combustion chamber

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. a chamber, as in an engine or boiler, where combustion occurs.

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combustion chamber British  

noun

1. an enclosed space in which combustion takes place, such as the space above the piston in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine or the chambers in a gas turbine or rocket engine in which fuel and oxidant burn

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combustion chamber Scientific  

1. An enclosure in which combustion, especially of a fuel or propellant, is initiated and controlled.

2. See also internal-combustion engine

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Etymology

Origin of combustion chamber

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

To explore this concept, the Tohoku University researchers considered a simple, one-dimensional reactive flow system, where unburned premixed gas enters a combustion chamber from the left inlet boundary, while burned gas, or deflagration wave, exits from the right outlet boundary.

From Science Daily

The consortium also considered other noise reduction technologies such as a trailing edge with optimized "Krüger flaps" or modern geared turbofan engines with a large ratio of the airflow outside the combustion chamber to the airflow of the hot exhaust jet, which significantly reduces noise.

From Science Daily

“Interstellar Technologies Inc. recently performed a combustion chamber static fire test at Japan’s Hokkaido Spaceport as part of the development of the Cosmos engine for its Zero rocket,” the report said.

From Washington Times

“The combustion chamber burned for 10 seconds, marking engineering progress but also demonstrating liquid biomethane as a sustainable rocket fuel, Interstellar representatives said in a Dec. 7 statement. The Zero rocket will notably use liquid biomethane fuel produced locally from livestock manure — cow dung — with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer,” Space.com said.

From Washington Times

In March, Blue Origin said New Shepard would fly "soon" after concluding the mishap was caused by a "structural failure" in the rocket's engine nozzle, which had been contorted during flight by hotter-than-normal temperatures coming out of the engine's combustion chamber.

From Reuters