SuperCharger and intercoolers. 2

[chastain]

Hello, all;

I am new to the forum, which I found while searching for an answer to a minor question. I am hoping that someone here could help with the question. Is there any advantage to the use of an Intercooler with a Centrifugal type Super Charger? I would think that any gains you may get from the cooler air (assuming it would be cooler), would be counter-acted by losses from the added pip-work. Any thoughts on this?

 

[GregLocock]

Check, the exponent is (gamma-1)/gamma, as I wrote.

Here's some more values for gamma for pure gases, you need to average these with air (1.4) appropriately.

O2 1.4
H2 1.41
CH4 1.31
C2H6 1.19
C3H8 1.15



Cheers

Greg Locock