Patent ID: 6817348
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: F01P,F02B,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
A device for humidifying the intake air of internal combustion engines, which are equipped with a turbo-charger, said device comprising a humidifying means (16) through which the intake air and the humidifying liquid flow and contact with one another and which is located upstream from the compressor (6) of the turbocharger in flow direction of the intake air, and a heat exchanger (15) serving for pre-heating the intake air and located upstream from the humidifying means (16) in flow direction of the intake air, said heat exchanger (15) being flown through by the atmospheric intake air and being located in a liquid circuit (21) by means of which the humidified intake air compressed by the compressor (6) and fed to the internal combustion engine (1) is cooled by means of a further heat exchanger (9).