Patent ID: 6158398
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: F01P,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
A cooling system for an engine and an aftercooler associated with the engine comprising:at least a primary radiator having at least one primary radiator outlet and at least one primary radiator inlet;at least one jacket water (JW) pump disposed for pumping coolant from the primary radiate outlet to the engine;at least one upstream secondary radiator having at least one secondary radiator inlet in communication with the aftercooler, the secondary radiator also having at least one secondary radiator outlet communicating with the aftercooler;at least a first crossover establishing a pathway for fluid communication between the primary radiator outlet and the secondary radiator outlet;at least a second crossover establishing a pathway for fluid communication between the primary radiator inlet and an outlet of the aftercooler; andat least a downstream secondary radiator in fluid communication with the upstream secondary radiator via an interconnect, the first crossover establishing fluid communication between the interconnect and the primary radiator outlet.