Brayton cycle
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The Brayton cycle, also known as the Joule cycle, is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the operation of certain heat engines that have air or some other gas as their working fluid. It is characteri
George B Selden driving a Brayton-powered automobile in 1905
Brayton gas engine 1872
Brayton walking beam engine 1872
Brayton engine 1875
George Brayton
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George Bailey Brayton was an American mechanical engineer and inventor. He was noted for introducing the constant pressure engine that is the basis for the gas turbine, and which is now referred to as
Brayton cycle
…The most common current application is in airbreathing jet engines and gas turbine engines. The engine cycle is named after George Brayton (1830–1892), the American engineer, who developed the Brayton Ready Motor in 1872, using a piston compressor and piston expander. An engine using the…
The early Brayton engine (image taken from Gas and Oil Engines by Dugald Clerk in 1886, and used on the cover of some later editions)
Brayton double acting constant pressure engine cut away 1877
Selden Auto showing Brayton cycle engine