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Charge Air System

The document describes the key components of a charge air system for an engine, including: 1. Charge air filters that clean the air entering the system. 2. Turbochargers that compress the filtered air before it enters the engine. 3. Charge air coolers that cool the compressed air before it reaches the engine. The purpose of the charge air system is to provide the engine with clean, dry air of sufficient quantity and quality for combustion.

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Charge Air System

The document describes the key components of a charge air system for an engine, including: 1. Charge air filters that clean the air entering the system. 2. Turbochargers that compress the filtered air before it enters the engine. 3. Charge air coolers that cool the compressed air before it reaches the engine. The purpose of the charge air system is to provide the engine with clean, dry air of sufficient quantity and quality for combustion.

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Charge Air System

© Wärtsilä
System Overview

Figure 1 Schematic view of the charge air and exhaust system


The following units and components are identified in the illustration above:
1.Charge air filters
2.Charge air silencers
3.Turbochargers
4.Charge air coolers
5.Exhaust gas ventilation
6.Exhaust gas silencer

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Function of Charge Air System

 The main function of the charge air system is to provide the engine with
clean and dry combustion air of sufficient quantity and quality.
 The combustion air (charge air) to the engine is drawn from outside the
building (open air).
 The air is drawn through the air intake filtration unit via a pipe system
provided with a charge air silencer into the turbochargers installed to the
engine. The compressed charge air is cooled in the charge air coolers
before it enters the engine’s charge air receiver.

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Why air filter before engine?

 Air filter before being is there to reduce


 Turbo Charger Compressor wear
 Charge air cooler pressure drop increase
 Cylinder liner wear

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External Charge Air system

 The main function of the external


charge air system is to provide the
Air Intake Air Intake
engine with: Silencer Filter

 Clean and Dry air


 Keep the noise level below the
specified values

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Charge air system bellows and ducts

Bellows

Ducts

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Charge Air Filter General

 The geographical position, weather


conditions, seasonal conditions,
neighbourhood and maintenance
has influence on the design of the filter
system. The charge air filter shall be
chosen and sized according to the
most extreme situations existing at
the site.

 The highest permitted dust


concentration in the charge air is
3 mg/m3 and the filter should be able
to separate 70% of particles above
5mm. The dust concentration and
the particle size must always be
below these limits at turbo charger
inlet.

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Charge air filters

 Common filter types: Oil wetted filter

 Dry bag
 Oil wetted
 Jet pulse
 or combinations of above
Dry filter

Automatic
self cleaning
filter

x 4-16 “Jet pulse”


/ housing

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Dry Filter

 The dry filter consists of a 1-stage dry


bag filter with a vertical weather louvre.
Single filter unit for one engine consists of
number of small pocket filters fixes into
one box unit, so that they can be
renewed individually.

Filtration-class G4

Media Synthetic

Efficiency 25-30 %

Rated face velocity 3.2 m/s

Initial resistance 65 Pa

Maximum allowable resistance 300 Pa

Maximum allowable flow 3400m3/h per element

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Oil Wetted Filter

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Oil Wetted filter - Operation principle

 The MultiDuty is a viscous metallic air filter


automatically driven with self cleaning panels.

ROTATION
 The dust is removed from the air passing 2
times through the panels impregnated with a
special gel : the VISCOSINE.

 In the air section, the panels are overlapping AIR FLOW


one another like a tile roofing so as to form an
endless dense curtain.

ROTATION
 The curtain moves a few times per hour and
accomplishes a complete revolution in 24
hours.
 The panels are separated and hang widely
spaced for ease of cleaning as they pass
through the viscosine bath at the filter bottom.

 The dusts removed from panels by the


viscosine are falling by gravity and the sludge
can be removed periodically from the filter
 bottom with the sludge scraper.
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Charge air silencer

 The charge air sound pressure


level after turbo charger is
typically approx. 120dB(A)

 Power Master standard charge


air silencer gives approx. 35
dB(A) attenuation, which is
enough in most cases.

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