Enhanced starting of turbine engines under various ambient conditions using oxidizer

A method for enhancing a starting process of a turbine engine which is configured for:

• (i) ingesting and compressing air, (ii) supplying fuel and creating a controllable combustible mixture of the fuel and air in a combustion chamber of the turbine engine, and (iii) operating at least one igniter coupled to the combustion chamber for releasing heat, transferring the heat, and initiating ignition of the combustible mixture to initiate the starting process, the method comprising:
• providing at least one solid mass of oxidizing-species-releasing material (ORM) in the combustion chamber of the turbine engine, wherein the ORM is selected, alone or in combination, from the group consisting of solid oxidizers (SO), and oxidizing-species-releasing burning substances (ORBS),
• initiating the starting process of the turbine engine in association with the ORM and the operation of the at least one igniter, and
• heating the ORM to release extra oxygen or oxidizing species into the combustion chamber to burn with the supplied fuel, so as to accelerate the turbine engine to above an idle RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) and attain an operational regime.