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Advanced Boosting Systems

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2021) | Viewed by 15271

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Silvia Marelli

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DIME, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Interests: turbocharger gas stand; optimized measurements of turbochargers performance maps; quasi-adiabatic performance measurements; turbocharger heat transfer correction model; turbocharger unsteady flow performance; electrically assisted turbochargers; compressor surge; variable geometry and waste-gated turbines

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The requirements for the reduction of CO2 emissions imposed by the European Commission for passenger cars has driven the automotive industry to develop technological solutions to limit exhaust emissions and fuel consumption, without compromising vehicle performance and drivability.

Vehicle hybridization is a key solution to achieve such targets in short/midterm, enabling a restricted engine operating range and thus a limited turbocharger optimized behavior.

In this rapidly developing scenario, it follows that boosting technology will become more and more relevant as a key technology for spark-ignition engines, to improve efficiency and reduce fuel consumption, where the electric drive is off. In such conditions, new combustion concepts are likely to require very high boost pressures with an unprecedented need for efficiency and challenging transients.

This Special Issue will collect research on advanced boosting systems, welcoming innovative papers on this subject. The main topics of interests are related (but not limited to) the following:

  • Advanced boosting systems
  • Variable geometry turbine
  • Electrically assisted turbocharger
  • Electrically assisted compressor
  • Two-stage systems
  • Compressor surge
  • Pulsating flow turbine performance
  • Pulsating flow compressor performance
  • Gasoline Millerized engines
  • Modeling of hybrid turbocharged engines

Prof. Dr. Silvia Marelli
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • turbine
  • compressor
  • electrically assisted turbochargers
  • compressor surge
  • transient response
  • variable geometry turbine
  • waste heat recovery
  • pulsating flow
  • two-stage systems
  • hybrid
  • electric
  • miller

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15 pages, 3579 KiB  
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Experimental Energy and Exergy Analysis of an Automotive Turbocharger Using a Novel Power-Based Approach
by Sina Kazemi Bakhshmand, Ly Tai Luu and Clemens Biet
Energies 2021, 14(20), 6572; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14206572 - 13 Oct 2021
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The performance of turbochargers is heavily influenced by heat transfer. Conventional investigations are commonly performed under adiabatic assumptions and are based on the first law of thermodynamics, which is insufficient for perceiving the aerothermodynamic performance of turbochargers. This study aims to experimentally investigate [...] Read more.
The performance of turbochargers is heavily influenced by heat transfer. Conventional investigations are commonly performed under adiabatic assumptions and are based on the first law of thermodynamics, which is insufficient for perceiving the aerothermodynamic performance of turbochargers. This study aims to experimentally investigate the non-adiabatic performance of an automotive turbocharger turbine through energy and exergy analysis, considering heat transfer impacts. It is achieved based on experimental measurements and by implementing a novel innovative power-based approach to extract the amount of heat transfer. The turbocharger is measured on a hot gas test bench in both diabatic and adiabatic conditions. Consequently, by carrying out energy and exergy balances, the amount of lost available work due to heat transfer and internal irreversibilities within the turbine is quantified. The study allows researchers to achieve a deep understanding of the impacts of heat transfer on the aerothermodynamic performance of turbochargers, considering both the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Full article
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Numerical Analysis of Engine Exhaust Flow Parameters for Resolving Pre-Turbine Pulsating Flow Enthalpy and Exergy
by Beichuan Hong, Varun Venkataraman and Andreas Cronhjort
Energies 2021, 14(19), 6183; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14196183 - 28 Sep 2021
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Energy carried by engine exhaust pulses is critical to the performance of a turbine or any other exhaust energy recovery system. Enthalpy and exergy are commonly used concepts to describe the energy transport by the flow based on the first and second laws [...] Read more.
Energy carried by engine exhaust pulses is critical to the performance of a turbine or any other exhaust energy recovery system. Enthalpy and exergy are commonly used concepts to describe the energy transport by the flow based on the first and second laws of thermodynamics. However, in order to investigate the crank-angle-resolved exhaust flow enthalpy and exergy, the significance of the flow parameters (pressure, velocity, and temperature) and their demand for high resolution need to be ascertained. In this study, local and global sensitivity analyses were performed on a one-dimensional (1D) heavy-duty diesel engine model to quantify the significance of each flow parameter in the determination of exhaust enthalpy and exergy. The effects of parameter sweeps were analyzed by local sensitivity, and Sobol indices from the global sensitivity showed the correlations between each flow parameter and the computed enthalpy and exergy. The analysis indicated that when considering the specific enthalpy and exergy, flow temperature is the dominant parameter and requires high resolution of the temperature pulse. It was found that a 5% sweep over the temperature pulse leads to maximum deviations of 31% and 27% when resolving the crank angle-based specific enthalpy and specific exergy, respectively. However, when considering the total enthalpy and exergy rates, flow velocity is the most significant parameter, requiring high resolution with a maximum deviation of 23% for the enthalpy rate and 12% for the exergy rate over a 5% sweep of the flow velocity pulse. This study will help to quantify and prioritize fast measurements of pulsating flow parameters in the context of turbocharger turbine inlet flow enthalpy and exergy analysis. Full article
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Numerical Simulation of Two-Stage Variable Geometry Turbine
by Dariusz Kozak, Paweł Mazuro and Andrzej Teodorczyk
Energies 2021, 14(17), 5349; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14175349 - 27 Aug 2021
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The modern internal combustion engine (ICE) has to meet several requirements. It has to be reliable with the reduced emission of pollutant gasses and low maintenance requirements. What is more, it has to be efficient both at low-load and high-load operating conditions. For [...] Read more.
The modern internal combustion engine (ICE) has to meet several requirements. It has to be reliable with the reduced emission of pollutant gasses and low maintenance requirements. What is more, it has to be efficient both at low-load and high-load operating conditions. For this purpose, a variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbocharger is used to provide proper engine acceleration of exhaust gases at low-load operating conditions. Such a solution is also efficient at high-load engine operating conditions. In this paper, the result of an unsteady, three-dimensional (3D) simulation of the variable two-stage turbine system is discussed. Three different VTG positions were considered for those simulations, along with three different turbine speeds. The turbine inlet was modeled as six equally placed exhaust pipes for each cylinder to eliminate the interference of pressure waves. The flow field at the outlet of the 1st stage nozzle vane and 2nd stage rotor was investigated. The simulations showed that the variable technologies significantly improve the efficiency of the two-stage turbine system. The highest overall efficiency of the two-stage system was achieved at 60,000 rpm and 11° VTG position. Full article
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Comparison of Turbocharging and Pressure Wave Supercharging of a Natural Gas Engine for Light Commercial Trucks and Vans
by Norbert Zsiga, Mario A. Skopil, Moyu Wang, Daniel Klein and Patrik Soltic
Energies 2021, 14(17), 5306; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14175306 - 26 Aug 2021
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To increase the efficiency of a natural gas engine, the use of a Miller camshaft was analysed. To avoid a decline in the low-end torque and also in the transient response, a pressure wave supercharger (Comprex™) was compared to the conventional single-stage turbocharger. [...] Read more.
To increase the efficiency of a natural gas engine, the use of a Miller camshaft was analysed. To avoid a decline in the low-end torque and also in the transient response, a pressure wave supercharger (Comprex™) was compared to the conventional single-stage turbocharger. The analyses for this conceptual comparison were performed experimentally, and the data were then used to run simulations of driving cycles for light commercial vehicles. A torque increase of 49% resulted at 1250 rpm when the Comprex™ was used in combination with a Miller camshaft. Despite the Miller camshaft, the Comprex™ transient response was still faster than the turbocharged engine. Using the same camshaft, the turbocharged engine took 2.5-times as long to reach the same torque. Water injection was used to increase the peak power output while respecting the temperature limitations. As the Comprex™ enables engine braking by design, we show that the use of friction brakes was reduced by two-thirds. Finally, a six-times faster catalyst warmup and an up to 90 °C higher exhaust gas temperature at the three-way catalytic converter added to the benefits of using the Comprex™ supercharger. The known drawbacks of the Comprex™ superchargers were solved due to a complete redesign of the machine, which is described in detail. Full article
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Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Impact of an Integrated Active Pre-Swirl Generator on Turbocharger Compressor Performance and Operating Range
by Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Sönke Teichel and Andre Starke
Energies 2021, 14(12), 3537; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14123537 - 14 Jun 2021
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The implementation of increasingly stringent emissions and efficiency targets has seen engine downsizing and other complementary technologies increase in prevalence throughout the automotive sector. In order to facilitate ongoing improvements associated with the use of these strategies, delivering enhancements to the performance and [...] Read more.
The implementation of increasingly stringent emissions and efficiency targets has seen engine downsizing and other complementary technologies increase in prevalence throughout the automotive sector. In order to facilitate ongoing improvements associated with the use of these strategies, delivering enhancements to the performance and stability of the turbocharger compressor when operating at low mass flow rates is of paramount importance. In spite of this, a few concepts (either active or passive) targeting such aims have successfully transitioned into use in automotive turbochargers, due primarily to the requirement for a very wide compressor-operating range. In order to overcome the operational limitations associated with existing pre-swirl generation devices such as inlet guide vanes, this study developed a concept comprising of an electrically driven axial fan mounted upstream of a standard automotive turbocharger centrifugal compressor. Rather than targeting a direct contribution to compressor boost pressure, the fan was designed to act as a variable pre-swirl generation device capable of being operated completely independently of the centrifugal impeller. It was envisioned that this architecture would allow efficient generation of the large pre-swirl angles needed for compressor surge margin extension and efficiency enhancement at low mass flow rate-operating points, while also facilitating the delivery of zero pre-swirl at higher mass flow rates to ensure no detrimental impact on performance at the rated power point of the engine. Having progressed through 1-D and 3-D aerodynamic modelling phases to understand the potential of the system, detailed component design and hardware manufacture were completed to enable an extensive experimental test campaign to be conducted. The experimental results were scrutinized to validate the numerical findings and to test the surge margin extension potential of the device. Compressor efficiency improvements of up to 3.0% pts were witnessed at the target-operating conditions. Full article
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Steady State Experimental Characterization of a Twin Entry Turbine under Different Admission Conditions
by Vittorio Usai and Silvia Marelli
Energies 2021, 14(8), 2228; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14082228 - 16 Apr 2021
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The increasingly restrictive limits on exhaust emissions of automotive internal combustion engines imposed in recent years are pushing OEMs to seek new solutions to improve powertrain efficiency. Despite the increase in electric and hybrid powertrains, the turbocharging technique is still one of the [...] Read more.
The increasingly restrictive limits on exhaust emissions of automotive internal combustion engines imposed in recent years are pushing OEMs to seek new solutions to improve powertrain efficiency. Despite the increase in electric and hybrid powertrains, the turbocharging technique is still one of the most adopted solution in automotive internal combustion engines to achieve good efficiency with high specific power levels. Nowadays, turbocharged downsized engines are the most common solution to lower CO2 emissions. Pulse turbocharging is the most common boosting layout in automotive applications as the best response in terms of time-to-boost and exhaust energy extraction. In a high-fractionated engine with four or more cylinders, a twin entry turbine can be adopted to maximize pulse turbocharging benefits and avoid interaction in the discharge phase of the cylinders. The disadvantages of the twin entry turbine are mainly due to the complexity of the exhaust piping line and the high amount of information required to build a rigorous and reliable matching model. This paper presents a detailed experimental characterization of a twin entry turbine with particular reference to the turbine efficiency and the swallowing capacity under different admission conditions. The steady flow experimental campaign was performed at the turbocharger test bench of the University of Genoa, in order to analyze the behavior of the twin entry turbine in full, partial and unbalanced admission. These are the conditions in which the turbine must work instantaneously during its normal operation in engine application. The results show a different swallowing capacity of each sector and the interactions between the two entries. Full article
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