Technical Paper
Experimental Study of New Lysholm Supercharger with a Simple Unloading System
1996-02-01
960952
Recently environmental problems have been taken up more and more widely in the world. In the automobile industry as well, severe control of fuel consumption and exhaust gas have spread globally after first imposed in the United States. Meanwhile, users' demand for driveability is still strong and compatibility of high power with low fuel consumption and clean exhaust gas is required at a high level. As one of the suitable solutions, the mechanically supercharged engine has got a highlight in the market because unlike turbocharged one it has the advantages of emission at start and response(1). Under these circumstances, automobiles equipped with a Miller cycle gasoline engine were put on sale by Mazda Motor Corporation for the first time in the world in 1993 as mass-produced automobiles(2). Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Company, Ltd.
