Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge air cooler condensation management device
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Application No.: US15486635Application Date: 2017-04-13
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Publication No.: US10408119B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: John W. Myers
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Main IPC: F02B29/04
- IPC: F02B29/04 ; F02M35/10

Abstract:
A condensation management device includes: a first chamber that receives liquid from an outlet of a charge air cooler (CAC) and that includes an aperture through a bottom-most wall of the first chamber; a second chamber that receives liquid from the first chamber when the aperture is open and that outputs liquid received from the first chamber to an intake system of an engine at a location between the CAC and a throttle valve; and a valve configured to open the aperture when at least one of: (i) a mass of the liquid within the first chamber is less than a predetermined mass; and (ii) a first pressure within the first chamber is greater than or equal to a second pressure within the second chamber. The valve is configured to block the aperture when (i) and (ii) are not satisfied.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180298809A1 Charge Air Cooler Condensation Management Device Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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