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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
Dwayne Robert Taylor, Livonia, MI (US);
Dwayne Robert Taylor, Livonia, MI (US);
DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for separating and dispersing condensate formed in a charge air cooler of a turbocharged engine system. The system includes a drain tube on the charge air cooler lower surface that is plumbed to a reservoir, with a charge air recirculation tube plumbed from the reservoir to the turbocharger compressor inlet duct. The pressure difference between the charge air cooler and the compressor inlet draws any condensate formed in the charge air cooler back into the reservoir. A valve at the bottom of the condensate reservoir will open under predetermined vehicle operating conditions to drain the stored condensate out from the reservoir. The condensate could be simply drained to the ground, or a spray bar could be connected to the reservoir outlet to spay the condensate on to the outside surface of the charge air cooler, providing additional performance for brief periods of high engine load operation.