What is a biturbo?
While motorsport fans in particular know what a turbo charger is, the meaning of the term biturbo is completely unclear to many automobile fans. A few basic explanations can quickly shed light on this.
What actually is a turbo charger?
Because the term biturbo is basically nothing more than the combined use of two turbochargers in one referred to as a single vehicle, you should first consider what exactly one actually is Turboloader is.
- Turbochargers are made up of a turbine and a compressor. They are generally installed in vehicles in order to increase the engine's performance in a technical way.
- This is done through a sophisticated function: When exhaust gases are released while the engine is running, what is known as residual pressure is created. This residual pressure is absorbed by the turbo and converted into additional energy.
- The increase in performance does not only result from an optimized degree of efficiency, but also from above mainly from the fact that in this way more oxygen gets into the cylinder and thus more fuel is burned can.
This is how a biturbo works
- The name Biturbo comes from the Latin prefix bi-, which means nothing other than "two". In English, the component is also referred to as a twin turbo.
- Basically, the definition of this construction can be deduced from the meaning of the name. Instead of a large one, two small turbochargers are used in parallel.
- The advantage of this design is a further improvement in efficiency. This is due, among other things, to the fact that the two smaller turboloaders have a lower moment of inertia than a large turbo.
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Examples of vehicles in which a biturbo is installed as standard are, for example, the BMW Alpina B6 or the Maybach Exelero. By the way, there are also vehicles like the Bugatti EB110, which even have a quadruple turbo installed to get even more power out of the engine to tickle out.
