# US 9,435,250 B2 · Engine system having turbocharger > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,435,250 B2 - Document ID: US9435250B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/444,656 - Filed: 2014-07-28 - Published: 2015-06-11 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-12-11 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company - Inventors: Won Rok Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435250B2 ## CPC - F02B 29/0462: {Liquid cooled heat exchangers} - F02B 29/0437: {Liquid cooled heat exchangers} - F02B 29/0475: {the intake air cooler being combined with another device, e.g. heater, valve, compressor, filter or EGR cooler, or being assembled on a special engine location} - F02B 37/00: Engines characterised by provision of pumps driven at least for part of the time by exhaust - F02M 26/05: High pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is taken out from the exhaust system upstream of the turbine and reintroduced into the intake system downstream of the compressor - F02M 26/28: with liquid-cooled heat exchangers - F02M 26/30: Connections of coolers to other devices, e.g. to valves, heaters, compressors or filters; Coolers characterised by their location on the engine - F02M 26/32: Liquid-cooled heat exchangers - Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies - F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G) - F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract An engine system having a turbocharger may include a cylinder head, at which an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold may be positioned, the turbocharger which may be connected to the exhaust manifold, an intake line formed between the turbocharger and the intake manifold to transmit compressed air compressed by the turbocharger, through the cylinder head, an intercooler disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold to cool the compressed air supplied through the intake line, an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) line connecting the exhaust manifold and the intake manifold to recirculate the exhaust gas, to the intake manifold through the cylinder head, and an EGR cooler disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold, wherein a low-temperature coolant supplied from a low temperature radiator to pass through the cylinder head to cool the compressed air and the EGR gas that pass through the cylinder head. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An engine system having a turbocharger, comprising: a cylinder head, at which an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold are positioned; the turbocharger which is connected to the exhaust manifold and compresses intake air using exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold; an intake line which is formed between the turbocharger and the intake manifold so as to supply compressed air, which is compressed by the turbocharger, through the cylinder head; an intercooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to cool the compressed air that is supplied through the intake line; an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) line connecting the exhaust manifold and the intake manifold and recirculating the exhaust gas, which is discharged from the exhaust manifold, to the intake manifold through the cylinder head; and an EGR cooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to receive an EGR gas from the EGR line and cool the EGR gas, wherein a low-temperature coolant that is supplied from a low temperature radiator to pass through the cylinder head cools the compressed air and the EGR gas that pass through the cylinder head, wherein the low-temperature coolant that is supplied from the low temperature radiator circulates through a coolant line independently of an engine coolant for cooling the cylinder head, and wherein the coolant line through which the low temperature coolant that is supplied from the low temperature radiator passes through the cylinder head so as to cool the compressed air, which passes through the cylinder head in the intake line, and the EGR gas, and then sequentially passes through the EGR cooler and the intercooler, and circulates through the low temperature radiator and a coolant pump. ### Claim 2 An engine system having a turbocharger, comprising: a cylinder head, at which an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold are positioned; the turbocharger which is connected to the exhaust manifold and compresses intake air using exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold; an intake line which is formed between the turbocharger and the intake manifold so as to supply compressed air, which is compressed by the turbocharger, through the cylinder head; an intercooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to cool the compressed air that is supplied through the intake line; an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) line connecting the exhaust manifold and the intake manifold and recirculating the exhaust gas, which is discharged from the exhaust manifold, to the intake manifold through the cylinder head; and an EGR cooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to receive an EGR gas from the EGR line and cool the EGR gas, wherein a low-temperature coolant that is supplied from a low temperature radiator to pass through the cylinder head cools the compressed air and the EGR gas that pass through the cylinder head, wherein the low-temperature coolant that is supplied from the low temperature radiator circulates through a coolant line independently of an engine coolant for cooling the cylinder head, and wherein the coolant line through which the low temperature coolant that is supplied from the low temperature radiator passes through the intercooler and the EGR cooler, and then passes through the cylinder head so as to cool the compressed air and the EGR gas that pass through the cylinder head, and circulates through a coolant pump and the low temperature radiator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The engine system having the turbocharger of claim 2, wherein the coolant line through which the low temperature coolant that is supplied from the low temperature radiator passes through the cylinder head so as to cool the compressed air, which passes through the cylinder head in the intake line, and the EGR gas, and then sequentially passes through the intercooler and the EGR cooler, and circulates through the low temperature radiator and a coolant pump. ### Claim 4 An engine system having a turbocharger, comprising: a cylinder head, at which an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold are positioned; the turbocharger which is connected to the exhaust manifold and compresses intake air using exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold; an intake line which is formed between the turbocharger and the intake manifold so as to supply compressed air, which is compressed by the turbocharger, through the cylinder head; an intercooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to cool the compressed air that is supplied through the intake line; an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) line connecting the exhaust manifold and the intake manifold and recirculating the exhaust gas, which is discharged from the exhaust manifold, to the intake manifold through the cylinder head; and an EGR cooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to receive an EGR gas from the EGR line and cool the EGR gas, wherein a low-temperature coolant that is supplied from a low temperature radiator to pass through the cylinder head cools the compressed air and the EGR gas that pass through the cylinder head, wherein the intercooler and the EGR cooler are coupled to the intake manifold, and wherein the EGR cooler and the intercooler are sequentially disposed in series in a flow direction in which the intake air passes through the intercooler. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The engine system having the turbocharger of claim 4, wherein the intercooler and the EGR cooler are coupled to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The engine system having the turbocharger of claim 4, wherein the EGR gas, which is cooled by the EGR cooler, is mixed with the intake air, which is cooled by the intercooler, in the intake manifold. ### Claim 7 An engine system having a turbocharger, comprising: a cylinder head, at which an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold are positioned; the turbocharger which is connected to the exhaust manifold and compresses intake air using exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold; an intake line which is formed between the turbocharger and the intake manifold so as to supply compressed air, which is compressed by the turbocharger, through the cylinder head; an intercooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to cool the compressed air that is supplied through the intake line; an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) line connecting the exhaust manifold and the intake manifold and recirculating the exhaust gas, which is discharged from the exhaust manifold, to the intake manifold through the cylinder head; and an EGR cooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to receive an EGR gas from the EGR line and cool the EGR gas, wherein a low-temperature coolant that is supplied from a low temperature radiator to pass through the cylinder head cools the compressed air and the EGR gas that pass through the cylinder head, wherein the intercooler and the EGR cooler are coupled to the intake manifold, and wherein the EGR cooler and the intercooler are disposed side by side and in parallel with a flow direction in which the intake air passes through the intercooler. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The engine system having the turbocharger of claim 7, wherein the intercooler and the EGR cooler are coupled to each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The engine system having the turbocharger of claim 7, wherein the EGR gas, which is cooled by the EGR cooler, is mixed with the intake air, which is cooled by the intercooler, in the intake manifold. ### Claim 10 An engine system having a turbocharger, comprising: a cylinder head, at which an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold are positioned; the turbocharger which is connected to the exhaust manifold and compresses intake air using exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold; an intake line which is formed between the turbocharger and the intake manifold so as to supply compressed air, which is compressed by the turbocharger, through the cylinder head; an intercooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to cool the compressed air that is supplied through the intake line; an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) line connecting the exhaust manifold and the intake manifold and recirculating the exhaust gas, which is discharged from the exhaust manifold, to the intake manifold through the cylinder head; and an EGR cooler which is disposed to be adjacent to the intake manifold so as to receive an EGR gas from the EGR line and cool the EGR gas, wherein a low-temperature coolant that is supplied from a low temperature radiator to pass through the cylinder head cools the compressed air and the EGR gas that pass through the cylinder head, wherein the low-temperature coolant that is supplied from the low temperature radiator circulates through a coolant line independently of an engine coolant for cooling the cylinder head, wherein a compressed air passage, which passes through the cylinder head, is formed in a cylindrical shape so as to correspond to the intake line, wherein an EGR gas passage, which passes through the cylinder head, is formed in a cylindrical shape so as to corresponding to the EGR line, and wherein a low-temperature coolant passage through which the low-temperature coolant passes that is supplied from the low temperature radiator is formed at a periphery of the compressed air passage and the EGR gas passage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The engine system having the turbocharger of claim 10, wherein the coolant line through which the low temperature coolant that is supplied from the low temperature radiator passes through the cylinder head so as to cool the compressed air, which passes through the cylinder head in the intake line, and the EGR gas, and then sequentially passes through the intercooler and the EGR cooler, and circulates through the low temperature radiator and a coolant pump.