Post by nikolaid on Oct 9, 2017 21:20:25 GMT -5
Hi All,
First of all thank you all for being an amazing resource - I've enjoyed diving into the wide array of projects posted on the site.
I am currently in a propulsion engineering class and for my final project I am looking to build a turbocharger based gas producer. I would like to follow up with a second stage free wheel connected to an electric motor to turn it into a generator and recover electrical power from it. At this point that is a secondary goal given the relatively tight time frame I have to get this up and running.
I am looking into my options as far as turbos are concerned and aside from a couple of craigslist leads I am chasing down and junkyard options, however so far that is going slow and I would like to get a turbo in hand to get modeling and fabricating. If I were to go new this seems to be the most cost effective option:
www.speedyracer.com/turbo/turbocharger/EMUSA-BLACK-GT35-GT3582-TURBO-CHARGER-T3-AR-70-82-ANTI-SURGE-COMPRESSOR-?page=6
A slightly larger option with better AR and ind/exd ratio is:
www.speedyracer.com/GT45-HUGE-GT45-Turbo-Turbocharger-600-HP-Boost-Universal-T4-T66-3-5-V-Band-1-05-?search=GT45
I have a lead on a free truck turbocharger that may not be in good enough condition to run as a gas producing turbine, however I am planning to use as the free wheel turbine. I would like to keep the gas producer turbo to the smallest viable size in order to improve the pairing. I am open to any suggestions.
Finally, I would love to run two turbos into a shared combustion chamber. I like the symmetry of the design and the fact that it seems relatively uncommon. It does complicate things, but its one of those things that just seems like a great bad idea. Would this essentially make the the freewheel turbine nonviable (necessitating a monstrous turbine to extract significant power)?
Thanks, looking forward to sharing the progress on this with you in the following months.
First of all thank you all for being an amazing resource - I've enjoyed diving into the wide array of projects posted on the site.
I am currently in a propulsion engineering class and for my final project I am looking to build a turbocharger based gas producer. I would like to follow up with a second stage free wheel connected to an electric motor to turn it into a generator and recover electrical power from it. At this point that is a secondary goal given the relatively tight time frame I have to get this up and running.
I am looking into my options as far as turbos are concerned and aside from a couple of craigslist leads I am chasing down and junkyard options, however so far that is going slow and I would like to get a turbo in hand to get modeling and fabricating. If I were to go new this seems to be the most cost effective option:
www.speedyracer.com/turbo/turbocharger/EMUSA-BLACK-GT35-GT3582-TURBO-CHARGER-T3-AR-70-82-ANTI-SURGE-COMPRESSOR-?page=6
A slightly larger option with better AR and ind/exd ratio is:
www.speedyracer.com/GT45-HUGE-GT45-Turbo-Turbocharger-600-HP-Boost-Universal-T4-T66-3-5-V-Band-1-05-?search=GT45
I have a lead on a free truck turbocharger that may not be in good enough condition to run as a gas producing turbine, however I am planning to use as the free wheel turbine. I would like to keep the gas producer turbo to the smallest viable size in order to improve the pairing. I am open to any suggestions.
Finally, I would love to run two turbos into a shared combustion chamber. I like the symmetry of the design and the fact that it seems relatively uncommon. It does complicate things, but its one of those things that just seems like a great bad idea. Would this essentially make the the freewheel turbine nonviable (necessitating a monstrous turbine to extract significant power)?
Thanks, looking forward to sharing the progress on this with you in the following months.