Patent ID: 7950229
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: F01N,F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An exhaust system of a 4-stroke 8-cylinder internal combustion engine having a V-design, a first cylinder bank including a first, a second, a third and a fourth cylinder arranged in series side-by-side, and a second cylinder bank situated opposite the first cylinder bank having a fifth, a sixth, a seventh and an eighth cylinder arranged in series side-by-side, wherein the internal combustion engine has an ignition sequence of a 90° crank angle from cylinder to cylinder, the exhaust system comprising: a first exhaust gas turbocharger for the internal combustion engine; a second exhaust gas turbocharger for the internal combustion engine; a first, a second, a third and a fourth exhaust line, each exhaust line extending from two of the cylinders to one of the exhaust gas turbochargers, wherein the first and second exhaust gas turbochargers are assigned two of the exhaust lines;