Design and performance of a gas-turbine engine from an automobile turbocharger

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering teaches thermodynamics and fluid mechanics through a pair of classes, Thermal Fluids Engineering I & II. The purpose of this project was to design and fabricate a gas-turbine engine for demonstration use in these two classes. The engine was built from an automobile turbocharger with a combustion chamber connected between its compressor and turbine. Pressure and temperature sensors at different points of the engine cycle allow students to monitor the performance of the individual engine components and the complete engine cycle.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Tsai, Lauren (Lauren Elizabeth)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ernest Cravalho.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32971

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/32971