How engines work?

rolls-royce is one of the world's  leading engineering companies designing  and developing high-technology power  solutions based on very efficient  engines these are used for applications  on land at sea and in the air.

Our  engineering strength is built on two key  technology platforms the gas turbine and  the piston engine so how do they work in  the case of the gas turbine on an  airliner air is sucked in via the large  front fan the majority of the air is  directed around the engine as pure  thrust the rest enters the engine and is  squeezed through compressors consisting  of a series of blades pressure increases  at each stage as the air is squeezed in  the combustion chamber.

The air is mixed  with fuel and ignited the hot air  explosion is directed towards the back  of the engine generating more thrust and  rotating the turbines which in turn are  linked to the front fan and compresses a  piston engine also operates by air being  compressed and mixed with fuel air is  drawn inside a cylinder then compressed  by a piston and mixed with either diesel  or liquefied gas