Fluid Motor Means Is A Turbine With Output Means Mechanically Interconnected With Internal Combustion Engine Output Patents (Class 60/624)
  • Patent number: 8234867
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and the hard point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure. An internal, isolated, turbocharger oil drainback passage conducts waste oil from the turbocharger to a crankcase sump without permitting the waste oil to contact the engine's moving parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Cowland
  • Patent number: 8215113
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting surface associated with the engine. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to the engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony William Hudson, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Christopher Cowland
  • Patent number: 8209983
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure. The utility pedestal's fastening system is configured so as to cover a minimum amount of space of the engine surface to which the pedestal is mounted, so as to reduce the footprint of the turbocharger system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Patrick Sexton
  • Patent number: 8191371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drivetrain, in particular for motor vehicles, having an internal combustion engine, comprising an output shaft; having a turbocharger, comprising an exhaust gas turbine, which is situated in the exhaust gas stream of the internal combustion engine, and a compressor driven by the exhaust gas turbine, which is situated in an air channel leading to the internal combustion engine in order to compress air for the internal combustion engine; the exhaust gas turbine additionally having a drive connection to an auxiliary system or to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine or being switchable into such a connection, in order to transmit drive power alternately or simultaneously from the exhaust gas turbine to the compressor or the output shaft and the auxiliary system; and a hydrodynamic clutch being situated in the additionally provided drive connection, comprising a bladed primary wheel and a bladed secondary wheel, which implement a working chamber with one another, which i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kley, Steffen Kammerer
  • Publication number: 20120119509
    Abstract: An electromagnetic, continuously variable transmission power split turbo compound includes a turbo compound turbine driven by exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, and a power split device comprising a magnetic gear arrangement. The magnetic gear arrangement includes a high speed rotor comprising a first quantity of permanent magnets, a low speed rotor comprising a second quantity of permanent magnets, and a plural pole rotor between the high speed rotor and the low speed rotor. A first rotor of the high speed rotor, the low speed rotor, and the plural pole rotor includes a mechanical input drive adapted to be driven by the turbine. A second rotor of the high speed rotor, the low speed rotor, and the plural pole rotor includes a mechanical output drive. A third rotor of the high speed rotor, the low speed rotor, and the plural pole rotor is unconnected to a mechanical drive and includes a controlling rotor for controlling a ratio of input drive angular velocity to output drive angular velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: VOLVO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Martin West
  • Patent number: 8136740
    Abstract: A thermodynamic system that produces mechanical, electrical power, and/or fluid streams for heating or cooling. The cycle contains a combustion system that produces an energetic fluid by combustion of a fuel with an oxidant. A thermal diluent may be used in the cycle to improve performance, including but not limited to power, efficiency, economics, emissions, dynamic and off-peak load performance, and/or turbine inlet temperature (TIT) regulation and cooling heated components. The cycle preferably includes a heat recovery system and a condenser or other means to recover and recycle heat and the thermal diluent from the energetic fluid to improve the cycle thermodynamic efficiency and reduce energy conversion costs. The cycle may also include controls for temperatures, pressures, and flow rates throughout the cycle, and controls power output, efficiency, and energetic fluid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Vast Power Portfolio, LLC
    Inventors: David L. Hagen, Gary Ginter, Alberto Traverso, Bill Goheen, Allan McGuire, Janet Rankin, Aristide Massardo, Ronald L. Klaus
  • Patent number: 8127544
    Abstract: This invention provides a compact, fuel-efficient internal combustion engine that can be used to provide rotating shaft output power to a wide variety of mobile and stationary applications. It is based on a two-stroke free-piston gas generator that implements the homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion principle for essentially constant-volume combustion, and it employs a variable piston stroke to maintain a high level of efficiency across a wide range of loads and speeds. A rotary device, which may be of either an aerodynamic or positive displacement type, converts the energetic gas stream to power at a rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Albert Schwiesow, Ronald Lee Schwiesow, Dino Tomassetti, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120023939
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a turbocompound system for an internal combustion engine comprises a shaft driven by a turbine, an output shaft and a transmission unit connecting the shaft. The transmission unit is arranged in a housing and comprises at least one hydrodynamic coupling. The drive apparatus is provided in accordance with the invention with at least one conveying means, by means of which lubricating oil or a mixture containing lubricating oil can be extracted by suction from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Markus Kley, Thomas Figler, Alexander Wunsch
  • Publication number: 20110239643
    Abstract: A power assembly includes an internal combustion engine including an air intake line and an exhaust gas line having at least one heat exchanger. The power assembly further includes a Brayton cycle system capable of providing additional power to the main internal combustion engine and that includes a gas compressor, a fuel burning heater and a turbine linked to the compressor so that air is drawn into the compressor where it is pressurized, the pressurized air is further heated by flowing through at least one heat exchanger where it exchanges heat with exhaust gases from the main internal combustion engine, the heated and pressurized air is further heated by the fuel burning heater and is thereafter expanded through the turbine where a first fraction of the work extracted by the turbine is used to drive the compressor and a second fraction of the work extracted by the turbine is used to bring additional energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Renault Trucks
    Inventor: Marc LeJeune
  • Publication number: 20110192163
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine, in which the amount of regenerative energy transmitted to the internal combustion engine is increased with a simple mechanism. A controller of the waste heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine has at least determination means that makes a determination as to whether it is necessary to increase the pressure of heat-transfer media in a heat exchanger, on the basis of the pressure detected by the high-pressure sensor. When the determination means determines that it is necessary to increase the pressure in the heat exchanger, the controller causes a flow-rate regulating valve (506) to start regulating the flow rate of the heat-transfer media while leaving the pump working. The controller causes the flow-rate regulating valve to continue the regulation at least until the determination means determines that it is not necessary to increase the pressure in the heat exchanger, and then terminates the regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Junichiro Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7987673
    Abstract: The invention concerns a turbo compound system, including a crankshaft driven by an internal combustion engine; a blowdown turbine arranged in the exhaust line of the internal combustion engine; a hydrodynamic clutch, including a driving torus and a driven torus, which form with each other a working chamber that is fillable or filled with working fluid; where the driven torus of the hydrodynamic clutch is arranged on a shaft on the crankshaft side, which is in drive connection with the crankshaft and is geared up relative to the crankshaft; and where the driving torus of the hydrodynamic clutch is arranged on a shaft on the blowdown turbine side, which is in drive connection with the blowdown turbine, and where a rotary pump is arranged on the shaft on the crankshaft side or on the shaft on the blowdown turbine side, whose impeller is driven by this shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Kley, Kai Kamossa
  • Patent number: 7966817
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises includes a turbo-compound and the known Föttinger-coupling is replaced by a torsion vibration damper. The Föttinger-coupling, which is used to transmit power, has high losses in power when it is necessary to have a differential rotational speed between the input side and the output side, that is, the appearance of a slip. The losses are not used in a torsion vibration damper which has at least the same quality as a Föttinger-coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: LuK Vermoegensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Kai Sebastian Schenck, Wolfgang Reik, Bruno Muller
  • Patent number: 7950231
    Abstract: A diesel or HHCI engine has an air intake and an exhaust for products of combustion. A pair of turbochargers receive the products of combustion in a series relationship and an exhaust aftertreatment device receive the products of combustion from the downstream turbine. A power turbine receives the output from the exhaust aftertreatment device and an EGR system of the power turbine passes a selected portion of the output to a point upstream of the upstream turbocharger compressor. A device adds fuel to the aftertreatment device to regenerate the particulate filter and the power turbine recoups the additional energy. The power turbine may be used to drive accessories or the prime output of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Carl T. Vuk
  • Patent number: 7886522
    Abstract: A combined diesel gas-turbine system for optimizing operation and combustion processes of a diesel engine includes a catalytic sub-system, a turbo-generator sub-system and a hybrid sub-system. The catalytic sub-system is in communication with an exhaust port of the diesel engine and is operative for combusting and reducing all pollutants from diesel exhaust. The catalytic sub-system is a three-way catalytic converter and a first catalytic converter in series with a second catalytic converter. The turbo-generator sub-system is operative for the reclamation of secondary energy from the catalytic sub-system and includes a turbine in communication with the second catalytic converter for receiving a source of cleaned exhaust gas to drive the turbine. The hybrid sub-system is operative for the management of energy within the system. The system may incorporate a waste heat recovery system and convert it to mechanical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: Refaat Kammel
  • Patent number: 7775044
    Abstract: A compound cycle engine (10) comprises a compressor and a turbine section (14, 18), and at least one cycle topping device (16) providing an energy input to the turbine section (18). The compressor section (14) compresses the air according to a pressure ratio PRgt. The cycle topping device (16) further compresses the air according to a volumetric compression ratio Rvc, and wherein PRgt×Rvc are selected, according to one aspect of the invention, to provide a cycle which permit a more compact and lighter compound cycle engine to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: André Julien, André Chèvrefils
  • Publication number: 20100122672
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine by using coolant vapor fed to a component converting the vapor energy to mechanical energy for supplementing the power of the engine when the engine is operating in a first state and bypassing the component when the engine is operating in a state other than its first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventor: Reinhard Kreis
  • Patent number: 7694519
    Abstract: A turbo-compound system having a crankshaft driven by an internal combustion engine; having an exhaust gas turbine arranged in the flow of exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; having a hydrodynamic coupling, having a primary impeller and a secondary impeller, together forming a working chamber which may be filled or is filled with a working medium, which is arranged in a driven connection between the crankshaft and the exhaust gas turbine in such a way that, when the working chamber of the hydrodynamic coupling is filled, for the exhaust gas turbine driven by the exhaust-gas flow, drive power is transmitted from the exhaust gas turbine to the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Kley, Kai Kamossa, Kurt Adleff
  • Publication number: 20100071364
    Abstract: A stoichiometric compression ignition engine has a turbocharger coupled to it so that the exhaust from the engine feeds the turbine and the compressor provides combustion air past a throttle and intercooler to the engine intake manifold. An exhaust after treatment device is positioned before the exhaust of the engine. A power turbine is connected in parallel relation to the turbocharger turbine and is controlled by a valve to operate the power turbine whenever either the turbocharger compressor boost or the turbocharger turbine back pressure exceed given limits. The power turbine is connected by a power transmission device to either couple to the engine output or to an electrical generator. An EGR loop may be driven by a pump also connected to the power turbine to lower in cylinder pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Budhadeb Mahakul, Richard E. Winsor
  • Publication number: 20100058758
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation system that includes an exhaust gas recirculation regulator operatively connectable to a turbomachine system, and regulating a predetermined amount of exhaust gas to be recirculated. The exhaust gas recirculation system further includes a measuring unit that measures fuel composition of incoming fuel, and a control unit connected to the EGR regulator and the measuring unit, and determining a Wobbe Index and/or reactivity of the incoming fuel based on the measured fuel composition and determining the predetermined amount of exhaust gas to be recirculated based on the determined Wobbe Index and/or reactivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: George Martin Gilchrist, III, Stanley Frank Simpson, Hasan Karim
  • Patent number: 7673453
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic coupling that has a primary impeller and a secondary impeller. A drive shaft drives the primary impeller. The drive shaft has a first end, a second end, a central axis, and a prespecified segment between the first and second ends. There is at least one supply channel for introducing a working medium to the toroidal working chamber. The at least one supply channel is formed in the drive shaft at the central axis along the prespecified segment. The plurality of evacuation channels evacuates the working medium from the toroidal working chamber, and the plurality of evacuation channels is formed in the drive shaft radially about the at least one supply channel. The plurality of evacuation channels is formed from the first end up to at least the second end with the first end being located a predetermined distance from the toroidal working chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Kley
  • Publication number: 20100050631
    Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine having an intake, an exhaust, and a turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor, the compressor coupled to the intake and the turbine coupled to the exhaust, the engine further having an exhaust gas recirculation system coupled to the exhaust upstream of the turbine and coupled to the intake downstream of the compressor, the method including transferring heat via a heat exchanger from the exhaust gas recirculation system to downstream of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: James Henry Yager
  • Publication number: 20100040465
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed towards an apparatus and method for fluidly coupling a turbocharger to an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment, a turbocharger mount for fluidly coupling a turbocharger to an exhaust system of an engine is provided. The turbocharger mount includes a housing portion and a mounting flange extending from the housing portion. The housing portion defines a cavity therein and a first inlet opening in fluid communication with the cavity, a first outlet opening in fluid communication with the cavity, and a second outlet opening in fluid communication with the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Moran, Iain J. Read, Roman Mudel
  • Publication number: 20100040467
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine and more particularly an apparatus and method for fluidly coupling a turbocharger with an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment a turbocharger housing is provided. Turbocharger housing includes a turbine housing defining a volute chamber. The turbocharger housing also includes a first housing support extending from the turbine housing. The first housing support is integrally formed with the turbine housing and the first housing support defines an inlet opening and an outlet opening each of which are in fluid communication with the volute chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Roman Mudel
  • Publication number: 20100031643
    Abstract: A system for supplying air to a regeneration system associated with an engine is disclosed. The system may include an engine including an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. The system may also include a variable geometry turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor, the turbine in fluid communication with the exhaust manifold and the compressor in fluid communication with the intake manifold. A regeneration system may be associated with the engine, the regeneration system including a fuel injector and an air inlet, the compressor in fluid communication with the air inlet of the regeneration system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Brian Cox, David Joseph Kapparos
  • Publication number: 20100024417
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a use with a combustion engine is provided. The exhaust system may have a first exhaust manifold, a second exhaust manifold, and an exhaust gas recirculation circuit. The exhaust system may also have a fixed geometry turbocharger with a first volute configured to receive exhaust from the first exhaust manifold, and a second volute configured to receive exhaust from the second exhaust manifold. The exhaust system may also have a recirculation control valve in fluid communication with the first exhaust manifold, the second exhaust manifold and the exhaust gas recirculation circuit. The recirculation control valve may have a valve element movable to selectively adjust a flow of exhaust in the exhaust gas recirculation circuit, the first volute, and the second volute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: David Andrew Pierpont, John Parker Timmons, William L. Easley, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100024419
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a use with a combustion engine is provided. The exhaust system may have a first exhaust manifold configured to receive exhaust from the engine, a second exhaust manifold configured to receive exhaust from the engine in parallel with the first exhaust manifold, and an exhaust gas recirculation circuit in fluid communication with only the first exhaust manifold. The exhaust system may also have a first turbocharger having dual volutes configured to simultaneously receive exhaust from the first exhaust manifold and the second exhaust manifold, and a second turbocharger configured to receive exhaust from the first turbocharger and compress air directed into the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: David Andrew Pierpont, John Parker Timmons, William L. Easley, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100024414
    Abstract: A turbocharger for a use with a combustion engine is provided. The turbocharger may have a turbine housing with a first volute, a second volute, and a common outlet. The turbocharger may also have a turbine wheel disposed between the common outlet and the first and second volutes. The turbocharger may further have a first valve configured to selectively fluidly communicate the first volute with the second volute upstream of the turbine wheel, a second valve configured to selectively fluidly communicate the second volute with the common outlet to bypass the turbine wheel, and a common actuator configured to move the first and second valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Craig Phillip Hittle, Jonathan P. Kilkenny, David Andrew Pierpont, Stephan Donald Roozenboom
  • Patent number: 7654087
    Abstract: A compound cycle engine (10) comprises a compressor (19) and a turbine section (16 & 20), and at least one cycle topping device (12) cooperating with the turbine section (16 & 20) to provide power. The cycle topping device (12) has an output shaft (26) extending at an angle to the turbine shaft (28). Angled gearing (34) is provided for connecting the gas turbine shaft (28) and the cycle topping device (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Richard Ullyott
  • Patent number: 7647851
    Abstract: The invention relates to a propulsion power transmission device having a first interface (1) and a second interface (2). According to the invention, a hydrodynamic clutch is mounted in the driving connection between the first interface and the second interface and a first gear train (4) and a second gear train (5) are mounted parallel to each other in the driving connection, in series with the hydrodynamic clutch, the second gear train (5) causing a reversal in the direction of rotation in relation to the first gear train (4) at one of the two interfaces (1, 2). The propulsion power transmission device of the invention is characterized by the following features: the hydrodynamic clutch has two separate working chambers (3.1, 3.2), which can be independently filled with and drained of a working medium in order to transfer torque from one bladed primary wheel (3.3, 3.4) to at least one bladed secondary wheel (3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Kurt Adleff
  • Publication number: 20100010728
    Abstract: A system and method for delivering EGR to an internal combustion engine is presented. The system can reduce system cost and lower system complexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Albert Stein, Daniel Joseph Styles, Donald J. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20090320471
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and the hard point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure. An internal, isolated, turbocharger oil drainback passage conducts waste oil from the turbocharger to a crankcase sump without permitting the waste oil to contact the engine's moving parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Cowland
  • Publication number: 20090320472
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and hard point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Cowland, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Anthony William Hudson
  • Publication number: 20090320469
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure. The utility pedestal's fastening system is configured so as to cover a minimum amount of space of the engine surface to which the pedestal is mounted, so as to reduce the footprint of the turbocharger system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Patrick Sexton
  • Publication number: 20090320470
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting surface associated with the engine. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to the engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Anthony William Hudson, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Christopher Cowland
  • Patent number: 7637108
    Abstract: A power compounder is disclosed. The power compounder comprises a working fluid configured to receive thermal energy from waste heat of a prime mover, a working fluid collector, an evaporator configured to transfer waste heat to a working fluid producing a phase change to vapor (or gas) in the working fluid, a double screw expander configured to receive the working fluid for creating rotational mechanical energy, and a condenser configured to produce another phase change in the working fluid to liquid. The double screw expander transfers the rotational mechanical energy via a shaft to the prime mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Electratherm, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard K. Langson
  • Publication number: 20090314005
    Abstract: The method for operating a piston engine system that includes modifying valve timing such that the gas displaced from the piston chamber is at a pressure and temperature nearly equivalent to the temperature and pressure at the end of the combustion stroke rather than being throttled as is the case for traditionally valve timings. When the high temperature and pressure gas enters an exhaust channel, thermally isolating means may line the exhaust channel such that the high temperature of the exhaust gas is maintained. A heat exchanger and an expander may be placed along the exhaust channel such that the high temperature and pressure of the exhaust gas are captured for useful work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Messmer
  • Publication number: 20090313990
    Abstract: A pneumatic hybrid turbo transmission for reduced energy consumption is disclosed. A pneumatic hybrid turbo transmission configured as a multi-purpose unit (MPU). The MPU recovers energy from the cooling system, exhaust system, ram pressure and the breaking system. The MPU unit is an automatic transmission, supercharger, air compressor for other uses, and starter for the engine using a multi-purpose unit that will eliminate the need for a torque converter or clutch, flywheel, catalytic converter, starter and supercharger. The MPU reduces pollution to near zero and reduces the aerodynamic drag coefficient on the vehicle. The MPU uses two or more in-line compressors to transfer power from the power source, such as an internal combustion engine (ICE) to a turbine or multi-stage turbine that acts as an automatic transmission. The pneumatic hybrid turbo transmission system uses plug-in power as a second source of power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: REZ MUSTAFA
  • Publication number: 20090288413
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation control system comprises a pressure condition evaluation module and a protection module. The pressure condition evaluation module evaluates at least one of vane movement of a turbocharger and engine pressure. The protection module selectively controls an exhaust gas recirculation valve based on the at least one of the vane movement of the turbocharger and the engine pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yun Xiao, Kouji Sakumoto
  • Publication number: 20090255252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic coupling, especially for a turbocompound system, comprising: a pump wheel; a turbine wheel which forms in combination with a pump wheel a working chamber which can be filled with a working medium. The hydrodynamic coupling in accordance with the invention is characterized in that a mechanical locking device is provided for connecting the pump wheel and the turbine wheel in a torsionally rigid manner, which locking device is in connection with a section of the coupling guiding a working medium such that it closes under a predetermined degree of filling of the working chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: VOITH TURBO GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Kurt Adleff
  • Publication number: 20090241542
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust turbo-supercharger capable of preventing misalignment of the center of the rotating shaft of a supercharger turbine and the center of the rotating shaft of a supercharger compressor, or, misalignment of the center of the rotating shaft of the supercharger turbine, the center of the rotating shaft of the supercharger compressor, and the center of the rotating shaft of a power generator, due to the heat of exhaust gas; capable of reducing vibration of these rotation axes; and capable of improving the reliability of the entire supercharger. An exhaust turbo-supercharger 1 has a casing 6 that supports a turbine unit 3 and a compressor unit 5. The lower end of the casing 6 constitutes a leg portion 6a, and the leg portion 6a is fixed to a base placed on the floor. A power generator 19 having a rotating shaft 19a connected to a rotating shaft 7 of the turbine unit 3 and the compressor unit 5 is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ono, Keiichi Shiraishi, Yoshitsugu Aono
  • Publication number: 20090165760
    Abstract: A method of operating a turbo charged diesel engine is provided where a viscosity increasing component in a diesel fuel composition is used, to improve the acceleration performance, at low engine speeds (for example up to 2200 rpm). This method may be used for reducing the engine speed at which the turbo charger reaches its maximum speed when accelerating at low engine speeds, or reducing the time taken for the turbo charger to reach its maximum speed. It may mitigate a deterioration in the acceleration performance of the engine due to another cause. The VK 40 of the resultant fuel composition is suitably 2.8 mm2/s (centistokes) or greater. The viscosity increasing component may in particular be a Fischer-Tropsch derived fuel component, an oil or a fatty acid alkyl ester. A density increasing component may be used in the fuel composition together with the viscosity increasing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Ian Richard Buttery, Jurgen Johannes Jacobus Louis, Rodney Glyn Williams
  • Publication number: 20090158724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas collector for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, having two internal shell bodies which each connect a plurality of inlet openings in a communicating fashion to an outlet opening, having an external shell body which encloses a receptacle space in which the two internal shell bodies are at least partially arranged. In order to improve the response behavior of a turbocharger, which can be connected to the exhaust gas collector, a dividing wall is proposed which divides the receptacle space into two partial spaces, one of the two internal shell bodies being at least partially arranged in each of the partial spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Frank Muller
  • Publication number: 20090151341
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing NOx contained in exhaust gas as an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: a DOC device primarily oxidizing an exhaust materials containing THC and CO in the exhaust gas by using a first DOC; a CPF device mounted downstream of the DOC device to receive the exhaust gas primarily oxidized by the DOC device, further oxidizing the exhaust materials containing the THC and the CO by heat generated during the primary oxidation and an oxidizing agent coated therein, and oxidizing NO in the exhaust gas into NO2 by using the generated heat and the oxidizing agent coated therein; a nozzle mounted downstream of the CPF device, and dosing a reductant to the exhaust gas; and a SCR device mounted downstream of the nozzle, and reducing NOx in the exhaust gas into N2 by using the NO2 generated in the CPF device and the reductant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Dae Kim, Jin Ha Lee, Ji Ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20090139231
    Abstract: In a turbocompound engine drive including an engine with a crankshaft, an exhaust gas turbine operatively connected to the crankshaft via a reduction gear structure and a hydrodynamic clutch providing together for a power transmission path between the engine a freewheel is integrated into the power transmission path between the turbine and the crankshaft of the engine for disconnecting the turbine from the engine when the turbine speed is lower than the comparable engine speed to prevent the turbine from being driven by the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Frank Eberle, Thomas Laufer
  • Publication number: 20090055072
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing operation of a turbo speed sensor that monitors a turbocharger in an internal combustion engine system includes determining whether the engine system is operating in one of a high speed and a low speed range and determining a threshold turbo speed value based on whether engine system is operating in one of the high speed and the low speed range. An actual turbo speed value of the turbocharger is monitored based on a signal generated by the turbo speed sensor. The actual turbo speed value is compared to the threshold turbo speed value and a diagnostic signal is generated based on the step of comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Chuan He, Yun Xiao
  • Publication number: 20090031725
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises a turbo-compound and the known Föttinger-coupling is replaced by a torsion vibration damper. The Föttinger-coupling, which is used to transmit power, has high losses in power when it is necessary to have a differential rotational speed between the input side and the output side, i.e., the appearance of a slip. The losses are not used in a torsion vibration damper which has at least the same quality as a Föttinger-coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kai Sebastian Schenck, Wolfgang Reik, Bruno Muller
  • Publication number: 20090013688
    Abstract: A control method for an internal combustion engine supercharged by means of a turbocharger provided with a turbine and with a compressor; the control method contemplates the steps of: establishing at least one operating limit curve on a Reduced Mass Flow Rate/Compression Ratio map; establishing at least one intervention curve of a wastegate valve which adjusts a bypass pipe of the turbine on a Reduced Mass Flow Rate/Compression Ratio map; establishing at least one intervention curve of a Poff valve which adjusts a bypass pipe of the compressor on a Reduced Mass Flow Rate/Compression Ratio map; using the operating limit curve to limit the pressure target downstream of the compressor used by the engine control; controlling the opening of the wastegate valve if the intervention curve of the wastegate valve is exceeded; and controlling the opening of the Poff valve if the intervention curve of the Poff valve is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventor: Marco Panciroli
  • Publication number: 20090007564
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine, which comprise a turbocharger, of which turbo flow rate is made variable, and an intake valve provided with a variable valve mechanism and in which mirror cycle is performed, the control device comprising: device, which calculates an intake air quantity per unit time and an intake air quantity per cycle on the basis of torque required to the internal combustion engine; device, which controls the turbocharger so that with the intake air quantity per unit time, supercharging pressure is further increased in that range, in which a ratio of supercharging pressure and exhaust pressure is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and device, which controls the variable valve mechanism on the basis of the supercharging pressure and the intake air quantity per cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko SUZUKI, Mamoru Nemoto
  • Publication number: 20090000300
    Abstract: A compressor in the intake tractate of an internal combustion engine has a compressor chamber and a compressor wheel arranged in the compressor chamber. A drive unit with shaft is provided, wherein the compressor wheel is coupled to the shaft. An intermediate chamber separate from the compressor chamber is provided. A centrifugal separator is arranged in the intermediate chamber and coupled to the shaft. The intermediate chamber has an inlet for supplying separator gases and also has at least one connecting opening that connects the intermediate chamber to the compressor chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventor: Thorsten Hilpert
  • Publication number: 20080314035
    Abstract: A reverse flow heat exchanger is combined with an energy source to generate a temperature ladder. This system is used to create temperatures at which particles within a gas flow are combusted. Applications described include cleaning of particle laden gas, raising the temperature of a catalyst, exhaust cleaning and room air cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Lincoln Evan-Beauchamp