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Pressure-charged combustion engine having a double-flow turbine and grouped cylinders

US9896992B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Vanco Smiljanovski · Bedburg, DE
Helmut Matthias Kindl · Aachen, DE
Joerg Kemmerling · Monschau, DE
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff · Aachen, DE
Franz J. Brinkmann · Hürth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 25, 2036

Classification

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

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a pressure-charged combustion engine having at least one cylinder head comprising at least two cylinders. In one example, a system may include each cylinder having at least one outlet port, at least two cylinders configured to form two groups each comprising at least one cylinder, exhaust lines joined together to form an overall exhaust line which provides an exhaust manifold, the exhaust lines connected to an exhaust turbocharger and equipped with rotor blades wherein each rotor blade comprises a first inlet edge facing the flows and a second inlet edge facing the flows connected to one another at a connection point forming an inflection.

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