Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge air cooler condensate separation and dispersion system
- Patent Title (中): 增压空气冷凝器分离和分散系统
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Application No.: US12403968Application Date: 2009-03-13
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Publication No.: US08191366B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Dwayne Robert Taylor
- Applicant: Dwayne Robert Taylor
- Applicant Address: US MI Southfield
- Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Southfield
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Main IPC: F02B33/44
- IPC: F02B33/44 ; F02B29/04 ; F02B33/00 ; F02M15/00

Abstract:
A system for separating and dispersing condensate formed in a charge air cooler of a turbocharged engine system. The system includes a drain tube on the charge air cooler lower surface that is plumbed to a reservoir, with a charge air recirculation tube plumbed from the reservoir to the turbocharger compressor inlet duct. The pressure difference between the charge air cooler and the compressor inlet draws any condensate formed in the charge air cooler back into the reservoir. A valve at the bottom of the condensate reservoir will open under predetermined vehicle operating conditions to drain the stored condensate out from the reservoir. The condensate could be simply drained to the ground, or a spray bar could be connected to the reservoir outlet to spay the condensate on to the outside surface of the charge air cooler, providing additional performance for brief periods of high engine load operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100229549A1 CHARGE AIR COOLER CONDENSATE SEPARATION AND DISPERSION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-09-16
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