Research on operating characteristics of single-spool turbojet enginewith the afterburner AL-21F

Abstract

The single-spool, single-thread, turbojet engine with afterburner AL-21F has been used on fighter aircraft for a long time, but there are few studies on this engine in Vietnam. This article uses the theoretical approach, calibrates according to the technical description and actual operation, combined with specialised software such as GasTurb and GSP to calculate engine thermodynamic parameters in some actual flight conditions. The obtained results showed that, when the flight speed increases, the specific fuel consumption increases linearly, while the initial engine thrust decreases and reaches the minimum value at M=0.3÷0.5, then continue to increase and reach the maximum at the speed limit. When increasing the height, the speed and regulating spool speed of the engine remain the same, the engine thrust decreases as well as the specific fuel consumption increases. When increasing the rotor rotation speed, the engine thrust increases linearly but the specific fuel consumption decreases gradually and remains almost the same at engine rpm above 85%. The results allowed for a better understanding of the operating process of the AL-21F engine in particular and turbojet engines in general or used to build simulation models operating close to reality.