Engine and method for turbo boosted operation of a mechanically assisted turbocharger in a two cycle engine
CA 2114094 C · Owner: General Motors Corporation · Inventors: Yeager, Monique Marie; Gottemoller, Paul
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A two cycle, preferably diesel, engine has a turbocharger with an exhaust driven turbine and supplemental mechanical drive maintaining a fixed minimum turbine/engine speed ratio with fuel efficient freewheeling (fully exhaust sustained) turbine operation at higher speeds and loads. A turbo boost system provides freewheeling turbine operation at intermediate speeds where it might or will not otherwise occur. When an intermediate speed is reached at which freewheeling can be sustained but is not occurring, the system, 1) temporarily increases engine speed to a predetermined higher level to accelerate the turbine and increase engine air flow, 2) increases engine fuel input to a higher level …
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- Filed January 24, 1994 and granted January 12, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 24, 2014.
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