{"id":453575,"date":"2022-09-29T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spinny.com\/blog\/?p=453575"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:44:45","slug":"turbocharger-vs-supercharger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spinny.com\/blog\/turbocharger-vs-supercharger\/","title":{"rendered":"Turbocharger vs Supercharger- Which one is Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everyone likes owning a car that produces more power and better mileage, and when this comes with a feeling of helping the environment, it just puts the cherry on the cake. These perks are achieved with the help of turbochargers and superchargers. While turbochargers are increasingly gaining popularity in India, superchargers are not that much heard of. The basic purpose of turbochargers and superchargers is to supply more oxygen in the cylinder to burn fuel more efficiently and generate more power, however, they differ from each other in terms of their mechanical functioning. What distinguishes them and how much, let\u2019s learn.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is a Turbocharger?<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Turbocharger\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A turbocharger has two components: a turbine and a compressor. The exhaust gases flow out of the combustion chamber and hit the turbine with substantial pressure and rotates it. The turbine being connected to the compressor, rotates it simultaneously. The compressor draws in fresh air which gets compressed due to the rapid rotation of the compressor. The compressed air is then supplied to the intake of the combustion chamber through a pipe.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Functioning of a turbocharger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Usually, an intercooler is installed between the compressor and the intake of the combustion chamber to decrease the temperature of the compressed air. The suction of compressed air serves more air or more oxygen to burn fuel in the combustion chamber. Turbochargers use the flow of the exhaust gases to compress fresh air that gets supplied in the combustion chamber.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

What is a Supercharger?<\/h2>\n\n\n

Instead of using the flow of exhaust gases, a supercharger uses the rotation of the crankshaft to compress the air that gets supplied to the intake of the combustion chamber. <\/span>A gear connected to the crankshaft supplies rotation to the supercharger through a pulley, and the supercharger uses the rotational motion to squeeze air in compact space with the help of rotors, screws, or impeller. The main job is to draw air in, compress it, and supply it to the combustion chamber.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Types of Superchargers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In <\/span>Roots supercharger<\/b>, two solid rotors mesh into each other much like the arrangement of gears. One of the rotors is supplied by rotational motion through the pulley, and both rotors rotate rapidly in synergy to suck air from the filling side. The air gets trapped between the lobes of rotors, gets compressed, and then discharges through the discharge side. The Roots superchargers are the oldest ones and were introduced with Mercedes Kompressor cars in 1923.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n[x_video_embed type=”16:9″]