Intercooler positioning in a lenght of pipe.
Intercooler positioning in a lenght of pipe.
(OP)
Hi All,
Got abit of a question im trying to solve mathematically. i posted here since its auto in nature, but its also thermodynamics i guess..
OK, heres the scenario.
You have a turbocharger pumping into piping , then into the cooler then on to the plenum.
Where is a better position for the cooler, closer to the turbo or plenum ? Assuming pipe length and size had to stay same. ie Long hot side, short cold OR vice versa.
For example
TURBO------#INTERCOOLER#-----------------------------PLENUM
OR
TURBO------------------------------#INTERCOOLER#-----PLENUM
Which configuration would effect the least OVERALL pressure drop ??
Gary
ps Before anyone says your constrained by physical location on vehicle anyway, my piping both come from the P/S, there for you have the option of short or long pipe run.... so i want to know if hot compressed gas drops more pressure than the cooler but similar pressure gas
Got abit of a question im trying to solve mathematically. i posted here since its auto in nature, but its also thermodynamics i guess..
OK, heres the scenario.
You have a turbocharger pumping into piping , then into the cooler then on to the plenum.
Where is a better position for the cooler, closer to the turbo or plenum ? Assuming pipe length and size had to stay same. ie Long hot side, short cold OR vice versa.
For example
TURBO------#INTERCOOLER#-----------------------------PLENUM
OR
TURBO------------------------------#INTERCOOLER#-----PLENUM
Which configuration would effect the least OVERALL pressure drop ??
Gary
ps Before anyone says your constrained by physical location on vehicle anyway, my piping both come from the P/S, there for you have the option of short or long pipe run.... so i want to know if hot compressed gas drops more pressure than the cooler but similar pressure gas





RE: Intercooler positioning in a lenght of pipe.
You can reduce the losses in the pipes by increasing their diameter a size. Reducing losses in the intercooler may not so easy.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Intercooler positioning in a lenght of pipe.
This is what i had figured, but i was not sure and thought i had better ask an expert!
My car has hot side on the long path, hence why i started looking into all this, and wanted to confirm before i started cutting up the stainless piping !
Thanks again
Gary
RE: Intercooler positioning in a lenght of pipe.
RE: Intercooler positioning in a lenght of pipe.
Norm
RE: Intercooler positioning in a lenght of pipe.
No Norm, this is just a std front mount. See the car comes std with a small cooler mounter in front of the Passenger side wheel (drivers side for US guys), and since i wish to keep the engine bay looking std and using original holes, i simply extended the piping to both ends of the front mount. This is where you can get one side about a meter longer than the other.
The next step now will be to weld on some bungs to measure the pressure drop on each pipe to determine if its all worth worrying about.
Gary
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rmw
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RE: Intercooler positioning in a lenght of pipe.
gary