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A jet turbine is an internal combustion engine. It isn't a "reciprocating" engine, though.
by AshleyGrant 3y ago
A jet turbine is an internal combustion engine. It isn't a "reciprocating" engine, though.
- cherryteastain 3y agoWell, unless it has an afterburner like Concorde's engines
- dredmorbius 3y agoThat's still considered "internal" combustion, as the combustion is occurring within the context of the engine itself. The traditional contrast to the I.C.E. is the external combustion of a steam engine, where the combustion occurs in a boiler, which then directs steam to the actual reciprocating engine (in a traditional steam engine). Steam turbines actually could be a case of an external-combustion turbine, as these are powered by steam which is heated externally to the turbine itself (e.g., there is no internal combustion chamber). Not all steam turbines are combustion engines, however. A nuclear power plant's steam turbines are fed by steam created from nuclear fission rather than chemical combustion. Some solar thermal power systems runs steam turbines based on solar power, and I believe that most geothermal power involves steam and turbines. Functionally, the steam turbine bits of these systems are identical to a coal-fired steam turbine, but the heat cycle differs.
- tialaramex 3y agoOops, thanks