Remote mounted air-to-air aftercooler

An internal combustion engine having an engine block, an air intake manifold, a turbocharger for providing inlet air to said air intake manifold, and a main radiator heat exchanger, a remote-mounted air-to-air aftercooler heat exchange system for providing cooled inlet air to said air intake manifold, comprising:

• a filter for filtering ambient air;
• at least one aftercooler heat exchanger, separate from said main radiator heat exchanger and disposed upon said engine at a location remote from said main radiator heat exchanger, and having a first enclosed passageway defined therein which is fluidically connected to said filter for receiving said ambient air which has passed through said filter;
• a second enclosed passageway defined within said at least one aftercooler heat exchanger adjacent to the first enclosed passageway and operative to receive turbocharged air from said turbocharger, conduct said turbocharged air through said at least one aftercooler heat exchanger such that said turbocharged air undergoes a heat exchange process with said ambient air, and conduct said turbocharged air to said engine intake manifold;
• and
• a fan for causing said ambient air to pass through said filter and said first passageway of said at least one remote aftercooler heat exchanger, and for causing said ambient air to be discharged to atmosphere.

A work machine having an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine comprising:

• an engine block;
• an air intake manifold;
• a turbocharger for providing inlet air to said air intake manifold;
• a main radiator heat exchanger;
• and
• a remote-mounted air-to-air aftercooler heat exchange system for providing cooled inlet air to said air intake manifold,
• said remote-mounted air-to-air aftercooler having a filter for filtering ambient air;
• at least one aftercooler heat exchanger, separate from said main radiator heat exchanger and disposed upon said engine at a location remote from said main radiator heat exchanger, and having a first enclosed passageway defined therein which is fluidically connected to said filter for receiving said ambient air which has passed through said filter;
• a second enclosed passageway defined within said at least one aftercooler heat exchanger adjacent to the first enclosed passageway and operative to receive turbocharged air from said turbocharger, conduct said turbocharged air through said at least one after-cooler heat exchanger such that said turbocharged air undergoes a heat exchange process with said ambient air, and conduct said turbocharged air to said engine intake manifold;
• and a fan for causing said ambient air to pass through said filter and said first passageway of said at least one remote aftercooler heat exchanger, and for causing said ambient air to be discharged to atmosphere.