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Engine system control device

An object of the present invention is to provide an engine system control device capable of stabilizing a combustion state, while improving fuel economy by performing intake air heating. According to the present invention, there is provided an engine system control device which controls an engine system including an engine configured to combust air-fuel mixture, an intake air path configured to take air to the engine, and an intake air heating mechanism configured to heat the intake air, wherein a heating amount of the intake air is controlled depending on a combustion speed of the air-fuel mixture.

Engine system control device

An object of the present invention is to provide an engine system control device capable of stabilizing a combustion state, while improving fuel economy by performing intake air heating. According to the present invention, there is provided an engine system control device which controls an engine system including an engine configured to combust air-fuel mixture, an intake air path configured to take air to the engine, and an intake air heating mechanism configured to heat the intake air, wherein a heating amount of the intake air is controlled depending on a combustion speed of the air-fuel mixture.

Systems and methods for expanding flow in a waste heat recovery system
10900383 · 2021-01-26 · ·

A waste heat recovery system includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and an expander. The first heat exchanger receives working fluid from a first portion of a first loop and provides the working fluid to a second portion of the first loop. The second heat exchanger receives the working fluid from a first portion of a second loop and provides the working fluid to a second portion of the second loop. The expander provides the working fluid to a first portion of a common line. The expander includes a stator. The stator includes a first inlet and a second inlet. The common line provides the working fluid to both the first loop and the second loop upstream of the first portion of the first loop and upstream of the first portion of the second loop.

GAS HEAT PUMP SYSTEM
20200393174 · 2020-12-17 ·

The present invention relates to a gas heatpump system. The gas heat pump system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: an air conditioning module comprising a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion apparatus, an indoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant line; and an engine module comprising an engine for combusting a mixture of fuel and air, thereby providing power for driving the compressor. The engine module comprises: a mixer for mixing and discharging the air and fuel; a supercharging means for receiving the mixture discharged from the mixer, compressing same, and then discharging same; an intercooler for receiving the mixture compressed in the supercharging means, cooling same by a heat exchange method, increasing the density thereof, and then discharging same; an adjustment means for receiving the mixture discharged from the intercooler, adjusting the quantity thereof, and then supplying same to the engine; and an exhaust gas heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a coolant and exhaust gas discharged from the engine.

Converter V-band clamp anti-rotation and assembly aid

An anti-rotation and assembly aid clamp for use in coupling a turbocharger and a catalytic converter. The clamp can include a ring body configured to circumferentially clamp the outlet flange to the inlet flange, a torque application device configured to apply a force about the ring body, and an anti-rotation assembly device configured to be engageable with a first coupling post extending from the turbocharger and a second coupling post extending from the convert to exert a clamping force urging the outlet flange toward the inlet flange.

Converter V-band clamp anti-rotation and assembly aid

An anti-rotation and assembly aid clamp for use in coupling a turbocharger and a catalytic converter. The clamp can include a ring body configured to circumferentially clamp the outlet flange to the inlet flange, a torque application device configured to apply a force about the ring body, and an anti-rotation assembly device configured to be engageable with a first coupling post extending from the turbocharger and a second coupling post extending from the convert to exert a clamping force urging the outlet flange toward the inlet flange.

MOTOR VEHICLE HEATING SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE
20200331318 · 2020-10-22 ·

A motor vehicle heating system includes an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system, a coolant circuit, and a heat storage system that is connected to the exhaust system via at least one heat storage device. The heat storage system is adapted to be coupled to the coolant circuit such that heat can be transferred between the heat storage system and the coolant circuit. The heat storage system includes a thermochemical storage material. Furthermore, a motor vehicle having such a heating system is provided.

DRIVE UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A COMBINED ARRANGEMENT OF A CYCLIC PROCESS DEVICE AND A THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR

A drive unit for a motor vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, which has a combustion engine and an exhaust gas line, via which exhaust gas can be removed from the combustion engine. A cyclic process device is provided for converting the thermal energy of the exhaust gas into mechanical work in a thermodynamic cyclic process, wherein a working medium with respect to its direction of flow flows through a first heat exchange device, in which a heat transfer from the exhaust gas to the working medium takes place, then flows through an expansion device, in which an expansion of the working medium and thereby the generation of the mechanical work take place, and then flows through a second heat exchange device, in which a heat transfer from the working medium to a cooling medium takes place.

Engine System Control Device

An object of the present invention is to provide an engine system control device capable of stabilizing a combustion state, while improving fuel economy by performing intake air heating. According to the present invention, there is provided an engine system control device which controls an engine system including an engine configured to combust air-fuel mixture, an intake air path configured to take air to the engine, and an intake air heating mechanism configured to heat the intake air, wherein a heating amount of the intake air is controlled depending on a combustion speed of the air-fuel mixture.

Engine System Control Device

An object of the present invention is to provide an engine system control device capable of stabilizing a combustion state, while improving fuel economy by performing intake air heating. According to the present invention, there is provided an engine system control device which controls an engine system including an engine configured to combust air-fuel mixture, an intake air path configured to take air to the engine, and an intake air heating mechanism configured to heat the intake air, wherein a heating amount of the intake air is controlled depending on a combustion speed of the air-fuel mixture.