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US 6,779,515 B2Granted
Charge air conditioning system with integral intercooling
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAugust Thomas Vaught, Steve John OHara
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Abstract
A charge air conditioning system, including a charge air booster, a refrigerant-to-air intercooler which is integral with the charge air booster, and a refrigeration system for supplying refrigerant to the refrigerant-to-air intercooler.
Claims18
A method of providing a compressed and thermally densified air charge to an engine, comprising the steps of:
- filtering an air stream flowing into the engine;
- measuring the mass of air flowing into the engine;
- simultaneously compressing and extracting heat from the air charge;
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- conducting the compressed and thermally densified air charge to the engine.
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A charge air conditioning system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a charge air booster;
- a refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger which is integral with said charge air booster;
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- a refrigeration system, powered by the engine, for supplying liquid refrigerant to said refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger such that said refrigerant changes state from a liquid to a gas while flowing through said heat exchanger.
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An engine having a charge air conditioning system comprising:
- a charge air booster;
- a refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger which is integral with said charge air booster;
- and
- a refrigeration system for supplying refrigerant to said refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger, with said refrigerant being furnished to said heat exchanger as a liquid which changes state to a gas within said heat exchanger as heat is extracted from charge air flowing though the heat exchanger.
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An engine having a charge air conditioning system comprising:
- a charge air booster comprising an engine driven supercharger;
- a refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger for removing heat from air which has been compressed by said supercharger, with said heat exchanger being integral with said supercharger;
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- a refrigeration system for supplying liquid refrigerant to said refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger, with said refrigeration system comprising a compressor and condenser adapted for supplying liquid refrigerant to a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.