Unit 1 Introduction to Aircraft Power Plant

10 lecture hours

• Air breathing and non- air breathing propulsion systems
• Turbojet engine Cycle:Thermodynamic cycle and h-s diagram
• component efficiencies
• thrust equation
• thermal efficiency
• propulsive efficiency
• overall efficiency
• Specific impulse etc.
• factors affecting thrust developed
• matching of compressor with turbine in turbojet engines
• comparison of real cycle turboprops
• turbojets and ramjets
• Blade materials Turbofan engine cycle: Turbofan thrust
• The ideal turbofan cycle
• The fan bypass stream
• The core stream
• Turbine-compressor-fan matching
• The fuel/air ratio
• Maximum specific impulse and thermal efficiency The Turboprop cycle: Propellor efficiency
• Work output coefficient and Power balance

Unit 2 Inlets/ Intakes and Propelling Nozzles

• Inlets/Intakes Introduction to inlets
• Requirements of an Intake
• subsonic and supersonic inlets
• Axi-symmetric and Asymmetric Intakes
• Aircraft Intake design considerations and Performance Nozzle Theory: Basic review of thermodynamics and one dimensional isentropic flow
• Area –Mach 10 Subject Code: 3160102 w.e.f
• AY 2018-19 relation and types of nozzle
• Exhaust velocity of nozzle
• Mass flow rate through nozzle and choking of nozzle
• Area ratio of nozzle
• Effect of back pressure
• Optimum expansion
• under expansion and over expansionnozzle
• Actual mass flow rate through nozzle and equilibrium conditions

Unit 3 Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber/Burner

8 lecture hours

• Introduction and types of burners – Can burner
• Annular burner
• Cannular burner
• Relative advantages and disadvantages of different types of burners
• zones of combustion chamber
• requirements of combustion chamber
• design criteria of combustion chamber
• Combustion Mechanism and Important Combustion parameters like pressure losses
• combustion intensity and combustion efficiency
• Fuel injection systems
• flame stabilization and flame holder
• Combustion Emissions
• Greenhouse Gases
• Low‐ Emission Combustors

Unit 4 Ramjet Propulsion

6 lecture hours

• Introduction and operating principle
• limitations and comparison with jet engines
• Ramjet flow field
• The ideal ramjet cycle
• critical and super critical operation
• Ramjet performance
• Simple design calculation of ramjet engine
• Introduction to scramjet engine

Unit 5 Pulse Jet Engine

3 lecture hours

• types of pulse jet engine: Valved and Valve less
• Pulse detonation engines

Unit 6 Rocket Propulsion

4 lecture hours

• Introduction to rocket propulsion and operating principle
• Classification of Rockets
• Introduction to chemical
• ion and nuclear powered rockets
• Chemical Propulsion systems: Solid and liquid propellant rockets
• types of propellants
• thrust equation and rocket performance parameters
• Propellant feeding systems
• Numericals 04 7 * Future Fuels and Energy Sources in Sustainable Aviation: Introduction
• Alternative Jet Fuels
• LNG and Hydrogen
• Battery systems and Fuel cell * Promising Technologies in Propulsion and Power: Multifuel (Cryogenic‐ Kerosene)
• Hybrid Propulsion Concept
• Distributed Propulsion in Modern Aviation
• Aircraft Configurations Using Advanced Propulsion Systems