A variable nozzle device 20 for a variable geometry turbocharger includes: a nozzle mount 21; a nozzle plate 22 disposed so as to face the nozzle mount, the nozzle plate forming a nozzle flow passage 4 having an annular shape between the nozzle plate 22 and the nozzle mount 21; and a plurality of variable nozzle vanes 6 disposed at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of the nozzle flow passage 4 so as to be individually rotatable about a pivot axis 02. The nozzle plate 22 includes a first surface 33 facing the nozzle mount 21, a second surface 34 opposite to the first surface 33, and at least one through hole 36 formed through the first surface 33 and the second surface 35. The at least one through hole 36 has a first opening 36a formed on the first surface 33 at an inner side of the pivot axis with respect to a radial direction, and a second opening 36b formed on the second surface 35 at an outer side of the first opening 36a with respect to the radial direction or at the same position as the first opening 36a with respect to the radial direction. Accordingly, as the working fluid ‘g’ injected from the through hole 36 joins the working fluid G flowing through the nozzle flow passage 4 toward the turbine wheel 3 through the plurality of variable nozzle vanes 6, the flow of the working fluid G is guided toward the inner surface at the hub 32 side, and thereby it is possible to suppress deviation of flow of the working fluid G toward the shroud, that is, suppress the drift of the working fluid G.

A turbocharger is provided with: a rotational shaft; a rolling bearing rotatably supporting the rotational shaft; an oil film damper disposed radially outward of an outer ring of the rolling bearing; and a housing having a first axial retaining portion and a second axial retaining portion, disposed adjacent to both ends of the oil film damper in the axial direction, respectively, for restricting movement of the outer ring in the axial direction. An axial end surface of the outer ring, or a facing surface of the first axial retaining portion or the second axial retaining portion facing the axial end surface of the outer ring has: a coefficient of static friction smaller than that of a portion of the housing excluding the first axial retaining portion and the second axial retaining portion; or has a recess where oil of the oil film damper can enter.

A scroll casing of a centrifugal compressor includes a scroll part forming a scroll passage of the centrifugal compressor. The scroll part has a near-circular scroll cross-section which includes a first arc portion extending from a connection position with a hub-side passage surface of a diffuser passage of the centrifugal compressor (first position) to a one-direction side (side toward fourth position), a second arc portion formed on the one-direction side of the first arc portion so as to include at least a part of a region between an outermost end in the radial direction (second position) and an innermost end in the radial direction (fourth position), and a third arc portion formed on the one-direction side of the second arc portion so as to include an end position of the scroll part on the one-direction side (fifth position) and satisfies a relationship of R2>R3, where R2 is a curvature radius of the second arc portion, and R3 is a curvature radius of the third arc portion.

The present invention is related to a multiple-inlet turbine casing (16) for a turbine rotor (60) which comprises a first fluid supply channel (70) configured to direct a first working fluid onto the turbine rotor (60) and a second fluid supply channel (74) configured to direct a second working fluid to impart torque on the turbine rotor (60) in the same direction as the direction in which torque is imparted on the turbine rotor (60) by the first working fluid. The first working fluid is an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine and the second fluid may be steam and the turbine may be an inverted-Brayton-cycle turbine for recovery of waste energy from the exhaust gas of said internal combustion engine. Thus, the number of turbine rotors is reduced in comparison to a system comprising a single turbine for each distinct working fluid.

A turbine includes: a turbine blade wheel housed in a housing unit; two turbine scroll flow paths wound radially outward with respect to the turbine blade wheel and connected at positions different from each other in a circumferential direction in an outer circumferential portion of the housing unit; and two scroll outlets each communicating one of the two turbine scroll flow paths with the housing unit, the two scroll outlets formed along the circumferential direction, at least one of the two scroll outlets having a height distribution in which a height in an axial direction is lower than a surrounding height at at least one of an upstream end or a downstream end.

Systems and methods for controlling turbocharger operation by maintaining a virtual turbocharger speed calculation using airflow parameters in the context of an engine. An example uses a turbocharger speed estimator, an energy observer, and an energy controller. Optimization of turbocharger speed control, including avoidance of overspeed, while reducing wastegate actuation, can be achieved using a predictive control algorithm.

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.

A flexible cartridge assembly can include a flexible shell that includes a flexible portion disposed between a compressor-side portion and a turbine-side portion, where the flexible portion includes a series of arc-shaped cutouts disposed axially along at least a portion of the flexible portion; a compressor-side bearing assembly; and a turbine-side bearing assembly.

The invention relates to a bearing assembly for an exhaust gas turbocharger for rotatably supporting a rotor shaft on a bearing housing, having at least one bearing outer ring of a radial bearing, which at least one bearing outer ring is placed in a bearing bore of the bearing housing and consists of at least one part, and at least one securing element, which consists of at least one part and by which the bearing outer ring is axially fastened in relation to the bearing housing. In order to simplify the assembly of a corresponding bearing assembly and to reduce the production costs thereof, at least one circumferential groove, according to the invention, is arranged on an outer lateral surface of a compressor-side end section of the bearing outer ring, in which at least one groove the securing element engages, and the securing element is arranged outside of the bearing bore on the compressor side and is supported at least indirectly on a compressor-side end of the bearing housing.

The present application relates to an abnormality determination device for a variable geometry turbocharger having a nozzle mechanism capable of changing a flow path area of exhaust gas with an actuator. The abnormality determination device includes: a first detection part configured to be capable of detecting at least one of a load of the actuator or supply energy to the actuator; and a determination part configured to determine that an abnormality is present, if a detection result by the first detection part is out of an allowable range corresponding to an operational state of the variable geometry turbocharger.