Kerosene fuel consumption rate

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I know this question is highly subjective and everyone will have a different answer. Only looking for slightly better than a wild guess.

Worst case scenario, how many gallons per hour would an engine like what were making here consume? Without afterburner? With afterburner?

I'm cooking a couple ideas and am looking for some starting points.

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As a general rule compressors flow air at ~12 lbs/minute/square inch of inducer area , therefore it'll require ~12 lbs of fuel/hour/square inch of inducer , if running at an overall 60:1 A/F ratio and safe temperatures .

eg, a 3" dia inducer has ~7 sq ins of area , 7 X 12 = 84 lbs of air /minute , so ~84 lbs/hour of fuel , kero at ~6.7 lbs/US gallon , which means ~12.5 US gph of fuel without afterburn , with afterburn ~50 gph

Hope this helps

Cheers
John