Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A combustion chamber along with its igniters, injectors, and other related apparatus in a jet engine or gas turbine.
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- noun A
chamber acting as the furnace in ajet engine or turbine engine, where intensecombustion is induced.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Actually knowing how much nitrous oxide is actually being generated in a combustor is a hard problem to solve because now you have to deal with not only the temperature distribution in the combustor, but also the constituent chemicals that are coming out of there.
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Actually knowing how much nitrous oxide is actually being generated in a combustor is a hard problem to solve because now you have to deal with not only the temperature distribution in the combustor, but also the constituent chemicals that are coming out of there.
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And think about this: Unlike rockets, which must carry oxygen with them as a "combustor" to ignite the fuel supply, scramjets take oxygen from the atmosphere, offering a huge savings in aircraft weight, and researchers around the world would like to take advantage.
From On High 2004
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And think about this: Unlike rockets, which must carry oxygen with them as a "combustor" to ignite the fuel supply, scramjets take oxygen from the atmosphere, offering a huge savings in aircraft weight, and researchers around the world would like to take advantage.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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In plants that do not burn pulverized coal, the crushed coal may be directly fed into cyclone burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In plants that do not burn pulverized coal, the crushed coal may be directly fed into cyclone burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[[Cyclone furnace | cyclone]] burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[[Cyclone furnace | cyclone]] burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In plants that do not burn pulverized coal, the crushed coal may be directly fed into cyclone burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In plants that do not burn pulverized coal, the crushed coal may be directly fed into cyclone burners, a specific kind of combustor that can efficiently burn larger pieces of coal.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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