Turbo-electric turbo-compounding system

A turbo-compounding system that provides for recovering power from a flow of exhaust from an internal combustion engine, comprising:

• a. an inlet, wherein said inlet provides for receiving the flow of exhaust from the internal combustion engine;
• b. a wastegate valve, wherein said wastegate valve provides for dividing said flow of exhaust between first and remaining second portions, each of said first and remaining second portions of said flow of exhaust is greater than or equal to none of said flow of exhaust, and less than or equal to all of said flow of exhaust, and when commencing the operation of said turbo-compounding system, a division of said flow of exhaust is controlled so that said remaining second portion of said flow of exhaust includes all of said flow of exhaust received from said internal combustion engine that will flow through said associated open wastegate valve at said associated operating condition of said internal combustion engine;
• c. a bladed turbine rotor, wherein the turbo-compounding system is configured so that said first portion of said flow of exhaust impinges upon a plurality of blades of said bladed turbine rotor, and said turbo-compounding system is configured so that said remaining second portion of said flow of exhaust bypasses said plurality of blades of said bladed turbine rotor;
• d. a generator operatively coupled to, and driven by, said bladed turbine rotor so as to provide for generating electrical power responsive to mechanical shaft power from said bladed turbine rotor responsive to an interaction thereof with said first portion of said flow of exhaust from said internal combustion engine;
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• e. an induction motor, wherein an electrical input to said induction motor is operatively coupled to an electrical output of said generator, and an output shaft of said induction motor is operatively coupled to an output shaft of said internal combustion engine so as to provide for transferring said mechanical shaft power from said induction motor to said output shaft of said internal combustion engine.