Patent ID: 6318347
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
A remote-mounted cooling system being connected to an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine having an engine block, an air intake manifold, a turbocharger for providing inlet air to the air intake manifold, and a main radiator heat exchanger, a remote-mounted air-to-air aftercooler heat exchange system for providing cooled inlet air to the air intake manifold, said remote-mounted cooling system comprising:a filter for filtering ambient air;at least one aftercooler heat exchanger, separate from the main radiator heat exchanger and disposed upon the engine at a location remote from the main radiator heat exchanger, and having a first enclosed passageway defined therein which is fluidically connected to said filter for receiving said ambient air which has passed through said filter;a second enclosed passageway defined within said at least one aftercooler heat exchanger adjacent the first enclosed passageway and operative to receive turbocharged air from the turbocharger, conduct said turbocharged air through said at least one aftercooler heat exchanger such that said turbocharged air undergoes a heat exchange process with said ambient air, and conduct said turbocharged air to the engine intake manifold; anda fan for causing said ambient air to pass through said filter and said first passageway of said at least one remote aftercooler heat exchanger, and for causing said ambient air to be discharged to atmosphere.