Exhaust gas supply arrangement of an exhaust gas turbocharger

1. An exhaust gas supply arrangement ( 1 ) to a turbine wheel ( 11 ) of an exhaust gas turbocharger ( 2 ), having

a flange ( 14 ) for connecting to a manifold ( 3 ) of an internal combustion engine ( 4 ),

an exhaust gas supply leading from the flange ( 14 ) to the turbine wheel ( 11 ), and

a partition ( 13 ) which divides the exhaust gas supply into two channels ( 12 ),

wherein, in a top view of the flange ( 14 ), a coordinate system is defined, the origin thereof lying in the center of the partition ( 13 ), the y-axis thereof following the partition ( 13 ) and the x-axis thereof being perpendicular to the y-axis, wherein the flange ( 14 ) has a rectangular base shape with two X-outer sides ( 15 , 16 ) running parallel to the x-axis and two Y-outer sides ( 15 , 16 ) running parallel to the y-axis, wherein at least one of the X-outer sides ( 15 ) has a reinforcement in the form of an elevation ( 19 ), and wherein the elevation ( 19 ) is formed in the center in the X-outer side ( 15 ).

2. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust gas supply arrangement is an integral component of a turbine housing ( 10 ) of the exhaust gas turbocharger ( 2 ).

3. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the flange ( 14 ) is asymmetrical with respect to the x-axis, and/or the flange ( 14 ) is asymmetrical with respect to the y-axis, and/or the individual channel ( 12 ) is asymmetrical with respect to each of the straight lines parallel to the y-axis, and/or the individual channel ( 12 ) is asymmetrical with respect to each of the straight lines parallel to the x-axis.

4. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the elevation ( 19 ) has an elevation radius (ER) from 10 to 50 mm.

5. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the elevation ( 19 ) has an elevation width (EB) perpendicular to the y-axis, wherein the flange ( 14 ) has a largest flange width (FB) perpendicular to the y-axis, and wherein the elevation width (EB) is 0.2 to 0.7 times the flange width (FB).

6. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at the flange ( 14 ), a thickness (D) of the partition ( 13 ) is defined at the thinnest point of the partition ( 13 ), wherein the thickness (D) is between 6 and 16 mm.

7. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two channels ( 12 ) at the flange ( 14 ) is delimited by:

a first Y-channel side ( 23 ) is defined by the partition ( 13 ),

a second Y-channel side ( 24 ), which lies diametrically opposite the first Y-channel side ( 23 )

a first transition ( 27 ) from the first Y-channel side ( 23 ) into a first X-channel side ( 25 ),

a second transition ( 28 ) from the first X-channel side ( 25 ) into the second Y-channel side ( 24 ),

a third transition ( 29 ) from the second Y-channel side ( 24 ) into a second X-channel side ( 26 ), and

a fourth transition ( 30 ) from the second X-channel side ( 26 ) into the first Y-channel side ( 23 ),

wherein the first transition ( 27 ) has one curve with a first radius (R 1 ) and one curve with a second radius (R 2 ).

8. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first transition ( 27 ) has a connection ( 31 ) between the two radii (R 1 , R 2 ), wherein the connection ( 31 ) is a straight line or a curve, wherein the radius of the curve is substantially larger than the first radius (R 1 ) and the second radius (R 2 ).

9. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first radius (R 1 ) and/or the second radius (R 2 ) lies between an upper limit and a lower limit, wherein the lower limit is 5 mm, and wherein the upper limit is 20 mm.

10. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first radius (R 1 ) is 65% to 150% of the second radius (R 2 ).

11. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein a width (B) of the individual channel ( 12 ) is defined at the widest point at the flange ( 14 ) parallel to the x-axis, wherein the width (B) is defined as a function of the first and second radii (R 1 , R 2 ) by B=a*(R 1 +R 2 ), where 0.8≤a ≤1.8.

12. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first radius (R 1 ) and/or the second radius (R 2 ) lies between an upper limit and a lower limit, wherein the lower limit is 8 mm, and wherein the upper limit is 16 mm.

13. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first radius (R 1 ) and/or the second radius (R 2 ) lies between an upper limit and a lower limit, wherein the lower limit is 10 mm, and wherein the upper limit is 14 mm.

14. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first radius (R 1 ) is 80% to 120% of the second radius (R 2 ).

15. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein a width (B) of the individual channel ( 12 ) is defined at the widest point at the flange ( 14 ) parallel to the x-axis, wherein the width (B) is defined as a function of the first and second radii (R 1 , R 2 ) by B=a*(R 1 +R 2 ), where 1.0≤a ≤1.7.

16. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the elevation ( 19 ) has an elevation radius (ER) from 15 to 45 mm.

17. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the elevation ( 19 ) has an elevation radius (ER) from 20 to 40 mm.

18. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the elevation ( 19 ) has an elevation width (EB) perpendicular to the y-axis, wherein the flange ( 14 ) has a largest flange width (FB) perpendicular to the y-axis, and wherein the elevation width (EB) is 0.3 to 0.5 times the flange width (FB).

19. The exhaust gas supply arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at the flange ( 14 ), a thickness (D) of the partition ( 13 ) is defined at the thinnest point of the partition ( 13 ), wherein the thickness (D) is between 8 and 14 mm.