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AJIN.S
BIBIN WILLIAM
MOHAMMED SHIHAS
MOHAMMED RAZEEN
SOORAJ.P.S
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Our Goals
Plan of Action
The pulsejet took a backseat in the engineering world when the turbofan jet
engine was invented
Has returned to the engineering scene as
of late because of the interest in
Pulse Detonation Engines (PDE).
The rapidly expanding gasses exit out of the engine and as this
happens a vacuum is created in the combustion chamber which
pulls in a fresh new air charge fro m the atmosphere, and then the
whole cycle repeats itself.
Combustion Cycle
Design Research
The Lenoir cycle is an idealized
thermodynamic cycle often used to model
a pulse-jet engine.
Comprises of 3 cycles:
Heat added at constant volume.
Adiabatic Expansion.
Exhaust of the hot gasses at a
constant pressure.
Thrust can be directly calibrated on the
basis that
the cycle is completed over two working
strokes.
Design Research
C.E. Tharratt
Discovered a surprising result that the ratio of duct
volume to effective length had a linear relationship to
the maximum static thrust or:
V/L = 0.00316F
Sample Calculations
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Exhaust Pipe
Valveless
Valve-less
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10
10
10
39
Petal Valve
40
High
Efficiency
Petal Valve
42
Valve grid
10
31
Propane Tank
Propane lines
Gas Fitting Nozzle
Needle Valve
Testing
Prototype will be tested to verify thrust output.
Budget
Projects Future
Continue testing on prototype to gain further
knowledge of its operating cycle.
Construct larger Jet using the knowledge
gained from this smaller prototype.
Use larger engine to power to propel a
manned vehicle.
Bibliography
Simpson Bruce The Enthusiasts'
Guide to Pulsejet Engines
http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/
http://www.zachmiers.com/pulsejetbo
ok/
http://www.pulse-jets.com/
Roy, Gabriel Combustion processes in
propulsion control, noise, and pulse
detonation