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To: Niteflyr

That connection at the crank is NOT turbine power going back to the crankshaft, That’s one stage of this compound turbine POWERED by the crank. you can see the boost side tubing running to the intake side top rear of the engine, as well as the exhaust side pipes running to the back of the unit from both sides of the engine to a “t” joint. The crank drives an secondary turbo charger which compresses the compressed air from the primary turbocharger at the rear.


26 posted on 08/23/2009 8:38:46 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Nathan Zachary
"The turbine is usually mechanically connected to the crankshaft but electric and hydraulic systems have been investigated as well."....

That is generally the definition of turbo compounding...

42 posted on 08/24/2009 10:02:20 AM PDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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