Turbocharging With Air Conditioner Assisted Intercooler

Abstract

The objective of a turbocharger is to improve an engine's volumetric efficiency by increasing the density of the intake gas (usually air, entering the intake manifold of the engine). When the pressure of the engine's intake air is increased, its temperature will also increase. Turbocharger units make use of an intercooler to cool down the intake air. Here, our purpose is to bring the temperature of intake air nearer to the ambient temperature. The intercooling of intake air is greatly increased by installing a specially designed intercooler in which air will run as hot fluid and refrigerant, of the air conditioning system coming from cooling coil fitted in the dashboard, will run as cold fluid. The intake air will be cooled down by the air flowing through the fins of the intercooler and the refrigerant coming from the evaporator. And hence the density of air is increased by increasing the temperature drop across the intercooler.