The heat of the exhaust gasses causes expansion of that gas once it is released from the combustion chamber. The process is powered by feeding exhaust gases from the engine into the turbine casing. This explains why you can have a 2.0L engine capable of producing 300 HP (which is impossible for a naturally aspirated engine of the same size).
By compressing the air, we are essentially increasing the volumetric concentration of oxygen which enables you to inject more fuel into the combustion chamber and results in more mechanical power. Aside from sounding cool, the main goal of a turbocharger is to increase the pressure of the air that is supplied to the engine’s combustion chamber. Let’s first talk about the basic functionality of a turbocharger.
In this blog I will be studying the characteristics of a turbocharger designed for a small high performance vehicle with the help of the amazing SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation CFD (computational fluid dynamics) tool.
