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Title: Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery Utilizing Electric Turbocompound Technology

Abstract

Caterpillar's Technology & Solutions Division conceived, designed, built and tested an electric turbocompound system for an on-highway heavy-duty truck engine. The heart of the system is a unique turbochargerr with an electric motor/generator mounted on the shaft between turbine and compressor wheels. When the power produced by the turbocharger turbine exceeds the power of the compressor, the excess power is converted to electrical power by the generator on the turbo shaft; that power is then used to help turn the crankshaft via an electric motor mounted in the engine flywheel housing. The net result is an improvement in engine fuel economy. The electric turbocompound system provides added control flexibility because it is capable of varying the amount of power extracted from the exhaust gases, thus allowing for control of engine boost. The system configuration and design, turbocharger features, control system development, and test results are presented.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Caterpillar Inc. P. O. Box 1875, Peoria, IL 61656-1875
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies (OHVT) - (EE-33)
OSTI Identifier:
862432
Report Number(s):
DOE/OR/22810-1
TRN: US200712%%96
DOE Contract Number:  
FC05-00OR22810
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; COMPRESSORS; CONFIGURATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; DIESEL ENGINES; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ENGINES; EXHAUST GASES; FLEXIBILITY; FLYWHEELS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; TURBINES; TURBOCHARGERS; WASTE HEAT; WHEELS; Turbocompound, Turbocharging, Fuel Economy, Electric Turbocompound, Boost Control

Citation Formats

Hopman, Ulrich, and Kruiswyk, Richard W. Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery Utilizing Electric Turbocompound Technology. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/862432.
Hopman, Ulrich, & Kruiswyk, Richard W. Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery Utilizing Electric Turbocompound Technology. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/862432
Hopman, Ulrich, and Kruiswyk, Richard W. 2005. "Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery Utilizing Electric Turbocompound Technology". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/862432. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/862432.
@article{osti_862432,
title = {Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery Utilizing Electric Turbocompound Technology},
author = {Hopman, Ulrich and Kruiswyk, Richard W},
abstractNote = {Caterpillar's Technology & Solutions Division conceived, designed, built and tested an electric turbocompound system for an on-highway heavy-duty truck engine. The heart of the system is a unique turbochargerr with an electric motor/generator mounted on the shaft between turbine and compressor wheels. When the power produced by the turbocharger turbine exceeds the power of the compressor, the excess power is converted to electrical power by the generator on the turbo shaft; that power is then used to help turn the crankshaft via an electric motor mounted in the engine flywheel housing. The net result is an improvement in engine fuel economy. The electric turbocompound system provides added control flexibility because it is capable of varying the amount of power extracted from the exhaust gases, thus allowing for control of engine boost. The system configuration and design, turbocharger features, control system development, and test results are presented.},
doi = {10.2172/862432},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/862432}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2005},
month = {Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2005}
}