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ENERGIES
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en13020447
Keywords
turbocompound; turbocharger; supercapacitor; hybrid electric vehicle (HEV); series architecture; fuel economy; efficiency
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In this paper, starting from the measurements available for a 2000 cm(3) turbocharged diesel engine, an analytical model of the turbocharger is proposed and validated. The model is then used to extrapolate the efficiency of a power unit with a diesel engine combined with a turbocompound system. The obtained efficiency map is used to evaluate the fuel economy of a supercapacitor-based series hybrid vehicle equipped with the turbocompound power unit. The turbocompound model, in accordance with the studies available in the technical literature, shows that the advantages (in terms of efficiency increase) are significant at high loads. For this reason, turbocompound introduction allows a significant efficiency improvement in a series hybrid vehicle, where the engine always works at high-load. The fuel economy of the proposed vehicle is compared with other hybrid and conventional vehicle configurations.
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