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Compound engine with plural stage intercooled exhaust pump

US4610141A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1984
Grant dateSep 9, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 21, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A compound internal combustion engine includes a piston type internal combustion engine drive coupled with a gas turbine, the piston engine exhaust gases driving the turbine whose exhaust preheats the piston engine air intake and then enters the suction input of a multistage turbocompressor driven by the gas turbine and having interstage cooling the output of the compressor discharging to exhaust.

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