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Exergetic and Environmental Analyses of Turbojet Engine
Abstract
This study deals with exergetic and environmental analyses of turbojet engine used on the military training aircrafts. In the analysis, the engine data measured in the Engine Test Cell at First Air Maintenance and Factory Directorate of Turkish Air Forces in Eskisehir, Turkey are utilized. The exergy balance equations are derived for each component of the engine along with the overall the engine. Several thermodynamic parameters (the fuel exergy depletion ratio, the productivity lack ratio, the relative exergy consumption ratio, exergetic improvement potential, exergetic improvement potential ratio, relative exergetic improvement potential, exergetic fuel-product ratio, and sustainability index) are used to evaluate the performance of the engine and its main components (the air compressor, the combustion chamber, the gas turbine, the exhaust forward duct, the aft exhaust duct, and the mechanical shaft). Exergy losses and destructions are investigated to determine thermodynamic inefficiencies. The exergetic efficiency of the engine is determined to be 18.77%. The highest exergy destruction rate of 2921.01 kW in the engine occurs within the combustion chamber. The mechanical shaft of the engine has the maximum sustainability index of 100.65. An environmental analysis of the engine is also performed.
Keywords
Turbojet engine Exergy analysis Exergy efficiency Sustainability index Environmental analysisNomenclature
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- \(c_{\text{P}}\)
Specific heat capacity (kJ kg−1 K−1)
- \({\dot{\text{E}}}{\text{x}}\)
Exergy rate (kW)
- \({\dot{\text{E}}}{\text{xIP}}\)
Exergetic improvement potential (kW)
- \({\dot{\text{E}}}{\text{xIPR}}\)
Exergetic improvement potential rate ratio (%)
- \({\text{LHV}}\)
Lower heating value of fuel (kJ kg−1)
- \(\dot{m}\)
Mass flow rate (kg s−1)
- p
Pressure (kPa)
- \({\text{R}}{\dot{\text{E}}}{\text{xIP}}\)
Relative improvement potential rate (%)
- SI
Sustainability index (–)
- T
Temperature (K)
- \(\dot{W}\)
Work rate or power (kW)
Greek Letters
- \(\alpha\)
Fuel exergy depletion ratio (%)
- \(\beta\)
Productivity lack ratio in exergetic term (%)
- \(\chi\)
Relative exergy consumption ratio (%)
- \(\gamma\)
Fuel exergy grade function
- \(\psi\)
Exergy (second law) efficiency (%)
Subscripts
- a
Air
- AC
Air compressor
- C
Consumption
- CC
Combustion chamber
- cg
Combustion gases
- D
Destroyed, destruction
- EAD
Exhaust aft duct
- EFD
Exhaust forward duct
- GT
Gas turbine
- GTMS
Gas turbine mechanical shaft
- in
Input
- out
Output
- P
Pressure
- Pr
Product
- ref
Reference
- T
Temperature
- TJE
Turbojet engine
Abbreviations
- AC
Air compressor
- EAD
Exhaust aft duct
- EFD
Exhaust forward duct
- CC
Combustion chamber
- GT
Gas turbine
- GTMS
Gas turbine mechanical shaft
- TJE
Aircraft jet engine
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