Staged combustion cycle

piston but instead have a rotor that also cycles through the 4 main stages of engines (intake, compression, combustion and exhaust). There are many different

The carbon cycle is the way carbon is stored and replaced on Earth. Some of the main events take hundreds of millions of years, others happen annually

stationary or portable, can be single or multi-staged, and can be driven by electric motors or internal combustion engines. Small reciprocating compressors

atmosphere), they would switch to a closed cycle rocket mode, using on-board liquid oxidizer to continue fuel combustion and propel the craft. Skylon is still

about 2,300,000 N (520,000 lbf) of thrust. It has a full-flow staged combustion cycle design and burns liquid methane with liquid oxygen. Also at the