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Re: BA LHR 777 Crash - AD pending         

Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: Snapper
Date: Sep 18, 2008 00:38

David Lesher wrote...
> I found it interesting because usually the idea is to keep the water
> out of combustion engines, not send it there. I agree that in very
> low percentages, it won't disrupt combustion -- some engines actually
> intentionally inject H2O, the HP7 and early B52's among them..

Quite a few stationary jet engines (power generation, etc.) use water injection
to control NOX emissions, and use fine sprays at the compressor inlets to
increase the air mass and hence performance on warmer to hot days. But the
introduction of water is at high loads, and given what I know about these
engines, I think that this would be occuring for an aircraft equivalent load of
"take off thrust", I think it's called.

If the engine is at low loads and water is introduced into the mix then it'd
probably do what our engines were doing when the WI system failed to shut off -
flame out somewhat spectacularly..
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