Supercharging Device for an Internal Combustion Engine of a Motor Vehicle, and Method for Operating a Supercharging Device of This Kind

Abstract

A supercharging device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes: an exhaust-gas turbocharger having a turbine wheel that can be driven by exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and a first compressor wheel that can be driven by the turbine wheel, by which first compressor wheel air being supplied to the internal combustion engine is compressed; an electric compressor having an electric machine and a second compressor wheel that can be driven by the electric machine, by which second compressor wheel air being supplied to the internal combustion engine is compressed; and an overrun air recirculation device associated with the first compressor wheel, by which, when there is a reduction in load on the internal combustion engine, a portion of the air compressed by the first compressor wheel can be branched off at a first point arranged downstream of the first compressor wheel and can be fed back from the first point to a second point arranged upstream of the first compressor wheel, wherein the supercharging device supplies the second compressor wheel with the branched-off air such that the second compressor wheel and, via the second compressor wheel, the electric machine, can be driven by the branched-off air.

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