Originally posted by Oeneus:takes another hit from this post... In the morning my wife likes to cuddle, and this morning, as I was lying in bed, wide awake, I was thinking, what if we could use Paul's idea to supplement a conventional turbocharger? Use it to "preload" the system until full boost is being provided by the regular turbo? Use a stored electrical charge to run the compressor, and when it is no longer needed, it shuts off, and recharges. It could be recharged by alternator, when the car breaks (like hybrids), or someother use of existing kinetic energy, or a combination of all of those. takes another hit from this post... I really need to get some professional help
better yet, rather than a seperate setup, why not directly couple the electric motor to the turbo charger to simply help it get up to operating speed faster?
In fact, there are companies doing just that right now. Though I can't say that I know of any in production. While in theory it is a great idea, in practical application there are a lot of things that hinder it. To steal a german proverb "The Devil is in the details."
