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Turbo-compound compressor system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6341957
This patent describes a turbo-compound compressor system including a booster compressor connected to a power recovery turbine disposed downstream of the outlet of an expansion turbine in a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine and drivable by the exhaust gas and a rotary positive-displacement air compressor drivable by the engine. The air is delivered by the booster compressor supplied to the rotary positive-displacement air compressor through a pipeline means having a throttle valve. The improvement comprises a bypass line connected to the pipeline means for preventing surging and having a closing valve.
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Tokyo
Patent Number(s):
US 4679992
OSTI ID:
6341957
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English