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Building F5, Culham Science Centre, ABINGDON, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
摘要：
An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus 100 comprising a heat exchanger arrangement 200 for carrying a first heat transfer medium, the heat exchanger arrangement 200 being generally annular in form with an axial aperture 202 therethrough wherein a compressor 300 is at least partially arranged for compressing and delivering a second heat transfer medium over said heat exchanger arrangement 200. The invention aims to improve heat transfer over previous intercooler design as well as reduce turbo lag.
权利要求：
CLAIMS
1. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus comprising:
a heat exchanger arrangement for carrying a first heat transfer medium, the heat exchanger
arrangement being generally annular in form with an axial aperture therethrough; and
a compressor arranged at least partially within said axial aperture for compressing and
delivering a second heat transfer medium over said heat exchanger arrangement.
2. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to claim 1 comprising
a casing further comprising a first side and a second side, the second side of said casing having
a larger cross-dimension than an equivalent cross-dimension of the first side of said casing.
3. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2,
wherein the heat exchanger arrangement comprises a plurality of tubes for carrying said first
heat transfer medium.
4. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus of claim 3 wherein the plurality of
tubes are arranged generally as an involute spiral.
5. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims, further comprising an annular inlet manifold fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger
arrangement for delivering the first heat transfer medium thereto.
6. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims, further comprising an annular outlet manifold fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger
arrangement for receiving the first heat transfer medium therefrom.
7. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to claim 5 and 6,
wherein the inlet and outlet manifolds are arranged on a common side of the apparatus.
8. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims, wherein the heat exchanger arrangement substantially overlaps the compressor.
9. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims, wherein the compressor is arranged substantially or fully within the axial aperture of the
heat exchanger arrangement.
10. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any ofthe preceding
claims wherein the compressor is one of an axial compressor and a centrifugal compressor.
11. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims the apparatus comprising a circumferential radially extending flow outlet from said
compressor.
12. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to claim 11, further
comprising an inlet turning vane for turning the second heat transfer medium from said
circumferential radially extending flow outlet from radial to axial and back to radial across the
heat exchanger arrangement.
13. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to claim 12, wherein
the inlet turning vane extends circumferentially.
14. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims, further comprising one or more exit turning vanes for turning the second heat transfer
medium from radial to axial after said heat exchanger arrangement,
15. An integrated forced-induction hear exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims, further comprising a circumferential air exit volute for said second heat transfer medium.
16. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims, wherein the flow outlet from the compressor abuts the heat exchanger arrangement.
17. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any of the preceding
claims, further comprising one or more additional compressors.
18. An integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according to any ofthe preceding
claims, wherein the heat exchanger arrangement comprises two or more stages, each stage
comprising a plurality of tubes for carrying said first heat transfer medium.
19. A method of cooling a fluid using an integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus
according to any of the preceding claims, including the steps of:
supplying a first heat transfer medium to said heat exchanger arrangement;
supplying a second heat transfer medium to said compressor;
compressing said second heat transfer medium using said compressor to supply said
second heat transfer medium over said heat exchanger arrangement.
20. A method of operating an integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according
to claim 19 wherein the compressor is coupled to a shaft for driving the compressor.
21. A method of operating an integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according
to claim 20 wherein the shaft is either mechanically driven by an engine or driven by an exhaust
fluid of an engine.
22. A method of operating an integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according
to any of claims 19 to 21 wherein said first heat transfer medium is a heatant and said second
heat transfer medium is a coolant, or said first heat transfer medium is a coolant and said second
heat transfer medium is a heatant.
23. A method of operating an integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according
to any of claims 19 to 21 wherein said first heat transfer medium is supplied to said heat
exchanger arrangement in a first direction and said second heat transfer medium is supplied to
said compressor in a second direction, the flow arrangement of said first and second heat
transfer mediums is substantially parallel flow or substantially counter flow.
24. A system comprising an engine and an integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger
apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 18, wherein:
the outlet of the compressor is fluidly coupled to an air inlet of the engine.
25. A system according to claim 24, wherein the compressor is coupled to a shaft for driving the
compressor,
26. A system according to claim 25 wherein the shaft is either mechanically driven by an engine or
driven by an exhaust fluid of an engine.
27. A vehicle comprising an integrated forced-induction and heat exchanger apparatus according
to any of claims 1 to 18 or a system according to any of claims 24 to 26.