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Supercharged multi-cylinder reciprocating piston-internal combustion engine with several exhaust gas turbochargers operating in parallel

US4903489A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 6, 1988
Grant dateFeb 27, 1990
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N13/107
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

During idling or partial load of the reciprocating piston-internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas turbocharger (18) is shut-down and the fuel supply is interrupted with some cylinders (12). An optimum charging air supply matched to the operating condition of the reciprocating piston-internal combustion engine results by a controllable shifting device (32) in the charging air line section (14) of the shut-down cylinders (12). The passage from the charging air line (19) to the charging air line section (14) is closed by the shifting device (32) during operating periods with interruption of the fuel supply to the cylinders (12). At the same time, a passage opens from a suction opening (33) to the charging air line section (14), through which the air requirement of the disabled cylinders (12) is covered. The interconnected exhaust gas turbocharger (17) thereby operates in a favorable operating range.

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