Engine system with intake bypass device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9797320-B2
Application number	US-201314911591-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2013
Priority date	Oct 11, 2013
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

An object is to provide an engine system including an intake bypass device whereby it is possible to expand the operation range of a compressor without causing the output of a turbine to become insufficient. An engine system includes an intake bypass device including a bypass channel connecting a downstream side of a compressor of a turbocharger in an intake channel and an upstream side of a turbine of the turbocharger in an exhaust channel, a bypass valve disposed in the bypass channel and configured to control a flow of compressed intake air in the bypass channel, and a heating unit for heating the compressed intake air flowing through the bypass channel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An engine system comprising:
an engine body;
an intake channel for supplying intake air to the engine body;
an exhaust channel through which exhaust gas discharged from the engine body flows;
a turbocharger including a turbine disposed in the exhaust channel and driven by energy of the exhaust gas discharged from the engine body, and a compressor disposed in the intake channel and driven coaxially with the turbine; and
an intake bypass device for guiding a part of compressed intake air compressed by the compressor to flow to an upstream side of the turbine bypassing the engine body; and
an exhaust-gas purification device for purifying the exhaust gas discharged from the engine body, the exhaust-gas purification device being disposed on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust channel,
wherein the intake bypass device includes
a bypass channel connecting a downstream side of the compressor in the intake channel and an upstream side of the turbine in the exhaust channel,
a bypass valve disposed in the bypass channel and configured to control a flow of the compressed intake air in the bypass channel, and
a heater that heats the compressed intake air flowing through the bypass channel, the heater being disposed on a downstream side of the bypass valve in the bypass channel, the heater including at least a part of an inner wall of the bypass channel,

wherein the heater is configured to utilize the exhaust gas discharged from the engine body as a heat source for heating the compressed intake air flowing through the bypass channel, and
wherein the heater comprises the exhaust channel on a downstream side of the exhaust-gas purification device, the exhaust channel on the downstream side of the exhaust-gas purification device forming at least a part of the inner wall surface of the bypass channel, in a partial section of the bypass channel.

2. The engine system according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least a part of the exhaust channel on the downstream side of the exhaust-gas purification device has a dual structure including an inner exhaust duct through which the exhaust gas flows and an outer exhaust duct covering the inner exhaust duct, and a space defined by the inner exhaust duct and the outer exhaust duct forms the partial section of the bypass channel.

3. The engine system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an engine controller configured to control an operation state of the engine body,
wherein the intake bypass device includes a turbo controller provided separate and independent from the engine controller, the turbo controller including,
an input that receives a sensor signal from a sensor, and
a processor and a memory that stores a program that causes the processor to control a valve opening degree of the bypass valve based on the received signal.

4. The engine system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the sensor signal is related to an operation state of the engine, and
the program causes the processor to
compute an operation point of the compressor on the basis of the sensor signal inputted into the input, and

to control the valve opening degree of the bypass valve to increase when the computed operation point is in a surge region.

5. The engine system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the sensor signal comprises a sensor signal related to a boost pressure of the compressed intake air compressed by the compressor and to an intake flow rate of the intake air flowing through the compressor.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Yokoyama Takao
• Ibaraki Seiichi
• Tomita Isao
• Osako Katsuyuki

Classifications

• F01N3/055

  without contact between air and exhaust gases · CPC title

• F02B37/168

  into the exhaust conduit (F02B37/166 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01D17/105

  by passing part of the fluid · CPC title

• F02C3/13

  having variable working fluid interconnections between turbines or compressors or stages of different rotors {(controlling flow ratio between different flows of multi-flow jet-propulsion plant, e.g. ducted fan F02K3/075)} · CPC title

• F01N5/02 Primary

  the devices using heat · CPC title