Space Apps Challenge 2018

An Eco-Friendly Jet Engine

Basically, the present jet engine runs with chemical fuels which results in the pollution of the atmosphere up to high extent.

The turbocharger on a car applies a very similar principle to a piston engine. It uses the exhaust gas to drive a turbine. This spins an air compressor that pushes extra air (and oxygen) into the cylinders, allowing them to burn more fuel each second.

It is then passed through a nozzle to accelerate it to supersonic speeds. This acceleration gives the ramjet forward thrust. A ramjet is sometimes referred to as a 'flying stovepipe', a very simple device comprising an air intake, a combustor, and a nozzle.

Figure 3: Flow Chart of the Proposed Idea

A novel jet engine design is proposed under the theme of “Invent Your Own Challenge”. The idea poses on the solution for the problems related to the fuel in a jet. In the proposed system, the jet engine is to be designed in which the turbines will be rotated (gets spin) using Mascovium which is the 115th element of the periodic table. The hydrogen gets combusted in the combustion chamber because of which a thrust is formed. The newly formed thrust provides a supersonic speed which is equal to the speed of the light (3*10 8 m/s).

Figure 4: Eco-Friendly Turbo Ram Jet Engine

Finally, the warm water vapour gets released and it will get cools down gradually. As a result, it forms a cloud, which will get rained after some time.