A study on the internal convection in small turbochargers. Proposal of heat transfer convective coefficients

Abstract Nowadays turbochargers play an important role in improving internal combustion engines (ICE) performance. Usually, engine manufacturers use computer codes to predict the behaviour of both engine and turbocharger, the later by means of measured look-up maps. Using look-up maps different problems arise, being one of the most important the difference in heat transfer between the current operating condition and the conditions at which maps were measured. These effects are very important at low to medium turbocharger speeds (typical condition of urban driving conditions) where heat transfer can even be higher than mechanical power. In this work, the different convective heat transfer phenomena inside these kind of machines have been measured and analysed. Besides, general correlations for these flows, based on dimensionless numbers, are fitted and validated in three different turbochargers. The applicability of the model is shown by comparison the main results obtained when the model is used and not, improving up to 20 °C the predicted turbine outlet temperature. The main advantages of applying these correlations rely on predicting fluids outlet temperatures (compressor, turbine, oil and coolant). The former is needed to feed accurately ICE model, turbine outlet temperature is important for after-treatment device modelling while oil and coolant temperatures are important in order to design optimum cooling systems.

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