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Power2 Leading The Way in Two-Stage Turbocharging
Power2 Leading The Way in Two-Stage Turbocharging
Power2 Leading The Way in Two-Stage Turbocharging
Power2.
n 2013 ABB Turbocharging began pre- Optimum performance fectly in order to allow unrestricted engine
Two-stage turbocharging
Single-stage turbocharger High-pressure design C,Sys ≤ 10
is a key technology Power2 800-M low-pressure High-pressure design C,Sys ≤ 12
that facilitates a reduction turbocharger
1.0 1.0
0.8 0.8
0.6 0.6
0.4 0.4
0.2 0.2
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 V/ Vref [-] 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 V/ Vref [-]
Volume flow (normalized) Volume flow (normalized)
Fig. 1: Compressor performance maps of a single- Fig. 2: Compressor performance maps of the
stage turbocharger (A100-M) and Power2 800-M Power2 800-M high-pressure turbocharger.
low-pressure turbocharger at equal impeller wheel
diameter.
For the second genera- The axial turbine design for the high- quently, this lower requirement has been
pressure turbocharger combines the exploited in the design of the new low-
tion turbochargers the advantages of high specific volume flow pressure turbine stage to gain higher
proven cartridge concept (Fig. 3), excellent efficiency even at part stage efficiency.
has been enhanced in load and good acceleration behavior due In addition to the compressor and
to low mass moment of inertia. turbine design, the design framework
order to further reduce The requirements for the low-pres- around these components needs to be
service time. sure turbine stage also differ significantly considered to achieve optimum system
from those for single-stage turbines. The performance. Therefore, the design of the
required range of specific volume flows flow channels and subsystems has been
in the case of the low-pressure turbine optimized specifically during development
is shifted toward a lower level than of the new turbochargers.
for single-stage turbines (Fig. 4). Conse-
[%] [%]
88
Turbine efficiency
86
Turbine efficiency
84 86
82 84
80 82
78 80
76 78
0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 [-] 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 [-]
Specific effective flow area (normalized) Specific effective flow area (normalized)
Fig. 3: Turbine efficiency vs. specific effective Fig. 4: Turbine efficiency vs. specific effective
flow area of a single-stage turbocharger and flow area of a single-stage turbocharger and
Power2 800-M high-pressure turbocharger. Power2 800-M low-pressure turbocharger.