F01D17/146

Turbocharger system for a two-stroke engine

A turbocharger and method of controlling the same includes a turbine housing comprising an inlet and an outlet, turbine wheel coupled to a shaft. The turbine housing comprising a first scroll and a second scroll for fluidically coupling the inlet and the turbine wheel. The first scroll has a first end adjacent the inlet and a second end adjacent the turbine wheel. The second scroll has a third end adjacent the inlet and a fourth end adjacent the turbine wheel. An exhaust gas diverter valve is coupled to the turbine housing restricting flow into the first scroll or the second scroll.

Method of extended thermodynamic turbine mapping via compressor inlet throttling

A method for extending thermodynamic turbine mapping of a turbocharger, the turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor, the method including the steps of providing a steady-state turbocharger gas test stand configured to flow continuous gas to the turbocharger, the test stand including a throttle device disposed upstream of an inlet of the compressor of the turbocharger, and varying an area of the inlet with the throttle device to change density of the continuously flowing gas at the inlet of the compressor and establish a choked-flow condition for extending the thermodynamic turbine mapping of the turbocharger.

Turbine with variable inlet cross-sectional area
10240478 · 2019-03-26 · ·

A turbine 28 for an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having a turbine housing 2, a drum 11 arranged in the turbine housing 2 and rotatable about an axis of rotation 12, a turbine wheel 5 arranged rotatably in the drum 11, at least one volute 16, 17 formed in the turbine housing 2, at least one aperture 14, formed in the drum 11, for conducting a gas flow from the at least one volute 16, 17 to the turbine wheel 5, an inlet cross-sectional area Av of the volute 16, 17 being variable by changing an angle of rotation v of the drum 11 relative to the turbine housing 2, and the drum being mounted in the turbine housing 2 by way of bearing elements 19.

Turbocharger With Progressively Variable A/R Ratio
20190085717 · 2019-03-21 ·

A turbocharger including a pivoting vane (50) aligned with a volute slot (25) of the housing (10) and located proximal a downstream end (57) of a tongue (15) defining an initial inlet throat area (11) of the housing. When the vane is in its fully closed position (60), inlet exhaust gas is prevented from flowing into the volute slot and, therefore, the turbine wheel, until the inlet exhaust gas passes a downstream end (57) of the vane. The vane effectively extends the inlet throat area to define a revised inlet throat area (12). The A/R ratio of the housing progressively varies as the vane pivots between the fully opened and fully closed positions.

Variable Turbine Geometry Component Wear Mitigation In Radial Turbomachines With Divided Volutes By Aerodynamic Force Optimization At All Vanes Or Only Vane(s) Adjacent To Volute Tongue(s)

An entryway system includes a divided volute turbocharger having variable turbine geometry (VTG). The turbocharger includes a turbine housing, first and second volutes separated by a wall having a first and second tongue, and a turbine housing outlet. The system also includes a turbine wheel disposed in the turbine housing and a vane ring disposed in the turbine housing between the turbine wheel and the volutes. The system includes design modifications of one or more of the VTG components and/or locations of such components to manipulate the aerodynamic forces and/or subsequent mechanical loads in the VTG mechanism of the entryway system to mitigate VTG component wear during normal usage.

Engine supercharger

Disclosed herein is a technique for providing an engine supercharger allowing an exhaust gas to efficiently act on a turbine in a wide operating range. A turbine for use in a supercharger includes a turbine housing, a turbine scroll formed inside the housing continuously with a turbine lead-in route, and a turbine wheel to turn on an axis of rotation close to a tongue portion. The turbine lead-in route is partitioned by a partition wall into first and second lead-in routes. Exhaust variable valves are provided upstream of the second lead-in route in order to change the flow rate of the exhaust gas to be introduced. When viewed in the direction in which the axis of rotation extends, a downstream end of the partition is aligned with the axis of rotation and the tongue portion.

Turbine housing, turbocharger, and gasoline engine

A turbine housing that includes: a body part including a scroll passage wall surface, an exhaust gas discharge path wall surface, and a wastegate passage wall surface provided inside the body part, the scroll passage wall surface forming a scroll passage having a scroll shape, the wastegate passage wall surface forming a wastegate passage connecting the scroll passage and the exhaust gas discharge path to each other while bypassing the turbine wheel; and an entrance flange part provided at an upstream end of the scroll passage in the body part, the entrance flange part including an exhaust gas inlet leading to the scroll passage. The wastegate passage has an entrance-side opening edge formed at the scroll passage wall surface and provided at a position where the entrance-side opening edge is visually recognizable at least partially from outside the turbine housing through the exhaust gas inlet.

Turbocharger with progressively variable A/R ratio
10132190 · 2018-11-20 ·

An improvement to a turbocharger having a housing (10) with a slot (25) located along a mid-line of the housing (10) above the turbine wheel (29) and a tongue (15) defining the end of an initial inlet throat area (11) of the housing (10), the slot (25) permitting inlet exhaust gas which flows past the tongue (15) to flow into the turbine wheel (29), the improvement being a pivoting vane (50) aligned with the slot (25) and having an upstream end (55) located at a downstream end (57) of the tongue (15). When the vane (50) is in its fully closed position (60), the inlet exhaust gas is prevented from flowing into the slot (25) and, therefore, the turbine wheel (29), until the inlet exhaust gas passes the downstream end (57) of the vane (50). The vane (50) effectively extends the tongue (15) to define a revised inlet throat area (12). The A/R ratio of the housing (10) progressively varies as the vane (50) pivots between the fully opened (70) and fully closed (60) positions.

Turbocharger Comprising a Slider for Fluid Connection
20180328218 · 2018-11-15 ·

A turbocharger, in particular a turbocharger for a motor vehicle, is provided. The turbocharger includes a turbine to which exhaust gases can be supplied by two fluid ducts between which a separation wall extends; a closeable fluid connection hole in the separation wall that can be closed by a plate-shaped slider between the fluid ducts. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle comprising the turbocharger.

CENTRIFUGAL TURBO MACHINE HAVING STRETCHABLE AND VARIABLE DIFFUSER VANE

The present disclosure is relates to a centrifugal turbo machine equipped with stretchable and variable diffuser vanes capable of securing further improvement of compression efficiency by reducing an angle of the vane and increasing a length of the vane using forced rotating driving of a diffuser during operation of a compressor so as to reduce frictional loss of the fluid when a flow rate of fluid is reduced.