Turbocharger for an internal combustion engine

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APP PUB NO 20090301085A1
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11919093

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A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine comprising: a turbine driven by exhaust gas from the engine; a compressor for supplying compressed air to the engine, the compressor including an impeller driven by the turbine; an arrangement upstream of the impeller suitable for directing air such that it is swirling in a rotational sense on reaching the impeller; and control means arranged to control said arrangement such that as the speed of the impeller approaches a predetermined maximum speed limit the arrangement directs air such that it is swirling in the opposite rotational sense to that in which the impeller is being driven by the turbine.

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NAPIER TURBOCHARGERS LIMITEDLINCOLN LINCOLNSHIRE LN5 7FD

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Heyes, Francis Lincoln , GB 7 47

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