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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Meisam Mehravaran, Oak Park, MI (US);
Robert Andrew Wade, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/14 (2006.01); F04D 25/04 (2006.01); F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F02B 37/18 (2006.01); F04D 13/04 (2006.01); F01P 5/12 (2006.01); F01P 11/06 (2006.01); F01P 3/20 (2006.01); F01P 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 25/04 (2013.01); F01P 5/12 (2013.01); F02B 29/04 (2013.01); F02B 29/0443 (2013.01); F02B 29/0493 (2013.01); F02B 37/18 (2013.01); F04D 13/04 (2013.01); F01P 3/20 (2013.01); F01P 11/04 (2013.01); F01P 11/06 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01); F01P 2060/02 (2013.01); F01P 2060/12 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and a system are provided for powering a coolant pump to drive a coolant flow through a charge air cooler using exhaust gas-driven rotations of a turbocharger. In one example, a method may include adjusting a coolant flow through a charge air cooler with a coolant pump, the coolant pump mechanically driven by rotative power from a turbocharger. As such, coolant flow may increase with increasing turbocharger speed and the method may further include adjusting a wastegate of a turbocharger turbine to adjust power provided to the coolant pump.