Exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine

1. A method for determining an air mass flowing to an internal combustion engine including an exhaust-gas turbocharger comprising an exhaust-gas turbine ( 16 ) arranged in an exhaust strand ( 14 ) of the internal combustion engine ( 10 ) and a compressor ( 20 ) arranged in an intake tract ( 18 ) of the internal combustion engine ( 10 ) and connected to the exhaust gas turbine ( 16 ) so as to be driven thereby, the compressor ( 20 ) including a compressor wheel ( 30 ) and a compressor housing ( 28 ) surrounding the compressor wheel ( 30 ) and having an inlet duct ( 32 ), a single dynamic pressure probe ( 38 ) provided upstream of a compressor wheel ( 30 ) in the inlet duct ( 32 ) having an intake air pressure sensor structure ( 40 a ) for measuring a total pressure and a static pressure sensor structure ( 42 b ) for sensing the static pressure, and a control unit ( 27 ), said method comprising the steps of:

measuring a total pressure and a static pressure in the inlet duct of the compressor ( 20 ),

determining from the measured total pressure and from the measured static pressure a differential pressure in the inlet duct of the compressor which represents the pressure component generated by the speed of the air flow into the compressor; and

determining from the determined differential pressure the air mass supplied to the internal combustion engine ( 10 ).

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the total pressure and the static pressure in the inlet duct ( 32 ) of the compressor ( 20 ) are measured by means of the single dynamic pressure probe ( 38 ) which includes means for measuring the total pressure as well as the static pressure.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the total pressure of the air entering the compressor ( 20 ) is measured by means of the single dynamic pressure probe ( 38 ), and the static pressure in the air entering the compressor ( 20 ) is measured by way of a measurement bore ( 32 a ) in a wall of the inlet duct ( 32 ) of the compressor ( 20 ).

4. An exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine ( 10 ), comprising:

an exhaust-gas turbine ( 16 ) arranged in an exhaust strand ( 14 ) of the internal combustion engine ( 10 );

a compressor ( 20 ) arranged in an intake tract ( 18 ) of the internal combustion engine ( 10 ) and connected to the exhaust gas turbine ( 16 ) so as to be driven thereby, the compressor ( 20 ) including a compressor wheel ( 30 ) and a compressor housing ( 28 ) surrounding the compressor wheel ( 30 ) and having an inlet duct ( 32 );

a single dynamic intake air pressure probe ( 38 ) including:

an intake air pressure sensor structure ( 40 a ) provided upstream of the compressor wheel ( 30 ) in the inlet duct ( 32 ) for measuring a total pressure of the air flow into the compressor ( 20 ); and

a static pressure sensor structure ( 42 b ) for sensing a static pressure of the air flow into the compressor ( 20 ); and

a control unit ( 27 ), which determines from the measured total pressure and from the measured static pressure a differential pressure in the flow duct of the compressor; and which determines from said differential pressure, which represents the pressure component generated by the speed of the air flow into the compressor, an air mass sucked in by the internal combustion engine ( 10 ).

5. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the single dynamic intake air pressure probe ( 38 ) is arranged in the housing ( 28 ) of the compressor ( 20 ).

6. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the single dynamic intake air pressure probe ( 38 ) is arranged in a molded flow duct part ( 44 ) directly upstream of the housing ( 28 ) of the compressor ( 20 ).

7. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the single dynamic intake air pressure probe ( 38 ) is designed to measure the total pressure and also the static pressure in the flow duct ( 32 ) of the compressor ( 20 ).

8. The exhaust-gas turbocharger as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a measurement bore ( 32 a ) being provided in the compressor housing wall of the inlet duct ( 32 ) to measure the static pressure in the inlet duct ( 32 ).

9. The exhaust gas turbocharger according to claim 4 , wherein the single dynamic pressure probe ( 38 ) further includes a first effective pressure duct ( 40 a ) which faces toward the air flow into the compressor and a second effective pressure duct ( 40 b ) which is open in a direction facing away from the air flow toward the probe ( 38 ) such that only the static air pressure in the flow duct ( 32 ) is measured by the second pressure duct ( 40 b ).