The Compressor: Gas Turbine Engine Keystone By Reiner Decher from the book “The Vortex and The Jet” © 2022 The compressor in Jet engine Radial Axial The radial compressor Problems: • large surface area of the impeller and blades • inconvenient geometry • It is difficult to place a couple of compressors in the row General Electric an I-16 and a later I-40 engine The Bedrock of Modern Engines The idea of Axial Flow Compressor Cross-section image of a P&W JT8D turbofan engine
