Claims
- 1. In combination:
- a turbocharged diesel engine assembly including a diesel engine, a turbocharger, an engine gas flow line from said diesel engine for routing engine gas out of said diesel engine, and a fresh charge air flow line from said turbocharger to said diesel engine so as to deliver fresh charge air from said turbocharger to said diesel engine;
- a venturi conduit placed in said fresh charge air flow line between said turbocharger and said engine, said venturi conduit having a throat area and defining a flow path therethrough for said fresh charge air; and
- a control valve attached to said throat area and having a passageway therethrough and being disposed in flow communication with the flow path through said venturi conduit, said passageway intersecting said flow path at a location which coincides with said throat area, said passageway being connected in flow communication with said engine gas flow line whereby engine gas exiting from said diesel engine and flowing through said engine gas flow line is able to be blended with fresh charge air due to a low static pressure created by said venturi, the introduction of engine gas into said venturi conduit being controlled by said control valve.
- 2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said turbocharged diesel engine assembly includes an aftercooler in said fresh charge air flow line.
- 3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said venturi is placed downstream of said aftercooler between said aftercooler and said engine.
- 4. The combination of claim 2 wherein said venturi is placed upstream of said aftercooler between said aftercooler and said turbocharger.
- 5. The combination of claim 4 wherein said turbocharged diesel engine assembly includes a filter in said engine gas flow line upstream of said venturi.
- 6. The combination of claim 1 wherein said control valve is set at an acute angle relative to said venturi conduit such that in operation with a flow of engine gas through said passageway and a flow of fresh charge air through said venturi conduit, the engine gas enters the flow of fresh charge air at an acute angle.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/404,059, filed Mar. 14, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part patent application of parent application Ser. No. 08/152,453, filed Nov. 12, 1993, now abandoned.
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