Turbocharger – principle of operation

  • 17/03/2014 ·
  • Turbo-Tec ·

A turbo compressor is an air compressor driven by exhaust fumes. Exhaust gases, going out from an engine through an exhaust manifold, are directed to a turbine chamber where a rotor is situated. By means of a shared shaft, it drives compressor`s rotor located on the other side of the device (frequently referred to as…

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Turbocharger history

  • 17/03/2014 ·
  • Turbo-Tec ·

Turbo charging history goes back almost to the beginnings of internal combustion engine. Rudolf Diesel and Gottlieb Daimler studied during the end of XIXth and the beginning of the XXth century the possibility to increase the power of engines and reduce their fuel consumption with the use of initial air compression. Already in 1912, after…

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