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There's an issue here: For the air compressor, how does that work? There is the roots idea of two lobes, maybe a foot long each, interlocked like two gears, i
by graycat 12y ago
There's an issue here: For the air compressor,
how does that work?
There is the roots idea
of two lobes, maybe a foot long each, interlocked like two gears, inside of a housing that is so tight against the
lobes that there are no air leaks. So, talking a lot
of friction. Then, roughly double the RPM of the
compressor and double the amount of air moved.
Corvette and Dodge are using roots.
Then there is a centrifugal compressor: It's simpler
with less friction, but double the RPM and roughly
square the amount of air moved. So, at low RPM,
move too little air and at high RPM, move too much.
So, centrifugal air compressors, for supercharging,
driven by a belt off the front of the engine, had
the compressor RPM directly proportional to the
engine RPM with too little boost at low RPM
and too much boost, and too much power to drive
the compressor, at high RPM.
The beauty of the usual exhaust driven turbo
charger is that the exhaust side took the
square root of the exhaust flow and the
cold side squared it again and, thus,
moved air volume directly proportional to
engine RPM -- great.
But with an electric motor, could have a
centrifugal compressor, the simpler mechanical
option, always with the right RPM, not directly
proportional to engine RPM.
Of course, could also have a turbine, that is,
with little blades like in a turbojet engine --
these tend to be expensive.