Compound turbochatging / wastegates
Compound turbochatging / wastegates
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Hello,
I came across this video of THailand drag trucks. They use compound turbo systems. However, it seems that they dont reintroduce HP wastegates outlet before LP stage. (wastegate on collector, before small HP turbo dumps to open air)
Is there a strategic reason behind this ? To me this is wasted energy not going to spool the LP turbo. But maybe the HP turbo runs more efficiently because of the greater pressure delta /expansion ratio ?
At 1:40 minute mark
https://youtu.be/LnRv8HJFoD8
I came across this video of THailand drag trucks. They use compound turbo systems. However, it seems that they dont reintroduce HP wastegates outlet before LP stage. (wastegate on collector, before small HP turbo dumps to open air)
Is there a strategic reason behind this ? To me this is wasted energy not going to spool the LP turbo. But maybe the HP turbo runs more efficiently because of the greater pressure delta /expansion ratio ?
At 1:40 minute mark
https://youtu.be/LnRv8HJFoD8
RE: Compound turbochatging / wastegates
RE: Compound turbochatging / wastegates
RE: Compound turbochatging / wastegates
"Schiefgehen wird, was schiefgehen kann" - das Murphygesetz
RE: Compound turbochatging / wastegates
Compound turbochargers in this layout are designed to both work together all the time. In this application, they're not designed to have user-friendly driveability and low-end torque for puttering around town. They only care about max power output, and probably only in a relatively narrow engine RPM range right at the top of the engine's useable rev range.
Independent wastegate control for each stage is only if you're trying to sequentially control them, i.e. a little turbo to take care of the bottom of the rev range (big one spins lazily without doing much while the little turbo does most of the work) and a big turbo to take care of the top of the rev range (little one is bypassed). Those are way more complicated to get to work right.