Moʻolelo Hoʻomohala Supercharger

ʻO ka palapala patent mua loa no ka turbocharger mai ka makahiki 1905, i ka manawa a Kauka Alfred Buchi o Sulzer Brothers Research and Development Company i patent i ka turbocharger mua-he mana-axial supercharger. Eia naʻe, ma muli o ke kūlana o ka ʻoihana i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iā Dr. Buchi ke hana i ka turbocharger pono mua. I ka makahiki 1911, ua hoʻomaka ka Winterthur Supercharger Works ma Switzerland i ka hana ʻana, a i ka makahiki 1915, ua hana ʻia kahi prototype aircraft engine supercharger. ʻO kēia supercharger, i hoʻohana ʻia e ka ʻenekini, ua manaʻo nui ʻia e lanakila i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka ea lahilahi ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, ua kōkua kekahi supercharger i hana ʻia e General Electric (GE) e hoʻolele i ka mokulele i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 10,000 mika.