Testing Supercharged Engines: A Description of the Apparatus and Discussion of the Theory of a Method Found Satisfactory in Practice

Abstract

SUPERCHARGED aero engines are more or less a post‐war invasion into the practical side of aero‐engine design. The problem of power boosting for internal combustion engines, especially aero engines, has for several years engaged the attention of engine designers, with the result that to‐day quite a number of engines are produced with superchargers as an integral part of the standard equipment. Various types of superchargers have been tried, such as the reciprocating pump, Roots Blower, exhaust‐driven turbo compressor, and the gear‐driven centrifugal form of blower. The last‐named is the type most commonly used in this country at the present time.

Citation

Pettitt‐Herriot, J. (1930), "Testing Supercharged Engines: A Description of the Apparatus and Discussion of the Theory of a Method Found Satisfactory in Practice", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 2 No. 12, pp. 300-304. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb029346