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Originally Posted by Power Junkie
BTW electronic superchargers... are in a word crap.....
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I figured as much since they weren't very common, since they are inherently less efficient, 2 energy conversions vs 1, coupled with the fact that they can't provide very high flow or boost because of the batteries. The alternator would need to get upgraded if the system is used for any amount of time, and that adds back the parasitic loss that you just took away by using bateries. Also, even some of the biggest that alternators that I could find provide about half the juice needed to run the the supercharger for 2.0L ecotec's.
Taking all that into consideration, I have come to the conclusion that using an electric motor for constant forced induction simply won't work. Thats where the on/off switch comes in, as well as the boost controller. Something like this would only be used in street applications.
LSxcellent, I would love to do what you suggest, but they don't quite fit into what I need to do. This is for my engineering design thesis and I am taking the mechatronics option for mechanical engineering. Basically that means that I have to incorporate programing and electronics into some mechanical application. I may be able to do it, I will have to talk to faculty members to see if I am allowed
All in all, it looks like it may still be possible to do something with this but I only use it as a back-up idea. Thanks for all the input