An apparatus and a method for controlling a hybrid vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes an engine that generates power by combusting fuel and a drive motor that supplements the power from the engine and operates selectively as an electric generator to produce electrical energy. A clutch is disposed between the engine and the drive motor and a battery supplies electrical energy to the drive motor and is charged with the electrical energy produced by the drive motor. Multiple electric superchargers are installed in multiple intake lines through which outside air to be supplied into a combustion chamber of the engine flows. A controller determines an operation mode of the multiple electric superchargers based on required power of a driver and a state of charge (SOC) of the battery and adjusts the power output from the engine and the power output from the drive motor.

A controller for a hybrid vehicle predicts whether necessary discharging electric power from a power storage device which is required to perform downshift in a transmission exceeds upper-limit discharging electric power of the power storage device when downshift in the transmission is performed in a hybrid vehicle travel mode and controls a compressor rotation speed such that a rate of increase of the compressor rotation speed of a supercharger at the time of performing downshift in the transmission increases as the upper-limit discharging electric power decreases when it is predicted that the necessary discharging electric power exceeds the upper-limit discharging electric power.

A controller for a hybrid vehicle predicts whether necessary discharging electric power from a power storage device which is required to perform downshift in a transmission exceeds upper-limit discharging electric power of the power storage device when downshift in the transmission is performed in a hybrid vehicle travel mode and controls a compressor rotation speed such that a rate of increase of the compressor rotation speed of a supercharger at the time of performing downshift in the transmission increases as the upper-limit discharging electric power decreases when it is predicted that the necessary discharging electric power exceeds the upper-limit discharging electric power.

A method and system are provided for adjusting a speed of a turbocharger compressor using an electric motor in response to a relative substitution rate of first and second fuels in a multi-fuel engine.

A method and system are provided for adjusting a speed of a turbocharger compressor using an electric motor in response to a relative substitution rate of first and second fuels in a multi-fuel engine.

An electric turbomachine for use with an internal combustion engine, turbocharger or a fuel cell e-compressor, said electric turbomachine comprising: a compressor (20) that is arranged to compress fluid within a turbo compressor when it is rotationally driven about a rotational axis (R) by a shaft, said shaft being rotational supported by a drive-end bearing (65) and a non-drive-end bearing (85), and a high-speed electrical machine located within a housing (50) that is arranged to rotationally drive the shaft about the rotational axis (R); said housing comprising a drive-end wall (60) that the shafts extends through to rotationally drive the compressor, a non-drive- end wall (80) at the opposing end of the electric turbomachine to the compressor, and a side wall (55) that extends between the drive-end wall and the non-drive-end wall, and wherein the electric turbomachine comprises a cooling system (330), for receiving a flow of a coolant fluid to cool the electric turbomachine, that is integrated within the housing of the electric turbomachine.

An electric turbomachine for use with an internal combustion engine, turbocharger or a fuel cell e-compressor, said electric turbomachine comprising: a compressor (20) that is arranged to compress fluid within a turbo compressor when it is rotationally driven about a rotational axis (R) by a shaft, said shaft being rotational supported by a drive-end bearing (65) and a non-drive-end bearing (85), and a high-speed electrical machine located within a housing (50) that is arranged to rotationally drive the shaft about the rotational axis (R); said housing comprising a drive-end wall (60) that the shafts extends through to rotationally drive the compressor, a non-drive- end wall (80) at the opposing end of the electric turbomachine to the compressor, and a side wall (55) that extends between the drive-end wall and the non-drive-end wall, and wherein the electric turbomachine comprises a cooling system (330), for receiving a flow of a coolant fluid to cool the electric turbomachine, that is integrated within the housing of the electric turbomachine.

A compressor wheel arrangement for an electrically powered turbocharger, which can be connected with a rotor shaft of the turbocharger, having a compressor wheel made of a first metallic material, a shaft made of a second metallic material, which is tightly connected with the compressor wheel, at least one permanent magnet, which is non-rotatably arranged on the section of the shaft, in a ring-shaped area around a section of the shaft that extends behind the compressor wheel, between a casing and the shaft.

Methods and systems for controlling a turbocharger associated with an engine. The turbocharger is operated in a region of operation creating potential surge conditions, but surge is avoided by varying the speed of the turbocharger in accordance with speed parameters determined by observing a resonant frequency of surge in the system.

Methods and systems for controlling a turbocharger associated with an engine. The turbocharger is operated in a region of operation creating potential surge conditions, but surge is avoided by varying the speed of the turbocharger in accordance with speed parameters determined by observing a resonant frequency of surge in the system.