How Does a Turbocharger Work?
In short: How a turbocharger uses an engine's hot exhaust to spin a turbine, drive a compressor and push denser air into the cylinders, and why that air is cooled on the way in.
A 1:53 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: U.S. Department of Energy (Transportation Technologies Office), “Materials for Energy Recovery Systems and Controlling Exhaust Gases”; DieselNet (Turbocharger Fundamentals technical paper; preview, cites Schwitzer 1991 and BorgWarner figures), “Turbocharger Fundamentals”; Mech Codex (mechcodex.com), an engineering-education website, “Turbocharger Boost Pressure and Density Ratio | Mech Codex”; Springer Nature (Proceedings in Automotive Engineering, AMMA 2018; authors Benea and Chiru, Transilvania University of Brasov), “Techniques and Procedures for Assessing the Energy Balance of Internal Combustion Engines”; mechanicalengineeringprojects.net (Turbochargers and Forced Induction expert guide), “Turbochargers and Forced Induction: Engineering Principles and Design | Expert Guide”; Springer-Verlag, Wien (Springer Vienna); chapter in the book 'Charging the Internal Combustion Engine' (Powertrain series), 2007, “Charge air coolers and charge air cooling systems”; DieselNet (Ecopoint Inc.), “Charge Air Cooling”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Department of Energy (Transportation Technologies Office) — Materials for Energy Recovery Systems and Controlling Exhaust Gases · View →
- DieselNet (Turbocharger Fundamentals technical paper; preview, cites Schwitzer 1991 and BorgWarner figures) — Turbocharger Fundamentals · View →
- Mech Codex (mechcodex.com), an engineering-education website — Turbocharger Boost Pressure and Density Ratio | Mech Codex · View →
- Springer Nature (Proceedings in Automotive Engineering, AMMA 2018; authors Benea and Chiru, Transilvania University of Brasov) — Techniques and Procedures for Assessing the Energy Balance of Internal Combustion Engines · View →
- mechanicalengineeringprojects.net (Turbochargers and Forced Induction expert guide) — Turbochargers and Forced Induction: Engineering Principles and Design | Expert Guide · View →
- Springer-Verlag, Wien (Springer Vienna); chapter in the book 'Charging the Internal Combustion Engine' (Powertrain series), 2007 — Charge air coolers and charge air cooling systems · View →
- DieselNet (Ecopoint Inc.) — Charge Air Cooling · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Department of Energy (Transportation Technologies Office): Materials for Energy Recovery Systems and Controlling Exhaust Gases
- Also: DieselNet (Turbocharger Fundamentals technical paper; preview, cites Schwitzer 1991 and BorgWarner figures): Turbocharger Fundamentals
- Also: Mech Codex (mechcodex.com), an engineering-education website: Turbocharger Boost Pressure and Density Ratio | Mech Codex
- Also: Springer Nature (Proceedings in Automotive Engineering, AMMA 2018; authors Benea and Chiru, Transilvania University of B: Techniques and Procedures for Assessing the Energy Balance of Internal Combustion Engines
- Also: mechanicalengineeringprojects.net (Turbochargers and Forced Induction expert guide): Turbochargers and Forced Induction: Engineering Principles and Design | Expert Guide
- Also: Springer-Verlag, Wien (Springer Vienna); chapter in the book 'Charging the Internal Combustion Engine' (Powertrain serie: Charge air coolers and charge air cooling systems
- Also: DieselNet (Ecopoint Inc.): Charge Air Cooling
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