Turbocharged diesel engine
US5778674A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a diesel engine in which boost air is supplied by a turbocharger, the generation of dry soot, which is a component of smoke, is suppressed by lowering the intake air temperature in the cylinder at the compression top dead center position of the piston. The fuel injected into the intake air is ignited by the heat of this compression. In order to reduce the intake air temperature at the top dead center position without reducing the amount of the intake air, the boost pressure of the turbocharger is lowered and also the effective compression ratio by the piston for the intake air is raised by, for example, altering the closing timing of an intake valve.
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