分级燃烧循环（staged combustion cycle）也叫高压补燃循环，是双元液体推进剂火箭发动机的动力循环的一种。一部分燃料在预燃室燃烧产生高温燃气推动发动机的涡轮和泵。随后废气和推进剂一起注入燃烧室。

分级燃烧循环的主要优势是所有燃气和热量都通过燃烧室排除，基本没有损失。因此这种循环也常称为“闭式循环”。而开式循环产生的废气直接排放，因而效率有所损失。

分级燃烧循环带来的另一个重要优点就是能承受非常高的燃烧室压力，这致使更大膨胀比的喷嘴可以用在发动机上。而主要缺点就是涡轮机的工作环境苛刻，需要添加许多额外的导管来输送高温燃气，还必须设计很复杂的反馈控制系统。

The staged combustion cycle, also called topping cycle or preburner cycle, is a thermodynamic cycle used in some bipropellant rocket engines. In staged combustion, one propellant is sent through a preburner and partially burned using a small portion of the second propellant. The resulting hot gas is used to power the engine's turbines and pumps, then injected into the main combustion chamber along with the remainder of the second propellant to complete combustion. There are two main variants of the cycle depending on which propellant is sent through the preburner: oxidizer-rich staged combustion (ORSC) and fuel-rich staged combustion (FRSC).