Deere & Company
Surge wear predictor for a turbocharger

Abstract:

A turbocharged device including a turbocharger, a first sensor in operable communication with the turbocharger and configured to output a first signal representative of a first attribute of the turbocharger, and a controller in operable communication with the first sensor. Where the controller is configured to calculate a first preliminary surge score based at least in part on the first signal, and calculate a first weighted surge score based at least in part on the first preliminary surge score and a first weighting factor configured to express the relative significance of the first preliminary surge score.