POLY-PHASE HYDRO-KINEAMTIC

TORQUE CONVERTOR
 OBJECT :-
TO EXTEND THE HIGH EFFICENCY SPEED RANGE OF THE SIMPLE
3-ELEMENT CONVERTOR
BY ALTERNATING THE VANE (OR)BLADE SHAPES OF ONE
ELEMENT

HOW THE HIGH η SPEED RANGE IS EXTENDED?

 NORMALLY THE STATOR IS CHOOSEN AS THE FLUID
ENTRANCE DIRECTION CHANGES WITH INCREASED TURBINE
SPEED

TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE STATOR IS DIVIDED INTO A NO OF

SEPARATE PARTS (IN THIS CASE 3)

EACH ONE BEING MOUNTED ON ITS OWN FREE-WHEEL

DEVICE, INTO ITS HUB
THE TURBINE EXIT Vt

& } PRODUCE AN EFFECTIVE RESULTANT VELOCITY Vr

LINEAR VELOCITY VL

Vr CHANGES ITS DIRECTION OF ENTRY BETWEEN STATOR

BLADES AS THE IMPELLER AND TURBINE RELATIVE SPEEDS
APPROACH UNITY
POLYPHASE TORQUE CONVERTER
INTIAL PHASE:

UNDER STALL SPEED CONDITIONS,THE FLUID FLOW

FROM THE TURBINE, TO THE STATOR
 SUCH AS TO BE DIRECTED ONTO THE
CONCAVE(REAR) SIDE OF ALL 3 SECTIONS OF THE
DIVIDED STATOR BLADES
THUS PRODUCING OPTIMUM STATOR REACTION
FOR MAXIMUM TORQUE MULTIPLICATION
CONDITIONS
SECOND PHASE :

 AS THE TURBINE BEGINS TO ROTATE AND THE VEHCLE IS

PROPELLED FORWARD
THE FLUID CHANGES ITS RESULTANT DIRECTION OF ENTRY TO THE
STATOR BLADES.
SO THAT IT IMPINGES AGAINST THE REAR CONVEX SIDE OF THE
FIRST STATOR BLADES S1
 THE REACTION OF THIS MEMBER IS NOW REVERSED SO THAT IT IS
RELEASED
 ABLE TO SPIN IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE INPUT AND OUTPUT
ELEMENTS
 THE TWO REMAING FIXED STATORS NOW FORM THE OPTIMUM
BLADE CURVATURES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY
THIRD PHASE :

WITH HIGHER VEHIICLE & TURBINE SPEEDS

THE FLUID’S RESULTANT DIRECTION OF ENTRY TO

THE 2 REMAIING HELD STATORS
 CHANGES SUFFICIENTLY TO PUSH FROM THE
REAR OF THE SECOND SET OF STATOR BLADES S2
 THIS SECTION WILL NOW BE RELEASED
AUTOMATICALY
TO ENABLE THE 3RD SET OF STATOR BLADES TO
OPERATE WITH OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY
COUPLING PHASE :

 TOWARDS UNITY SPEED RATIO, WHEN THE TURBINE

SPEED HAS ALMOST CAUGHT UP WITH THE IMPELLER
 THE FLUID ENTERING THE 3RD STATOR BLADES S3, WILL
HAVE ALTERED ITS DIRECTION TO SUCH AN EXTENT
THAT IT RELEASES THIS LAST FIXED SET OF BLADES
 SINCE THERE IS NO MORE REACTION TORQUE
 CONVERSION CEASES & THE INPUT AND OUT PUT
ELEMENTS ACT SOLELY AS A FLUID COUPLING