An engine assembly including an internal combustion engine configured to be received in an engine compartment and a heat exchanger having a first conduit fluidly connected to a fluid circuitry of the engine and a second conduit fluidly connecting an interior of the engine compartment to its environment. The first conduit is in heat exchange relationship with the second conduit. The assembly further includes a forced air system operable in use to provide an air flow from the environment to the outlet via the second conduit of the heat exchanger and the engine compartment. The assembly further includes a selector valve configurable to selectively fluidly connect an air intake of the internal combustion engine with the interior of the engine compartment in a first valve position and with the environment in a second valve position. A method for supplying air to an internal combustion engine is also discussed.

An engine assembly including an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine each including a rotor sealingly and rotationally received within a respective internal cavity to provide rotating chambers of variable volume in the respective internal cavity, a compressor having an outlet in fluid communication with an inlet of the engine core, a first intake conduit in fluid communication with an inlet of the compressor and with a first source of air, a second intake conduit in fluid communication with the inlet of the compressor and with a second source of air warmer than the first source of air, and a selector valve configurable to selectively open and close at least the fluid communication between the inlet of the compressor and the first intake conduit. A method of supplying air to a compressor is also discussed.

An engine assembly including an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine each including a rotor sealingly and rotationally received within a respective internal cavity to provide rotating chambers of variable volume in the respective internal cavity, a compressor having an outlet in fluid communication with an inlet of the engine core, a first intake conduit in fluid communication with an inlet of the compressor and with a first source of air, a second intake conduit in fluid communication with the inlet of the compressor and with a second source of air warmer than the first source of air, and a selector valve configurable to selectively open and close at least the fluid communication between the inlet of the compressor and the first intake conduit. A method of supplying air to a compressor is also discussed.

An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system that utilizes an insulated separation wall that separates the hot, humid EGR gas duct from the cool, dry inlet air duct in the upstream proximity of the compressor inlet of the associated turbocharger compressor. This insulated separation wall inhibits the condensation of water droplets and the formation of ice particles near the mixing point of the EGR gases and inlet air in the upstream proximity of the compressor inlet, such that the turbocharger compressor wheel, blades, and other components are not subsequently damaged by the condensed water droplets or formed ice particles. The added insulation in this cold sink area essentially thermally isolates the hot, humid EGR gas flow from the cool, dry inlet air flow until the actual mixing point of the flows.

An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system that utilizes an insulated separation wall that separates the hot, humid EGR gas duct from the cool, dry inlet air duct in the upstream proximity of the compressor inlet of the associated turbocharger compressor. This insulated separation wall inhibits the condensation of water droplets and the formation of ice particles near the mixing point of the EGR gases and inlet air in the upstream proximity of the compressor inlet, such that the turbocharger compressor wheel, blades, and other components are not subsequently damaged by the condensed water droplets or formed ice particles. The added insulation in this cold sink area essentially thermally isolates the hot, humid EGR gas flow from the cool, dry inlet air flow until the actual mixing point of the flows.

A method for operating an electric machine of a compressor and/or of a turbine, which includes a rotor situated on a shaft mounted rotatably in a housing and a stator fixed to the housing, the stator including an, in particular, multiphase drive winding, and an activation of the drive winding being suspended at least intermittently in an idling mode. It is provided that the shaft and/or the rotor is/are monitored for a rotary movement, and that, when a standstill or an impending standstill of the shaft and/or of the rotor is detected, the drive winding is activated in such a way that the rotor, at least briefly, is caused to carry out a movement and/or is centered with respect to the stator by magnetic force.

A method for operating an electric machine of a compressor and/or of a turbine, which includes a rotor situated on a shaft mounted rotatably in a housing and a stator fixed to the housing, the stator including an, in particular, multiphase drive winding, and an activation of the drive winding being suspended at least intermittently in an idling mode. It is provided that the shaft and/or the rotor is/are monitored for a rotary movement, and that, when a standstill or an impending standstill of the shaft and/or of the rotor is detected, the drive winding is activated in such a way that the rotor, at least briefly, is caused to carry out a movement and/or is centered with respect to the stator by magnetic force.

An electric supercharger includes a housing, a rotary shaft, an impeller, and an electric motor. The housing includes a peripheral wall that has a cylindrical shape. The electric motor includes a stator in which a coil is wound. The stator includes a stator core having a cylindrical shape, and a first coil end and a second coil end. A plurality of first oil supply holes are formed in the peripheral wall in a state where openings of the first oil supply holes on a side of the first coil end are arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft. A plurality of second oil supply holes are formed in the peripheral wall in a state where openings of the second oil supply holes on a side of the second coil end are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction of the rotary shaft.

An electric supercharger includes a housing, a rotary shaft, an impeller, and an electric motor. The housing includes a peripheral wall that has a cylindrical shape. The electric motor includes a stator in which a coil is wound. The stator includes a stator core having a cylindrical shape, and a first coil end and a second coil end. A plurality of first oil supply holes are formed in the peripheral wall in a state where openings of the first oil supply holes on a side of the first coil end are arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft. A plurality of second oil supply holes are formed in the peripheral wall in a state where openings of the second oil supply holes on a side of the second coil end are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction of the rotary shaft.

There is disclosed an engine drive apparatus comprising an engine configured to generate a power by combusting mixed gas of air and gas fuel; a fan assembly arranged in an upstream of the engine and configured to super-charge the mixed gas towards the engine; and a mixer provided in an upstream of the fan assembly and configured to mix the air and the fuel with each other, wherein the fan assembly comprises a motor; and a fan connected with the motor via a shaft to drive, and the air is supplied to the mixer after passing through the motor.