceramic matrix composite materials for parts of the combustor and turbine, where things get hottest.
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First Known Use of combustor
1945
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