New Hybrid Fuel Saving SuperTurboCharger
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VanDyne SuperTurbo, a member of the Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative’s incubator program, will design, develop and produce a hybrid superturbocharger that can deliver fuel savings of 25 percent in passenger vehicles and heavy-duty engines.
VanDyne SuperTurbo Inc. has just spun out of Fort Collins-based Woodward Governor, where the technology for the superturbocharger was developed during the past four years. The spinoff will bring the product to the high-volume automotive market, which does not fit in with Woodward’s core business lines of aerospace, and power generation and industrial controls. Woodward Governor will retain an equity position in the company.
The superturbocharger technology allows automotive companies to reduce the size of their engines while maintaining performance. Results have shown a 25 percent to 30 percent efficiency improvement for gasoline engines and a 7 percent to 10 percent improvement for diesel engines.
VanDyne SuperTurbo Inc. is effectively a new company determined to develop products that will help manufactures cut the fuel consumption and reduce the carbon emissions of their engines, no matter what fuel they are using. According to local reports, low-volume production is slated for late 2011.