Cleaning of a charge-air cooler in a system with exhaust gas recirculation arrangement

Methods and systems are provided for cleaning a water-cooled charge-air cooler. In one example, a method may include condensing water present in the supplied charge-air and exhaust gas which may exist in gaseous and droplet form, and purging the condensate along with the exhaust gas. A system for ca...

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Hauptverfasser: Kuske, Andreas, Vigild, Christian Winge, Hemink, Wilbert, Roettger, Daniel
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and systems are provided for cleaning a water-cooled charge-air cooler. In one example, a method may include condensing water present in the supplied charge-air and exhaust gas which may exist in gaseous and droplet form, and purging the condensate along with the exhaust gas. A system for carrying out the above mentioned method is also provided.