Method for controlling the power consumption of a hydrodynamic cllutch by controlling the volumetric efficiency and a hydrodynamic clutch

摘要

A method for controlling the power consumption of a starting element ( 1 ) in the form of a hydrodynamic clutch ( 2 ). The clutch comprises an impeller ( 4 ) and a turbine wheel ( 5 ), which together form at least one toroidal working chamber ( 6 ) that can be filled with an operating medium, and is located in a drive train ( 3 ) with at least one other drive motor that can be coupled to the hydrodynamic clutch. The method is characterized in that the power consumption can be freely adjusted as a function of the volumetric efficiency of the hydrodynamic clutch and the method has the following characteristics: the supply or evacuation of the operating medium to or from the working chamber is influenced by the generation and introduction of a static superposition pressure in the closed rotating circuit; the operating medium is supplied or evacuated to or from the working chamber by the application of a superposition or influencing pressure to the operating medium level in the operating medium reservoir ( 40 ).