Internal combustion engine and turbosupercharger therefor with heat pipe for intake mixture heating

Patent · Tue Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7339686

Wyczalek, F A; Harned, J L; Smith, O M

An internal combustion engine is provided with a turbosupercharger including: a vaned rotatable compressor wheel arranged in an inlet passage to compress inlet mixture for delivery to the engine combustion chamber; a vaned turbine wheel arranged in an exhaust passage to be driven by the flow of engine exhaust gases; a shaft interconnecting the turbine and compressor wheels for rotation together on a common axis; and vaporizable fluid heat transfer means in the form of a heat pipe extending through the shaft between the turbine and compressor wheels for transferring exhaust heat from the turbine wheel to the compressor wheel to heat the engine inlet mixture.

• Assignee: General Motors Corp.
• Patent Number(s): US 3965681
• OSTI ID: 7339686
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AUTOMOBILES
COMPRESSORS
ENGINES
HEAT PIPES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
SHAFTS
SUPERCHARGERS
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
USES
VANES
VEHICLES