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System and method for discharging liquid out of an intake tract of a turbocharger arrangement

US9334790B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Marco Marceno · Hagen, DE
Jan Linsel · Cologne, DE
Kay Hohenboeken · Cologne, DE
Bernd Schumacher · Niederalteich, DE
Klemens Grieser · Langenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2013
Grant date	May 10, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for discharging liquid from an intake tract of a turbocharger arrangement including a charge air cooler. As such, a charge air cooler may include a liquid collector including a switchable valve downstream of a charge air cooler. The switchable valve may be adjusted following the determination of an opening frequency and an opening duration based on a liquid collector temperature and a liquid collector pressure.

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