Turbocharged two-cycle engine with positive blower and internally mounted aftercooler

Claim 1

A two-cycle diesel engine including a cylinder block, a plurality of cylinders in said block arranged in two angularly disposed banks, said cylinders having air inlet ports intermediate the ends thereof, said block defining an air chamber adjacent said inlet ports and extending around said cylinders and between said banks above a bottom wall, and a coolant chamber extending around said cylinders and beneath said air chamber bottom wall between said cylinders, cylinder heads mounted one on each of said banks and closing the ends of said cylinders, said heads having valve controlled exhaust ports connecting with each of said cylinders, a crankshaft carried for rotation in said cylinder block, pistons reciprocably disposed in said cylinders and connected with said crankshaft for delivery of power thereto, a positive displacement blower mounted on said block between said heads and connected with said crankshaft for rotation therewith, said blower having an outlet connected to deliver air directly to said block defined air chamber and operative to supply air thereto upon rotation of said crankshaft, a turbocharger including a turbine connected with said exhaust ports and a dynamic compressor driven by said turbine and connected to supply pressurized air to said positive displacement blower, and the improvement comprising an aftercooler mounted in said block beneath said blower at its outlet and within said air chamber to receive air from said blower, said aftercooler being connected with said coolant chamber to receive engine coolant therefrom to cool the air passing from said blower to said air chamber, said after-cooler including a plurality of airflow passages and a plurality of coolant passages arranged in heat exchange relation with said air passages, said airflow passages having a total cross-sectional area not greater than that of said blower outlet so as to provide a high airflow velocity in said air passages to obtain efficient heat transfer and avoid plugging, said air passages being directed toward said bottom wall and terminating thereabove such that the outlet air is directed against said bottom wall for further cooling and then outwardly toward said cylinders, the space between said bottom wall and the ends of said aftercooler passages being small enough to maintain an airflow velocity in said space adequate to prevent pressure pulsations at the cylinder ports from causing flow reversals in the portion of the air chamber under the cooler, thereby avoiding backflow of carbon and other foreign matter from the cylinders to the aftercooler.