Pressure-wave supercharger

A pressure-wave supercharger for an internal combustion engine is incorporated into the engine flywheel. The supercharger includes a rotor with a plurality of cells extending axially of the rotor and arranged circumferentially about the rotor, an exhaust tube for introducing exhaust gas into the cel...

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Main Author REATHERFORD; LARRY VAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1998
Edition6
Subjects
BLASTING
COMBUSTION ENGINES
COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS
PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BYUSING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED
PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
SIPHONS
WEAPONS
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Summary:A pressure-wave supercharger for an internal combustion engine is incorporated into the engine flywheel. The supercharger includes a rotor with a plurality of cells extending axially of the rotor and arranged circumferentially about the rotor, an exhaust tube for introducing exhaust gas into the cells at one end of the rotor during rotation thereof, an ambient air inlet tube for introducing air into the cells at another end of the rotor during rotation thereof, the air introduced into the cells being compressed by the exhaust gas introduced into the cells. A compressed air inlet tube feeds the compressed air to the engine. The cells or channels of the rotor are formed within the flywheel itself such that the flywheel operates as the supercharger mechanism.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19960732955