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Thrust Augmentation Techniques Explained

Thrust augmentation is a method of extracting more power from internal combustion engines. Methods include supercharging or turbocharging piston engines, adding water injection or afterburning to gas turbine engines, and using booster engines or rocket boosters. Water or methanol injection cools turbine components, allowing for increased fueling and power. Afterburners spray additional fuel downstream of the engine which is ignited to further increase thrust, though fuel consumption rises drastically.

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Thrust Augmentation Techniques Explained

Thrust augmentation is a method of extracting more power from internal combustion engines. Methods include supercharging or turbocharging piston engines, adding water injection or afterburning to gas turbine engines, and using booster engines or rocket boosters. Water or methanol injection cools turbine components, allowing for increased fueling and power. Afterburners spray additional fuel downstream of the engine which is ignited to further increase thrust, though fuel consumption rises drastically.

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Thrust Augmentation

What is it?

A method of extracting more power from Internal Combustion Engines


Piston engines:-

Supercharging or turbo charging Forced air aspiration

Higher Octane fuels More power per bang

Gas turbines engines:-

Booster engines HS121 Trident and early V/STOL a/c

Water injection + more fuel Methanol

Water injection

Afterburning Mainly military but also Concorde

Other methods

Rocket boosters RATO – Rocket Assisted Take-Off Single use only

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Piston engines:-

Supercharging or turbo charging Forced air aspiration

Higher Octane fuels More power per bang

Gas turbines engines:-

Booster engines HS121 Trident and early V/STOL a/c

Water injection + more fuel Methanol

Water injection

Afterburning Mainly military but also Concorde

Other methods

Rocket boosters RATO – Rocket Assisted Take-Off Single use only

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Water Methanol Injection Dart Engine Series Water Methanol
Tank and Pump
How is it injected?

Torque
Pressure
(ENGINE
POWER)

Water Methanol Control Unit


Water cools the turbine and increases pressure and therefore velocity = more power.
Cooler turbine means more fuel (methanol) can be added = more power.
In the Dart engine, more power means coarser propeller pitch = more thrust.
Use limited because of combustion characteristics

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Water Injection Rolls-Royce Spey Series

Increased Water
Primary
Primary flow
Fuel flow
Fuel flow
Take a
closer
look
here

Water cools the turbine and increases pressure and therefore velocity = more power.

Cooler turbine means more fuel can be added = more power.

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Typical Reheat System
Rolls-Royce Phantom Spey and Jaguar Adour series

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Engine Rear Reheat System
End (Afterburner)

Variable
Nozzle

Heat
Spray Tubes Vapour Gutters Shields

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Engine Gas Stream without Reheat

Variable Nozzle ‘Closed’

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Reheat Starts with Vapour Gutters Spraying Fuel

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Then Spray Tubes add more
fuel to combustion process
And Variable
Nozzle ‘Opens’

This is to prevent higher jet pipe pressure

to ensure that reheat has no effect on jet engine

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MacDonald Douglas F4 Phantom – Reheat Lit

Visible ‘Shock’ waves appear in exhaust plume!

Does the Afterburner get hot?

FA18 Hornet on Carrier


Take-off – Reheat Lit
Just a little bit!!

Use of the afterburner is restricted to take-off and combat only (except


Concorde of course) due to the extremely high fuel consumption rate

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