Intercooler sprayer

[crankin]

For the record, I engineer fogging systems (among other things) for turbine generators for evaporative cooling. Even distribution and the highest atomization is key.

I am working on it.

 

[Sourskittle]

Actually.... What I had in mind was....

#1 a line from the compressor outlet to a pressure sealable tank.
#2 a check valve with a 20psi cracking pressure.
#3 a line to run to the intercooler with a 12v solenoid inline.
#4 a wot switch hooked to the solenoid.
#5 3 foggers meant to work on 20psi or so of pressure ( basically anything thing meant for household water hose pressure ).

This would avoid pumps. A small amount of PRESSURE would be stolen from the turbo ( but extremely little volume), the solenoid and check valve would keep the system primed even when off boost, when the solenoid opens and your pressure starts to drop, your 20psi turbo would be right there to keep the pressure up. When the turbo pressure drops below 20-15psi, the check valve would lock/close that side while the solenoid closed the other side.

That was just an idea

 

[Sourskittle]

This was part of a package you bought from dodge on the srt4. Came with a boost dial ( 0-1-2-3 ), a high octane mode for 100oct fuel ( it added 6-8 degrees of timing advance instantly ). And the intercooler sprayer. It had "off". Over-ride manual spray, and/or auto with sprayed instantly when charge temps made a leap upward.

This is what the sprayers looked like that went on the intercooler.

Man.... I do miss having a manufacture that WANTS me to go fast, instead of one that impedes me from going fast in almost everyway they can ( at least ford does leave the ecu open ).

 

[crankin]

wow! oe offered that?

 

[the duke]

Actually.... What I had in mind was....

#1 a line from the compressor outlet to a pressure sealable tank.
#2 a check valve with a 20psi cracking pressure.
#3 a line to run to the intercooler with a 12v solenoid inline.
#4 a wot switch hooked to the solenoid.
#5 3 foggers meant to work on 20psi or so of pressure ( basically anything thing meant for household water hose pressure ).

This would avoid pumps. A small amount of PRESSURE would be stolen from the turbo ( but extremely little volume), the solenoid and check valve would keep the system primed even when off boost, when the solenoid opens and your pressure starts to drop, your 20psi turbo would be right there to keep the pressure up. When the turbo pressure drops below 20-15psi, the check valve would lock/close that side while the solenoid closed the other side.

That was just an idea

In the evaporative cooling industry, two methods are used. Air assist and pressure atomization. Air assist uses air injection from some bypass air if the turbine to act as a carrier fluid of the system, which the water is sprayed into while at the nozzle tip. The other method is pure pressure atomization where nozzle geometry creates partical dispersal and coning if the spray. Pressure atomization is a much better system, and no power loss (no bypass, separate system, no hot air from turbine bypass). It generally gas better atomization, however is more expensive.

I'd prefer a separate system with a pump and some high atomization nozzles across the IC (do tests to see saturarion!/temperature gradiants across the face at different speeds and nozzles at different distances from the IC).