A turbo-compound engine is a reciprocating engine that employs a turbine to recover energy from the exhaust gases. Instead of using that energy to drive...
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there. The stages of a compound engine may be either of differing or of similar technologies, for example: In a turbo-compound engine, the exhaust gas from...
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serial turbo can also be of use to a system where the output pressure must be greater than can be provided by a single turbo, commonly called a compound twin-turbo...
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design" MAN Turbo 6012 MAN Turbo 6022 Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB153 Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB193 See: Weiss Charles M. Manly redesigned an engine built by Stephen...
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An electric turbo-compound (ETC) system is defined where a turbine coupled to a generator (turbogenerator) is located in the exhaust gas flow of a reciprocating...
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Turbocharger (redirect from Turbo engine)
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow...
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Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone (category Turbo-compound engines)
Superfortress. After the war, the engine had matured sufficiently to be used in many civilian airliners, notably in its turbo-compound forms, and was used in the...
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Dobrynin VD-4K (category Turbo-compound engines)
six-bank, 24-cylinder, turbo-compound, inline radial engine developed after the end of World War II. It was superseded by turboprop engines before it could be...
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Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (category Four-engined tractor aircraft)
R-3350-972-TC18DA-1 turbo-compound engines on the L-1049C had a new turbine system, the Power Recovery Turbines (PRT). Each engine's exhaust gas flowed...
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engine Free piston engine History of the internal combustion engine Compound steam engine Turbo-compound engine "Compound Internal Combustion Engines"...
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cylinders before exhaust Turbo-compound engine, an internal combustion engine where exhaust gases expand through power-turbines Compounding pressure, a method...
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inline-six. The first engine to bear the Power Stroke name, the 7.3 L Power Stroke V8 is the Ford version of the Navistar T444E turbo-diesel V8. Introduced...
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and rocker arms. Predictions for an adiabatic turbo-compound engine (a theoretical heat-efficient engine) were seen as plausible with the use of technical...
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Napier Nomad (category Turbo-compound engines)
5 MW) class engine with good fuel economy. Curtiss-Wright was designing an engine of this sort of power known as the turbo-compound engine, but Sir Harry...
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Allison V-1710 (redirect from Allison V-1710 engine)
high altitude in the twin-engined Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and turbo-superchargers were fitted to experimental single-engined fighters with similar results...
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Porsche 911 (redirect from Porsche 911 Turbo)
debuted on the Turbo. The turbo uses a different engine. The previous water-cooled turbo models (996 and 997) measured 3,600cc. This new engine measures 3...
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Lockheed L-1649 Starliner (category Four-engined tractor aircraft)
Constellation line of airliners. Powered by four Wright R-3350 Turbo-compound engines, it was built at Lockheed's Burbank, California plant from 1956...
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Napier Naiad (category Napier aircraft engines)
both engine projects were cancelled before finding a market. The Naiad was also used, in adapted form, in the Napier Nomad turbo-compound engine design...
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Gas turbine (redirect from Gas-Turbine Engine)
deal of otherwise wasted thermal and kinetic energy into engine boost. Turbo-compound engines (actually employed on some semi-trailer trucks) are fitted...
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among teams. The new formula for turbocharged engines have their efficiency improved through turbo-compounding by recovering energy from exhaust gases. The...
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Turbosteamer (category Engine technology)
production. COGAS Cogeneration Exhaust heat recovery system Still engine Turbo-compound engine R. Freymann, W. Strobl, A. Obieglo: The Turbosteamer: A System...
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Airspeed Ambassador (category Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft)
conventional Bristol Centaurus radial engines, the Ambassador was designed to accommodate four Napier Nomad turbo-compound engines, a then-recent innovation. Its...
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Rolls-Royce Griffon (redirect from Griffon engine)
propellers; Rolls-Royce fuel injection system. Compound Griffon RGC.30.SM.; turbo-compound engine - cancelled 1949 Turbo Griffon RGT.30.SM.; similar to Napier...
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trucks, is a 6.4 L turbo-diesel V8 engine. The engine has a sequential turbocharger system, utilizing a high pressure and low pressure turbo, with only the...
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Ford CVH engine is a straight-four automobile engine produced by the Ford Motor Company. The engine's name is an acronym for either Compound Valve-angle...
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more than compensates for air pumping losses within the engine. Modern turbo-diesel engines use electronically controlled common-rail fuel injection...
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109 passengers, square windows; all 1049C and later models had Turbo-Compound engines. Some later models had optional tip tanks. First flight 14 July...
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Free-turbine turboshaft (redirect from Free-turbine engine)
Free-piston engine Motorjet Rocket turbine engine Turbo-compound engine Gunston, Bill (2006) [1995]. The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines (4th ed...
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used in the E.145 Napier Nomad aero engine. This was a complex turbo-compound engine that coupled a diesel piston engine together with a gas turbine and axial-compressor...
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The Turbo-Hydramatic 125 was the first in a line of automatic transmissions from General Motors designed for transverse engine application. Introduced...
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