SEMINAR FOR TURBOENGINES OPENED IN ACCRA ( BUSINESS PAGE)

29/9/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
Mechanical Lloyd Company Limited, distributors of BMW and Ford vehicles today organised a day seminar on Turbocharged engines to its customers.
The aim of the seminar is to explain the construction, functioning, benefits and care of the turbocharged engines to erase the misconception being held by many that they are not good for the environment.
The Service Manager of the company, Mr Towy Carinus said many people held the perception that turbocharged engines started operating between 10 and 15 years ago but its history spans more than 100 years.
Explaining how the Turbocharger works, he said it is a simple but high precision machine that increase engine power output, improved fuel consumption, improved emissions, altitude compensation and lower operating costs among others.
He said the waste exhausts gas instead of being lost is used to spin turbine wheel that spins a compressor wheel enabling more air to be forced into the engine.
He said the advantage of compressing the air is that it lets the engine squeeze more air into a cylinder which means more power can be addedand one can get more power from each explosion in each cylinder.
Mr Carinus said a turbocharger also helps at high altitudes where the air is less dense, normal engines will experience reduced power at high altitudes and though a turbocharged engine may also have slightly reduced power but the reduction will be far less dramatic because the thinner air is easier for the turbocharger to pump and the exhaust back pressure is also reduced.


PICTURE Shows Mr Towy Carinus, Service Manager of Mechanical Lloyd Company Limited explaining how the Turbocharger works to some of its clients at the seminar.Seminar