![]() ![]() The turbofan was invented to improve the fuel consumption of the turbojet. The low-pressure spool is colored blue and the high-pressure one orange. Schematic diagram illustrating a modern 2-spool turbofan engine installation in a nacelle. An early configuration combined a low-pressure turbine and fan in a single rear-mounted unit. Modern turbofans have either a large single-stage fan or a smaller fan with several stages. Afterburners are used on low-bypass turbofan engines with bypass and core mixing before the afterburner. Most commercial aviation jet engines in use today are of the high-bypass type, and most modern military fighter engines are low-bypass. The engine produces thrust through a combination of these two portions working together engines that use more jet thrust relative to fan thrust are known as low-bypass turbofans, conversely those that have considerably more fan thrust than jet thrust are known as high-bypass. The ratio of the mass-flow of air bypassing the engine core to the mass-flow of air passing through the core is referred to as the bypass ratio. A turbofan thus can be thought of as a turbojet being used to drive a ducted fan, with both of these contributing to the thrust. ![]() Thus, whereas all the air taken in by a turbojet passes through the combustion chamber and turbines, in a turbofan some of that air bypasses these components. The word "turbofan" is a portmanteau of "turbine" and "fan": the turbo portion refers to a gas turbine engine which achieves mechanical energy from combustion, and the fan, a ducted fan that uses the mechanical energy from the gas turbine to force air rearwards. ![]() The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. ![]()
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