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Exhaust heat exchanger

US8925624B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 2011
Grant dateJan 6, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An exhaust heat exchanger includes a water tank accommodating tubes and having an outside space defined outside of the tubes, a gas tank having an exhaust passage and an outside space defined outside of the exhaust passage, a dividing portion to separate the outside space of the water tank from the exhaust passage of the gas tank, and a communication portion. The outside space of the gas tank and the outside space of the water tank communicate with each other through the communication portion.

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