A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a cast cylinder head, a turbocharger housing integrally cast with the cylinder head, and a water jacket cast into the integrally cast turbocharger housing and configured to receive a flow of coolant for cooling the integrally cast turbocharger housing. The assembly can also include a wastegate housing integrally cast with the cylinder head and the turbocharger housing, and a water jacket cast into the integrally cast wastegate housing. The water jacket is configured to receive a flow of coolant for cooling the integrally cast turbocharger housing and the integrally cast wastegate housing.

A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a cast cylinder head and a turbocharger housing integrally cast with the cylinder head and having an integrally cast wastegate housing. The turbocharger housing is configured to receive a turbocharger cartridge rotatably supporting a shaft coupled between a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel. The integrally cast wastegate housing defines a wastegate chamber configured to receive a wastegate valve, a flow of exhaust gas from the turbine wheel, and a flow of wastegate exhaust gas.

Methods and systems are provided for controlling coolant flow through parallel branches of a coolant circuit including an AC condenser and a charge air cooler. Flow is apportioned responsive to an AC head pressure and a CAC temperature to reduce parasitic losses and improve fuel economy. The flow is apportioned via adjustments to a coolant pump output and a proportioning valve.

A cooling system configured to cool a combustion engine (2) and at least one further object (18) in a vehicle (1) includes a main radiator (8), a main radiator bypass line (9) directing coolant past the main radiator (8), a first valve device (6) receiving coolant from a coolant line (5) and directing it to the main radiator line (7) and the main radiator bypass line (9), an auxiliary circuit (14) directing coolant to the further object (13, 28), a main radiator outlet line (7b) directing at least a part of the coolant leaving the main radiator (8) to the auxiliary circuit (14), and a second valve device (20) receiving coolant from the main radiator (11) and/or the main radiator bypass line (9) and directing it to the auxiliary circuit (14) and/or the engine inlet line (3). The auxiliary circuit (14) includes an auxiliary radiator (15) and an auxiliary radiator bypass line (17) directing coolant past the auxiliary radiator (15) which are arranged in an upstream position of the further object (13, 28) in the auxiliary circuit (14) and a bypass valve (18) configured to control the coolant flow through the auxiliary radiator bypass line (17).

A heat exchanger includes a housing having a heat exchanger core and a precooling flow structure disposed therein. The heat exchanger core is configured for exchanging heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The precooling flow structure is coupled to each of the housing and an inlet end of the heat exchanger core with respect to a flow of the first fluid. An interior of the precooling flow structure is configured to convey the first fluid therethrough, The precooling flow structure includes at least one precooling tube extending through the interior of the precooling flow structure with each of the at least one precooling tubes configured to convey the second fluid therethrough in order to precool the first fluid before the first fluid enters the inlet end of the heat exchanger core.

A charge air cooler includes a battery of round tubes that extend between a first header plate and a second header plate arranged at a first end and a second end, respectively, of the charge air cooler. Stresses in corner tubes caused by differential thermal expansion between the tubes and side plates of the charge air cooler are reduced by having a reduced thickness over a portion of the header plates, or by directing a portion of the coolant through the side plates, or both.

Provided is an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one cooling device for cooling at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine during and/or after operation of the internal combustion engine. The at least one cooling device has at least one heat exchanger and lines for transporting the at least one operational liquid to and from the at least one heat exchanger. The heat exchanger exchanges heat with a cooling medium, which cooling medium has during the operation of the internal combustion engine a lower temperature than the at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine. Heat is exchanged by the heat exchanger between the at least one operational liquid and the cooling medium, which cooling medium has before and/or during a starting operation of the internal combustion engine a higher temperature than the at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine.

The exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system provided herein utilizes a crossover (X) valve that is selectively activated at the direction of the electronic control module (ECM) to mix the high temperature (HT) and low temperature (LT) circuits of the EGR system under certain predetermined operating conditions. Thus, HT circuit fluid (at engine temperatures) is selectively fed into the LT circuit fluid (at ambient temperatures) to heat certain LT circuit components that are normally cooled by the LT circuit before starting the low pressure (LP) EGR in certain cold cycles. When this heating is finished, the X valve is closed to provide normal HT circuit/LT circuit fluid separation. The X valve can be controlled using a rotational actuator or the like. To avoid exposing the LT circuit to the high revolution-per-minute (RPM) operating conditions of the HT circuit, a HT bypass mechanism is provided.

An intercooler cooling apparatus is provided. The apparatus cools an intercooler installed between a compressor of a turbocharger and an engine to adjust an oil temperature. The apparatus includes a water tank that surrounds a part of an outer side of the intercooler, in which cooling water discharged from the engine flows into a first side to exchange heat with the intercooler and the cooling water is discharged through a second side. An ATF warmer and an air conditioner refrigerant line are also installed in the water tank, in which oil of a transmission is circulated.

A waste heat recovery (WHR) system and method for regulating exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooling is described. More particularly, a Rankine cycle WHR system and method is described, including an arrangement to improve the precision of EGR cooling for engine efficiency improvement and thermal management.