<P> Harry Ricardo was prominent in developing combustion chambers for diesel engines, the best known being the Ricardo Comet . </P> <P> The combustion chamber in gas turbines and jet engines (including ramjets and scramjets) is called the combustor . </P> <P> The combustor is fed with high pressure air by the compression system, adds fuel and burns the mix and feeds the hot, high pressure exhaust into the turbine components of the engine or out the exhaust nozzle . </P> <P> Different types of combustors exist, mainly: </P>

Different types of combustion chamber in si engine