Method and apparatus for rejecting waste heat from a system including a combustion engine
US6105370A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02C7/32
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for rejecting waste heat (12) from a system (10) including a combustion engine (14), an oxidizer supply (16), and a fuel supply (18). The method includes the steps of providing a fuel flow (32) from the fuel supply (18), providing an oxidizer flow (30) from the oxidizer supply (16), splitting one of the fuel flow and the oxidizer flow into cooling flow (34) and a combustion flow (36), rejecting system waste heat (12) to the cooling flow (34), combusting the combustion flow (36) with the other of the fuel flow (32) and the oxidizer flow (30) to supply combustion gas for the combustion engine (14), and directing the cooling flow (34) into the combustion gas to reduce the temperature of the combustion gas.
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