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Ventura, CA – Turbodyne Technologies, Inc. (TRBD.OB) announced today that it has filed a patent application for a new generation of electric motor-based air induction systems in a family with its patented Turbodyne TurboPac™ technology.
According to Albert
F. Case, Jr., president and CEO, “When new management took over the
company in 2005, our new engineering team took a fresh look at our
product designs and original design assumptions. The result is a
revolutionary, ‘smart controlled’ air-handling system that is smaller,
lighter, cheaper and far more efficient than the original designs. This
patent application is the result of our ongoing engineering program.”
The new Turbodyne TurboFlow™ product design family has a variety of
high pressure/high volume air induction needs for both internal
combustion engines and non-engine applications. A key element of the
improved design includes a controlled speed electric motor and
compressor with a motor controller that can respond to data from a
vehicle’s onboard control systems or act on its own.
According to Arnold W. Kwong , vice president of research and
manufacturing, “The real breakthrough is the ability to finely control
the behavior of the compressor. Mechanical turbo- and superchargers run
on mechanical factors like engine RPM, exhaust gas pressure and high
speed turbine designs. These are constraints on engine systems and
performance. The Turbodyne TurboFlow™ product family’s new design
doesn’t have mechanical turbo-lag, and a Turbodyne TurboFlow product
allows for tailoring optimized air injection based on engine needs and
driving profile air pressure needs. Unlike mechanical systems that
simply react to engine speed – including the variable pressure
mechanical turbochargers – The Turbodyne TurboFlow reacts to the
engine’s air needs on command of the control unit. Now, air charging
becomes a controlled engine system like fuel management, braking, or
drive train.”
Case added, “With mechanical systems, exhaust
back pressure or crankshaft power take off reduces the benefit of the
air compressor. The benefit of adding pressure to the intake manifold
is reduced by the losses in older mechanical systems. With our new
technology, there is zero mechanical loss, while air-flow is
optimized.”
New power management techniques and modules
reduce the demands on electrical systems that limited previous uses.
Applications for air on demand throughout a driving cycle are supported
by power controls and new modules that provide power when needed, and
can be restored as power is available, in a vehicle.
According to Kwong, “The Turbodyne TurboFlow product line can be
engineered to help, reduce, or eliminate the need for turbo- and
superchargers in internal combustion applications. The Turbodyne
TurboFlow products can eliminate turbo lag and supercharger engine
power draw. The new system can deliver air on demand – giving engine
designers controls they’ve never had.”
“According
to the World Watch Institute, over 45 million vehicles were produced
world wide in 2005, and an estimated 49 million in 2006, with over 800
million vehicles on the road around the globe, “ said Case “with the
rise in hybrid vehicle production, and a desire to get more power from
smaller, lighter and more fuel-efficient engine, we estimate the
addressable market for electronic supercharging to be 450,000 new units
and 800,000 retrofit units per year over the next three years. This
potential market increases by 50% when you factor in marine and HVAC
applications, which have potentially higher profit margins. We’re very
excited about the economic prospects for our new designs.
About Turbodyne Technologies, Inc.
Turbodyne Technologies, Inc. (TRBD.OB) is a California-based
engineering and design firm that specializes in high-volume air
management systems, including electrically powered supercharging
systems for gas or diesel internal combustion engines as well as hybrid
systems.
Their patented Turbodyne TurboPac design reduces
diesel pollution, eliminates turbo-lag in gas and diesel engines, and,
improves fuel economy engine downsizing for gas and diesel
applications.
The Turbodyne TurboFlow product line
provides computer-controlled, variable high pressure, high volume air
movement in a small, lightweight, low power package for a variety of
applications from small internal combustion engines to building
engineering and marine applications.
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