IP Library Granted Patent US 11,781,471
Granted Patent B2
US 11,781,471 · App. 17/413,072 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Turbo-compounding system

Inventors: Youngdeok Han (Incheon, KR); Dockoon Yoo (Incheon, KR); Junjung Park (Incheon, KR); Jongyoon Lee (Incheon, KR); Jayun Cho (Incheon, KR); Euna Kang (Incheon, KR)
Assignee: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
F02B37/12B60H1/00507F01P5/04F01P5/12F02B37/04F02B39/10F01P2005/046
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Patent No.
US 11,781,471
App. No.
17/413,072
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbo-compounding system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a turbocharger including a turbine which is rotated by using pressure of exhaust gas discharged from the engine and a compressor which is rotated by using rotation power of the turbine and compresses new external air and supplies the compressed air to the engine; a motor-generator configured to be rotated by using rotation power of the compressor of the turbocharger to generate power or add rotation power to the compressor of the turbocharger; and a control device configured to operate the motor-generator as a motor or a generator according to a current rotation speed of the engine and may collect power wasted from the engine.

Claims (25)

1. A turbo-compounding system which recovers power wasted in an engine, the turbo-compounding system comprising:

a turbocharger including a turbine, the turbine is rotated by using pressure of exhaust gas discharged from the engine and a compressor, the compressor is rotated by using rotation power of the turbine and compresses new external air creating a compressed air and supplies the compressed air to the engine;

a motor-generator configured to be rotated by using rotation power of the compressor of the turbocharger to generate power or add rotation power to the compressor of the turbocharger; and

a control device configured to operate the motor-generator as a motor or a generator according to a current rotation speed of the engine,

wherein the control device operates the motor-generator as the motor or the generator in consideration of a current air-fuel ratio of the engine and a current rotation speed of the turbocharger together with the current rotation speed of the engine, and

wherein

in a case where the current rotation speed of the engine is equal to or larger than a preset reference engine rotation speed and the current air-fuel ratio is equal to or larger than a preset first reference air-fuel ratio, in a case where the current rotation speed of the engine is equal to or larger than the preset reference engine rotation speed and the current air-fuel ratio of the engine is less than the preset first reference air-fuel ratio, but the current rotation speed of the turbocharger is equal to or larger than a preset reference turbocharger rotation speed, and in a case where the current rotation speed of the engine is less than the preset reference engine rotation speed but the current air-fuel ratio is equal to or larger than a preset second reference air-fuel ratio, the control device operates the motor-generator in a generating mode, and

in a case where the current rotation speed of the engine is equal to or larger than the preset reference engine rotation speed, the current air-fuel ratio is less than the preset first reference air-fuel ratio, and the current rotation speed of the turbocharger is also less than the preset reference turbocharger rotation speed, and in a case where the current rotation speed of the engine is less than the preset reference engine rotation speed and the current air-fuel ratio is less than the preset second reference air-fuel ratio, the control device operates the motor-generator in a motoring mode.

2. The turbo-compounding system of claim 1 , wherein the motor-generator is relatively adjacent to the compressor of the turbocharger and is relatively far apart from the turbine, and

the turbo-compounding system further includes a power transmission shaft which connects the compressor of the turbocharger and the motor-generator.

3. The turbo-compounding system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a transmission which is installed on the power transmission shaft, the power transmission shaft connects the motor-generator and the turbocharger, and shifts rotation power of any one of the turbocharger and the motor-generator to a rotation speed and transmits the shifted rotation speed to the remaining one of the turbocharger and the motor-generator,

wherein the control device maintains the rotation speed of the motor-generator at a preset target rotation speed when the motor-generators is operated as the generator.

4. The turbo-compounding system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a power converting device which converts and controls a power generated in the motor-generator; and

an energy storage device which stores the power converted by the power converting device.

5. The turbo-compounding system of claim 4 , wherein the power stored in the energy storage device is supplied to one or more of a cooling fan, a coolant pump, an air-conditioner, and an air compressor.

6. The turbo-compounding system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a power converting device which converts and controls a power generated in the motor-generator; and

an energy storage device which stores the power converted by the power converting device.

7. The turbo-compounding system of claim 6 , wherein the power stored in the energy storage device is supplied to one or more of a cooling fan, a coolant pump, an air-conditioner, and an air compressor.

8. The turbo-compounding system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a power converting device which converts and controls a power generated in the motor-generator; and

an energy storage device which stores the power converted by the power converting device.

9. The turbo-compounding system of claim 8 , wherein the power stored in the energy storage device is supplied to one or more of a cooling fan, a coolant pump, an air-conditioner, and an air compressor.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
To: HYUNDAI DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065761/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: HYUNDAI DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
To: HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065761/0957 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2021
From: HAN, YOUNGDEOK; YOO, DOCKOON; PARK, JUNJUNG; LEE, JONGYOON; CHO, JAYUN; KANG, EUNA
To: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056557/0462 →