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VW mass produced scroll superchargers 30 years ago for the G60 and they were unreliable but super efficient. Kind of surprising that with 30 years of manufactur
by rozap 5y ago
VW mass produced scroll superchargers 30 years ago for the G60 and they were unreliable but super efficient. Kind of surprising that with 30 years of manufacturing advances they're not more common. Such a cool design.
- ip26 5y agoModern turbos more or less killed off superchargers. Largely thanks to advances in computer fuel injection managing all of the tricky parts of turbos. (Superchargers are simpler, but cost ~10% engine power to drive)
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- ants_a 5y agoThe comparison to a turbo got me thinking if some of the compression energy could be recovered in the expansion stage. Turns out the answer is yes, but the energy recovery is limited to 7% at best: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610215027897 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187661021...