Superchargers can reduce air pollution?

Question

Can superchargers help reduce air pollution? How...?

Is it better than turbochargers? why?

Please answer this...I need it badly.... Thanks!!

Answer 1

Some of the pollution comes from an engine running at high speeds with too little compression.

When we fill the combustion chamber with enough fuel-air mixture to produce the exactly right pressure for optimum combustion, we can get cleaner combustion.

What typically happens, however, is that the charger puts just a bit more fuel air mixture into the chamber. It still burns efficiently, but now we are producing an increased nitrogen oxides output, which is not always entirely canceled out by our catalytic converter.

Adding that bit too much fuel-air mixture adds a lot to peak power if it does not produce ping (detonation prior to top dead centre). But the increase in nitrogen oxides is the main concern.

It is likely possible to calibrate and manage chargers to avoid this problem. But the temptation to use that extra boost of power?

Answer 2

Well superchargers as well as turbo's can allow us you to use a smaller engine for a given vehicle.

Answer 3

Well... since both cause your car to use more gasoline to make unnecesary but fun horsepower, Neither.

But I would say the supercharger is more efficient because the turbo can usually be set to much higher psi, therefore using more air/fuel mix.

And the word "cleaner combustion" only refers to the amount of carbon deposited by the combustion process.  The amount of co2 that your car gives off rises proportionally with the amount of gasoline your car uses.  Cleaner combustion still releases the same amount of co2.