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The injecton of cold water causes a
perature is a central value This situation can cause difficulties sudden temperature change in the mate-
from which an engine when the engine operator wishes to car- rials of the turbine-side components and
builder can derive infor- ry out wet cleaning of the turbocharger’s in most cases a noticeable rise in
mation about component material tem- turbine-side components. This is neces- exhaust gas temperature. Injecting water
peratures, the quality of combustion and sary to remove deposits left when the raises the density of the exhaust gases
the power output of the cylinder con- engine is burning fuels like marine diesel and at the same time extracts heat from
cerned, for the turbocharger manufacturer (MDO) or, especially, heavy fuel oils the exhaust gases, resulting in reduced
– and operator – it is the temperature (HFO). Such deposits completely change energy reaching the turbine. Both effects
directly ahead of the turbocharger that is the carefully designed aerodynamic and cause a decrease in turbocharger speed
a decisive value. thermodynamic behavior of the compo- and hence lower charge air pressure,
But why should there, essentially, be nents in the exhaust gas path, in particu- which in turn causes an increase in
a difference between these two tempera- lar at the nozzle ring, the turbine and tur- exhaust gas temperature. To maintain
tures? After all, only the engine’s usually bine housings. In the case of lower qual- the required engine output in certain
well insulated exhaust pipes lie between ity heavy fuels, these deposits can be applications, e. g. baseload diesel power
the exhaust valve ports of the cylinder very hard to remove, especially in con- plants, the loss of engine power is com-
head and the turbocharger’s turbine inlet junction with exhaust gas temperatures pensated by additional fuel injection.
– and the nearest cylinder is often only a of above 520 °C.
few centimeters from the turbocharger.
Well, there is a difference and this is
explained below. Suffice it to say at this
point that the difference is considerable 1.0
and the situation is counter-intuitive: Exhaust
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measurements on engines in the field Intake
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have shown that the exhaust gases 0.7
directly ahead of the turbocharger can 0.6
Valve lift