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The document summarizes a student project to design and build a prototype pulse jet engine. It provides background on pulse jet engines and how they work. It then outlines the project plan which includes researching pulse jet engine design, building a prototype based on this research, and testing the prototype. Key aspects of the design that are discussed include the combustion cycle, types of pulse jets, materials to be used, and fuel delivery system. A budget of 8000 Rs for the project is also provided.

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Project Pulse Jet Engine

The document summarizes a student project to design and build a prototype pulse jet engine. It provides background on pulse jet engines and how they work. It then outlines the project plan which includes researching pulse jet engine design, building a prototype based on this research, and testing the prototype. Key aspects of the design that are discussed include the combustion cycle, types of pulse jets, materials to be used, and fuel delivery system. A budget of 8000 Rs for the project is also provided.

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Design and fabrication of prototype pulse jet engine

Joel kevin saldanha Vikram mallya Niyanth yadav Hencil mendonca

What is Project PulseJet?


Project Pulse Jet
is an analytical study of how a pulse-jet engine works.

Our Goals
To design, build pulse-jet engine.

Plan of Action
Research and design a prototype of a pulse-jet engine. Build the prototype based on our design.

History of the pulsejet


The pulsejet engine was first invented in the early 1900 by a Swedish inventor Martin Wiberg Paul Schmidt, who engineered the first production pulsejet during the Second World War with his flying bomb, the Argus V1.
Nicknamed the buzz bomb because of the low hum it admitted during flight. Used by the Germans to bomb London from 1944-1945 Over 9,000 V-1 were fired on England during WW2

The pulsejet took a backseat in the engineering world when the turbofan jet engine was invented
Has returned to the engineering scene as of late because of the interest in Pulse Detonation Engines (PDE).

How does it work?


A pulsejet engine is a very simple jet engine consisting of very little to no moving parts. The combustion cycle comprises five or six phases: Induction, Compression, (in some engines) Fuel Injection, Ignition, Combustion, and Exhaust.

The rapidly expanding gasses exit out of the engine and as this happens a vacuum is created in the combustion chamber which pulls in a fresh new air charge fro m the atmosphere, and then the whole cycle repeats itself.

Combustion Cycle

Types of Pulse Jets


There are two basic types of pulsejets. valve or traditional pulsejet valve-less pulsejet.

Design Research
The Lenoir cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle often used to model a pulse-jet engine. Comprises of 3 cycles: Heat added at constant volume. Adiabatic Expansion. Exhaust of the hot gasses at a constant pressure. Thrust can be directly calibrated on the basis that the cycle is completed over two working strokes.

Design Research
C.E. Tharratt
Discovered a surprising result that the ratio of duct volume to effective length had a linear relationship to the maximum static thrust or:
V/L = 0.00316F

This relationship has been compared to all known pulse-jets from the large V-1 flying bomb of over 500 lb. thrust to the miniature Dyna-jets of 4-5 lbs. thrust.
Thrust = 2.2 x Cross-Sectional area or F = 2.2A

Valveless Pulse-Jet plan design

Material used

Fuel and Fuel delivery


Fuel LPG Easily obtained. Boiling Point below room temperature. Being a gas allows for easier starting. Fuel Delivery System LPG TANK Gas Fitting Nozzle Needle Valve

Building and Testing


Materials
Pulse-Jets Main body.
Rolled and seem welded using 0.063 MILD Steel Sheet Metal.

Testing
Prototype will be tested to verify thrust output.

Test Stand will be constructed to secure PulseJet safely.

Budget
MILD steel sheet metal, with labor: Rs 5400 Lpg Tank: Rs o, on hand Fuel Delivery System: on hand Test stand material: Rs 2000 Fuel: Rs 600 Total: Rs 8000

Projects Future
Continue testing on prototype to gain further knowledge of its operating cycle. Construct larger Jet using the knowledge gained from this smaller prototype. Use larger engine to power to propel a manned vehicle.

Bibliography
Simpson Bruce The Enthusiasts' Guide to Pulsejet Engines http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/ http://www.zachmiers.com/pulsejetbo ok/ http://www.pulse-jets.com/ Roy, Gabriel Combustion processes in propulsion control, noise, and pulse detonation

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