combustor chamber

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• Combustor — Flame stabilized by cyclone. A combustor is a component or area of a gas turbine, ramjet, or scramjet engine where combustion takes place. It is also known as a burner, combustion chamber or flame holder. In a gas turbine engine, the combustor or …   Wikipedia

• combustor — ☆ combustor [kəm bus′tər ] n. the chamber and related assembly in a jet engine, gas turbine, etc., in which combustion occurs …   English World dictionary

• combustor — stə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: combust (II) + or : the combustion chamber of a gas turbine or a jet engine along with associated burners, igniters, and injection devices * * * /keuhm bus teuhr/, n. Aeron. the apparatus in a ramjet or other …   Useful english dictionary

• combustor — noun Date: 1945 a chamber (as in a gas turbine or a jet engine) in which combustion occurs called also combustion chamber …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• combustor — A name generally assigned to the combination of flame holder or stabilizer, igniter, combustion chamber, and injection system of a ramjet or gas turbine …   Military dictionary

• combustor — /keuhm bus teuhr/, n. Aeron. the apparatus in a ramjet or other jet engine for initiating and sustaining combustion, consisting of the igniter, fuel injection system, combustion chamber, and flameholder. [1940 45; COMBUST(ION) + OR2] * * * …   Universalium

• combustor — noun A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced …   Wiktionary

• combustor — /kəmˈbʌstə/ (say kuhm bustuh) noun the combustion chamber, fuel injection system, and igniter in a jet engine or ramjet …  

• Combustion chamber — A combustion chamber is the part of an engine in which fuel is burned. Contents 1 Internal combustion engine 1.1 Petrol or gasoline engine 1.2 Diesel engine 1.3 Gas …   Wikipedia

• combustion chamber — i. The section of the gas turbine engine into which fuel is injected and burned. The combustion results in very high temperatures, which expands the air flowing through the combustion chamber and directs it onto the turbine at a uniform speed and …   Aviation dictionary

• combustion chamber — n. 1. the chamber in a reciprocating engine between the cylinder head and the piston, in which combustion occurs 2. the chamber inside a jet, or rocket, engine in which fuel and air, or an oxidizer, are mixed and burned: see COMBUSTOR …   English World dictionary