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A Novel System for Reducing Turbo-Lag by Injection of Compressed Gas into the Exhaust Manifold
Technical Paper
2013-01-1310
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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A key challenge in achieving good transient performance of highly boosted engines is the difficulty of accelerating the turbocharger from low air flow conditions (“turbo lag”). Multi-stage turbocharging, electric turbocharger assistance, electric compressors and hybrid powertrains are helpful in the mitigation of this deficit, but these technologies add significant cost and integration effort.
Air-assist systems have the potential to be more cost-effective. Injecting compressed air into the intake manifold has received considerable attention, but the performance improvement offered by this concept is severely constrained by the compressor surge limit. The literature describes many schemes for generating the compressed gas, often involving significant mechanical complexity and/or cost.
In this paper we demonstrate a novel exhaust assist system in which a reservoir is charged during braking. Experiments have been conducted using a 2.0 litre light-duty Diesel engine equipped with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and variable geometry turbine (VGT) coupled to an AC transient dynamometer, which was controlled to mimic engine load during in-gear braking and acceleration.
The experimental results confirm that the proposed system reduces the time to torque during the 3rd gear tip-in by around 60%. Such a significant improvement was possible due to the increased acceleration of turbocharger immediately after the tip-in. Injecting the compressed gas into the exhaust manifold circumvents the problem of compressor surge and is the key enabler of the superior performance of the proposed concept.
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Cieslar, D., Collings, N., Dickinson, P., Glover, K. et al., "A Novel System for Reducing Turbo-Lag by Injection of Compressed Gas into the Exhaust Manifold," SAE Technical Paper 2013-01-1310, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4271/2013-01-1310.Also In
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