Exhaust Energy Recovery with Turbo Compounding in a Heavily Downsized Engine

Abstract:

Large amount of heat energy is wasted in Internal Combustion (IC) engine through the exhaust manifold, coolant, convective and radiative heat transfer. Significant amount of thermal energy waste occurring at the exhaust manifold of the IC engine can be recovered using various contemporary heat recovering techniques. The paper presented the viability of using turbo compounding waste heat recovering technique in recovering a significant amount of waste energy occurring at the exhaust of a heavily downsized engine. Electric turbo compounding (ETC) simulation using Ford Eco-Boost base line engine with modification using Hy-Boost modelled with AVL Boost software was carried out for the analysis. The simulation results show a 3% reduction in Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC), 0.5 bar Brake Mean Effective Pressure (BMEP) increase and up to 2 kW of power output were realized at engine speed of 2500 rpm. The result clearly indicates the effectiveness, viability and commercialization potentials of this waste heat recovery technique.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 819)
• Pages: 432-437
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.819.432
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Alias Mohd Noor*, Rosnizam Che Puteh, Muhammad Rabiu Abbas, Srithar Rajoo, Muhammad Hanafi Md Sah
• Keywords: Engine Downsizing, Exhaust Energy, Turbo Compounding, Waste Heat Recovery

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