TURBINE FOR AN EXHAUST-GAS TURBOCHARGER

• Main Author: KOTZBACHER, THORBEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.05.2014
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

In a turbine for exhaust gas turbocharger of a combustion engine with a turbine casing forming an installation space in which a turbine wheel is arranged so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation and into which exhaust gas of the combustion engine may be supplied via at least one flow duct in which a guide vane structure is arranged, the guide vane structure includes vanes, which are pivotably supported relative to the turbine casing and form an axial inlet nozzle structure adjacent a wall portion of the turbine which extends along the guide vane structure, the wall portion comprising at least a first guide wall area which overlaps the guide vane structure, and which is set back relative to a second guide wall area in which the vanes are pivotably supported and which adjoins the first wall area.