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Twin flow supercharged engine

US8522548B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Vanco Smiljanovski · Bedburg, DE
Norbert Andreas Schorn · Aachen, DE
Helmut Matthias Kindl · Aachen, DE
Uwe Spaeder · Tettnang, DE
Rob Stalman · Heinsberg, DE
Franz J. Brinkmann · Hürth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 25, 2010
Grant date	Sep 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

Systems and methods for operating a twin flow supercharged engine are provided. The exhaust lines of engine cylinders are grouped into separate manifolds connected to respective inlet ducts of the twin-flow turbine. The inlet ducts of the twin-flow turbine are of different sizes, with different-sized cross sections and/or different-sized exhaust-gas volumes. The exhaust line of a manifold with a smaller exhaust-gas volume is connected to the larger inlet duct, and the exhaust line of a manifold with the larger exhaust-gas volume is connected to the smaller inlet duct.

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