COOLING SYSTEM FOR CHARGE AIR COOLER

• Main Author: APPLETON ANDY B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.04.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STEAM ENGINES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; WEAPONS

A vehicle cooling system includes a fan, a radiator, a charge air cooler upstream of the radiator, an air conduit supplying air to the charge air cooler, and a cooler for cooling the charge air cooler or air flowing through the air conduit. The cooler includes a housing surrounding a portion of the air conduit, an injector for injecting water into a space between the cooler housing and the air conduit, an outlet pipe for conducting vaporized water out of the space, and a pump for pumping water from a source to the injector. The cooler also includes heat conducting vanes which extend into the space and into an interior of the air conduit.