Re: Diesel turbo lag
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 02-26-2019 - 11:54
BN Oly Wrote:
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> Another aspect of diesel turbocharging, is turbo
> compounding, specifically mechanically compounded
> engines. These systems harness additional exhaust
> energy and apply that power via a mechanical
> coupling to the crankshaft of the engine. Detroit
> Diesel (Daimler) early DD15 engine that replaced
> the 60 series had turbo compounding until they had
> to ditch it because it interfered with the EGR
> system too much.
>
> So sort of the other end of the spectrum of EMD's
> geared turbos. Whereas the mechanical drive there
> is to provide pressurization until there is
> sufficient exhaust energy, a mechanically
> compounded turbo takes excess exhaust energy that
> cannot be used for intake charging processes and
> applies that force to the crankshaft.
Always a fan of the Detroit Silver 92’s. A 12V92 had two Blowers and two Turbo’s!
Side note 2 stroke EMD and Detroit internals were quite similar in appearance