Swissauto Engineering S.a.

Roger Martin

Urs Wenger

A gas-dynamic pressure wave supercharger includes a multi-cell rotor, a fresh air inlet channel, a high pressure air channel leading to the engine, and high and low pressure exhaust channels, with the high and low pressure exhaust channels enclosed in a gas enclosure, and the fresh air inlet channel and the high pressure charge air channel enclosed in an air enclosure. The high pressure exhaust channel includes an enlarged portion on the rotor side from which a duct extends to the low pressure channel. The duct is so regulated that a part of the exhaust gas is always first conducted from the high pressure exhaust channel into the enlarged portion before additional exhaust gas is conducted through the duct from the high pressure exhaust channel to the low pressure exhaust channel. Improved fuel consumption results over the entire performance range of the engine, particularly in the partial load range.

Gas-dynamic pressure wave machine

The method for the control of an internal combustion engine combined with a gas-dynamic pressure wave machine comprising a rotatable housing in order to control the process tuning over the entire performance field of the internal combustion engine as well as a variable width adjustment of the high pressure exhaust gas channel includes a certain control sequence of steps in a positive load variation and a certain control sequence of steps in a negative load variation.

Method for the control of an internal combustion engine combined with a gas-dynamic pressure wave machine

The gas-dynamic pressure wave machine, which is destined for the charge air supply of an internal combustion engine, comprises a rotor, a low pressure fresh air inlet channel, a high pressure charge air channel leading to the internal combustion engine, a high pressure exhaust channel coming from the internal combustion engine, and a low pressure exhaust channel the low pressure exhaust channel and the high pressure exhaust channel being enclosed in a gas housing and the low pressure fresh air inlet channel and the high pressure charge air channel being enclosed in an air housing, and each of all four channels communicating with the rotor through sector-shaped openings in their respective housings. The sector-shaped openings of the high pressure charge air channels are adjustably arranged in order to allow an adjustment of the process over the entire performance field of the internal combustion engine. For a further, even better adjustment of the process, the ratio of the total opening width of the high pressure channels to the total opening width of the low pressure channels is equal to or less th 1:3.25 while the total opening width of the high pressure channels amounts to 45&deg; at the most. A further improvement is obtained by the fact that the air housing and/or the rotor casing are provided with a water cooling system.

The gas-dynamic pressure wave machine, which is destined for the charge air supply of an internal combustion engine, comprises a rotor, a low pressure fresh air inlet channel, a high pressure charge air channel leading to the internal combustion engine, a high pressure exhaust channel coming from the internal combustion engine, and a low pressure exhaust channel, the low pressure exhaust channel and the high pressure exhaust channel being enclosed in a gas enclosure and the low pressure fresh air inlet channel and the high pressure charge air channel being enclosed in an air enclosure. In order to obtain an improved efficiency in low flow rate and temperature conditions, the high pressure exhaust channel is enlarged on the rotor side without forming a ridge, and the size of the enlargement is variable. The use of a heating device acting upon the high pressure exhaust channel allows a further improvement of the cold start properties, without the need for an enlargement or gas pockets. A substantial improvement in efficiency is obtained by the individual use of each one of these measures.

The spark ignition engine is provided with a pressure wave machine and comprises a three-way catalyst. In order to improve the cold start properties both of the catalyst and of the pressure wave machine, a heating device is disposed between the catalyst and the pressure wave machine. For a better elimination of the pollutant constituents HC, CO, and NO,, the three-way catalyst is followed by an oxidation catalyst, the oxidation catalyst being disposed between the outlet of the pressure wave machine and the exhaust. In this manner, the oxidation catalyst can operate with excess air which comes from the pressure wave machine. Such a combination yields a high specific power and at the same time an essential reduction of the pollutants while allowing very good cold start properties of the entire combination.

Internal combustion engine with pressure wave machine

The gas-dynamic pressure wave machine which is destined for the charge air supply of an internal combustion engine comprises a rotor (,) with cells (,), a low pressure fresh air inlet channel (,), a high pressure charge air channel (,) leading to the internal combustion engine (,), a high pressure exhaust channel (,) coming from the internal combustion engine, and a low pressure exhaust channel (,), the low pressure exhaust channel (,) and the high pressure exhaust channel (,) being enclosed in a gas enclosure (,) and the low pressure fresh air inlet channel (,) and the high pressure charge air channel (,) being enclosed in an air enclosure (,). In order to eliminate the detrimental pressure pulsations, on one hand, and to increase the compression efficiency, on the other hand, a direct connection (,) is provided between the high pressure charge air channel (,) and the high pressure exhaust channel (,), which connection preferably comprises a nonreturn valve (,).

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Othmarsingen, Switzerland

Roger Martin