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The '''engine cycle''' of a [[rocket engine]] describes the primary method chosen to transport [[Propellant|propellants]] into the [[Combustion chamber|combustion chamber]]. Real rocket engines can have multiple different engine cycles active during their operation in sequence, for optimal performance at different thrust levels or during ignition and cut-off.  
 
The '''engine cycle''' of a [[rocket engine]] describes the primary method chosen to transport [[Propellant|propellants]] into the [[Combustion chamber|combustion chamber]]. Real rocket engines can have multiple different engine cycles active during their operation in sequence, for optimal performance at different thrust levels or during ignition and cut-off.  
 
The goals of an engine cycle are, to deliver the right amount of propellants to the combustion chamber and do that at the right pressure for the [[Injector|injector]]. If the maximum pressure of the propellants at the injector is lower than the [[Chamber pressure|chamber pressure]], the propellant cannot be injected into the chamber and combustion stalls.
 
  
 
==Pressure-feed==
 
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==Gas-generator cycle==
 
==Gas-generator cycle==
''See also: [[Gas-generator cycle]]''
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The gas generator cycles uses a gas generator and a turbine to drive a pump, which transports the fuel into the [[Combustion Chamber|combustion chamber]]
 
 
The gas-generator cycles uses a gas generator and a turbine to drive a pump, which transports the fuel into the [[Combustion Chamber|combustion chamber]]. The exhaust of the gas generator is vented outboards, contributing only little thrust. The gas-generator cycle has an upper limit for chamber pressure, as a higher chamber pressure requires more power for the pump, which means more fuel has to be burned inside the gas generator without producing thrust.
 
 
 
==Staged combustion cycle==
 
The propellants get partially combusted in one or more preburners and the exhaust products are routed through one or more [[Turbine|turbines]] and into the main combustion chamber, where they are finally combusted. This cycle allows high chamber pressures and this very high [[Specific impulse|specific impulse]].
 
 
 
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