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Cooler having liquid separator for use with an internal combustion engine

US9404447B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Harald Rieger · Hamburg, DE
Hartmut Sauter · Renningen, DE
Hartmut Sohla · Beilstein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2014
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

A cooler for an internal combustion engine may include a cooler block including a gas path for communicating a gas flow along a gas flow direction and a coolant path for communicating a coolant flow. The gas path and the coolant path may be thermally coupled to each other and may be fluidly separated from each other. The cooler may include a liquid separator for separating a liquid from the gas flow. The liquid separator may be arranged on the cooler block at an outlet side of the gas path. The liquid separator may include a reservoir for the separated liquid and an evaporator for evaporating the separated liquid.

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