Which type of jet engine carries its own fuel and oxidizer?

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A simplified diagram of a liquid-fuel rocket. Pumps carry the fuel and oxidizer. The combustion chamber mixes and burns the two liquids.

What is the difference between the oxidizer needed for a rocket engine and that of a jet engine?

The white, solid-fuel rocket on each side contains a chemical mixture in which the oxidizing agent is part of the fuel. Rocket fuel can burn without external oxygen being present. Jet engines must have outside oxygen from the air. Another difference is that jet planes have wings for lift and rockets do not.

How do rockets and jet engines get oxygen to burn fuel?

The main difference between them is that jets get the oxygen to burn fuel from the air and rockets carry their own oxygen, which allows them to operate in space. Jet engines have two openings (an intake and an exhaust nozzle). Rocket engines only have one opening (an exhaust nozzle).

Which engine carries its own oxygen?

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The main difference between the two types of engine is that a rocket carries its own supply of oxygen for combustion. A jet engine requires oxygen from the atmosphere for combustion, and so cannot operate in the vacuum of space.

How do jet engines get oxygen?

Jet engines compress the air internally, making it much thicker and providing adequate oxygen for combustion.

Do jet engines need oxygen?

Airplane engines need oxygen for combustion. They do still need oxygen, though, even at for low power levels. Fortunately, aircraft engineers have designed engines that solve this dilemma. Jet engines compress the air internally, making it much thicker and providing adequate oxygen for combustion.

What is rocket oxidizer?

Propellant is the chemical mixture burned to produce thrust in rockets and consists of a fuel and an oxidizer. A fuel is a substance that burns when combined with oxygen producing gas for propulsion. An oxidizer is an agent that releases oxygen for combination with a fuel.

Do jet engines use oxygen?

How do jets fly in low oxygen?

Planes have lower oxygen levels As a plane flies, air that flows through the engine gets sucked in, compressed, cooled, filtered, and pumped into the cabin.

What is the source of oxygen in an airplane engine?

The original substance is called the fuel, and the source of oxygen is called the oxidizer. The fuel can be a solid, liquid, or gas, although for airplane propulsion the fuel is usually a liquid.

What is the source of oxygen in a rocket fuel?

The original substance is called the fuel, and the source of oxygen is called the oxidizer. The fuel can be a solid, liquid, or gas, although for airplane propulsion the fuel is usually a liquid. The oxidizer, likewise, could be a solid, liquid, or gas, but is usually a gas (air) for airplanes. For model rockets, a solid fuel and oxidizer is used.

What would happen if you put an oxidizer in an airplane?

Then the weight of the oxidizer would weight down the aircraft. For each kilogram of pure octane (one of the components of jet fuel) you would need around 1.7 kilogram of pure O2. In other words it would double the weight of the fuel you have to bring.

What happens to the fuel and oxidizer in a rocket?

For rocket propulsion the fuel and oxidizer are usually stored as either a liquid or a solid. During combustion, new chemical substances are created from the fuel and the oxidizer. These substances are called exhaust. Most of the exhaust comes from chemical combinations of the fuel and oxygen.