Who was the first to build turbodiesel?

[1sand0s]

What was the first company to offer an industrial turbodiesel?



I dont know.



I dont mean the inventor, prototype... etc.



What was the first diesel for trucks/equipment to be offered with a t-charger on it? Like, used on the roads/construction sites?



Anyone got a picture of it?

 

[illflem]

The world's first production turbocharged diesel was introduced by Volvo in 1954 in the L395 Titan Turbo used in 2. 5 ton trucks. The first turbo-diesel used in passenger cars was by Mercedes in 1978.

The first production gasser turbos were in the Chevrolet Corvair and the Oldsmobile Jetfire in 1962 but were gone in one year do to many failures.

Turbo's were invented in the late 1800's but didn't see widespread use until the oil crisis of 1973.



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Sorry, the only picture I could find isn't very good

 

[RustyJC]

Originally posted by illflem

The world's first production turbocharged diesel was introduced by Volvo in 1954 in the L395 Titan Turbo used in 2. 5 ton trucks.

I'm assuming this claim doesn't apply to stationary industrial diesel engines.



Rusty

 

[1sand0s]

I would love to see some photos of ancient T/D's if you have them.



Some of this stuff would make a neat museum. I bet there are motors sitting in a barn somewhere that would be good museum pieces.





Who's got the space?

 

[CATCRACKER]

I know you did not ask but GE invented the turbo. year? 1930's i think?

 

[RustyJC]

Pardon the source, but THIS is a fairly decent synopsis of Buchi's early work and early turbo history. As an interesting (well, to me, at least) aside, one of Cooper-Bessemer's engineers (John Fullemann) apprenticed under Buchi in Switzerland and was Cooper's first turbocharger and centrifugal compressor designer. I was fortunate enough to work with Mr. Fullemann during the early days of my career - he was well into his 80's and still working for Cooper-Bessemer as a consultant.



Rusty

 

[GWDiesel]

Early , 1900 super charging

Can any one tell me who the Enginer was that was experimenting

with(I heard) 90 In. of boost in the early 1900's,with a Diesel

motor? Italian fellow maybe? GWD

 

[TPyle]

Caterpillar produced the first production turbocharged truck engine in 1955. It introduced aftercooling in 1958 (not on truck engines).

 

[RustyJC]

Aftercooling has been used in large industrial diesel engines long before 1958. Ref Cooper-Bessemer EN, ENB, JS, JSB, LS, LSV and others - and Cooper was not the first.



Rusty