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08-10-2012, 09:03 PM #1Impounded
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Measures of fuel efficiency and propellant efficiency
For stationary and shaft engines including propeller engines, fuel consumption is measured by calculating the brake specific fuel consumption, which measures the mass flow rate of fuel consumption divided by the power produced.
For internal combustion engines in the form of jet engines, the power output varies drastically with airspeed and a less variable measure is used: thrust specific fuel consumption (TSFC), which is the number of pounds of propellant needed to generate impulses that measure a pound force-hour. In metric units, the number of grams of propellant needed to generate an impulse that measures one kilonewton-second.
For rockets, TSFC can be used, but typically other equivalent measures are traditionally used, such as specific impulse and effective exhaust velocity.
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08-11-2012, 09:37 AM #2Senior Member
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Black/ Silver- 98 TA WS6/ 01 C5 Corvette
Okay.....what is your point? Just wondering because you are stating info for jets and rockets in a car forum.
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