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Old 8th October 2004 | 08:36
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Groundloop
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There are three types of "xxxcharged" piston engines.

Supercharger used gear drive from the engine crackcase to turn a compressor to compress the intake air.

Turbocharger uses engine exhaust to turn a turbine which drives the compressor on the intake.

And there is the "turbocompound" which uses BOTH systems to compress the intake air. DC-7s and Super Constellations used turbocompound engines (which proved to be somewhat unreliable!)

Possibly the term in the paper "Turbo Supercharger" was referring to a turbo compound.
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