Performance Characteristic Study on Air to Water Intercooler

Abstract

The automotive vehicle with turbocharger engine will produce the high temperature charged air compared to the naturally aspirated engine. By increasing the pressure of the air, the temperature of the air will be increased while the air density will be decreased. The charged air needs to be cooled down to get the higher density of the charge air before flowing into the intake manifold. The charge air becomes denser when the temperature of the air is reduced and the denser air gives more advantages for the engine run efficiently. The intercooling system is one of the important devices in cooling process of the turbocharger engine. The function of the intercooler system is for cooling the temperature of the turbocharger outlet before the intake manifold. For this research, the water is used as the medium for cooling the temperature of the charge air before the intake manifold instead using of direct air that is the basic medium of intercooling system. The liquid cooled intercooler system type is constructed which wants to make it practically in daily life, such as for increasing the performance of the car and also for saving the fuel consumption of a vehicle.