In a recent automobile conference, Honeywell\u00a0CTO\u00a0Craig Balis talked about the future of electric turbochargers. He\u00a0said the many superiorities\u00a0of the electric turbos will contribute itself to go forward\u00a0to the mass market as soon as in the next four years.<\/p>\n
An electric turbocharger is similar to a conventional one in the sense that it uses waste\u00a0gas to spin and pump more air into the engine, but that\u2019s about where the similarities end. An electric turbo with an electric motor that does two things; it assists in spooling up the turbo to eliminate turbo lag and it generates electricity which goes back into the vehicle network. That takes some of the work off of the alternator meaning the engine doesn\u2019t have to work as hard to crank the alternator which saves fuel.<\/p>\n
Bais said one of the main reasons why people are starting to choosing\u00a0electric turbos is fewer technical challenges. An electric turbo would actually have fewer parts than a conventional one \u201cbecause you should\u00a0not add more\u00a0extra package to the engine,\u201d according to Bais. He also says they\u2019re subject to less heat because \u201ca typical turbocharger will run at between 200,000 and 300,000 rpm, while an electric turbocharger can run at 100,000 rpm.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for market adoption, Bais thinks that the percentage of engines globally\u00a0manufactured\u00a0which\u00a0are turbocharged will grow from 40% to 60%. By the time of 2030. Since turbos are growing fast and will soon become the majority\u00a0in the global auto market, he believes that there\u2019s still some room to experiment with electric turbos which Honeywell hopes to\u00a0become the new standard\u00a0for the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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