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System for using the waste heat of an internal combustion engine

US10066512B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Geskes · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Klaus Irmler · Lörrach, DE
Eberhard Pantow · Stuttgart, DE
Michael Schmidt · Highland, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2011
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The application relates to a system for using the waste heat of an internal combustion engine through the Clausius-Rankine cycle. Such system prevents operating medium from the Clausius-Rankine cycle from leaking into combustion air or exhaust air. The system has a first flow channel formed by at least one first limiting component and a second flow channel formed by at least one second limiting component. The system has a fluid-conducting connection to the surroundings or to a receiving chamber from the first limiting component and preferably from the second limiting component, so that in the event of a leak the operating medium is conducted into the surroundings or into the receiving chamber.

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