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US 2015/0083096 A1Published application
Turbocharger turbine booster
AssigneeInternational Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorsJohn R. Zagone, Jeremy Grant Schipper, Rade Milanovic, Jack Morais
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Abstract
A method of operating the turbine booster to improve engine operating response and to increase the effectiveness of emission control devices is disclosed. A turbocharger turbine booster for a turbo charged internal combustion engine provides pressurized air to the turbocharger turbine and increases the oxygen in engine exhaust without increasing the engine combustion oxygen content.
Claims6
A method for increasing the response of a turbocharged engine comprising:
- providing a source of pressurized air;
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- introducing pressurized air from the source of pressurized air into a flow of engine exhaust to a turbocharger turbine in response to a request for increased engine power.
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