A hybrid vehicle including one or more in-wheel motors, a power electronics supplying power to the one or more in-wheel motors, and a Rankine cycle system is described. The Rankine cycle system includes a pump driving a working fluid through the Rankine cycle system, a heat exchanger receiving the working fluid from to the pump and connected to the power electronics to cool the power electronics, an evaporator heating the working fluid received from the heat exchanger utilizing heat from an exhaust gas from an engine, an expander receiving the working fluid from the evaporator, and a radiator cooling the working fluid received from the expander.

A hybrid vehicle including one or more in-wheel motors, a power electronics supplying power to the one or more in-wheel motors, and a Rankine cycle system is described. The Rankine cycle system includes a pump driving a working fluid through the Rankine cycle system, a heat exchanger receiving the working fluid from to the pump and connected to the power electronics to cool the power electronics, an evaporator heating the working fluid received from the heat exchanger utilizing heat from an exhaust gas from an engine, an expander receiving the working fluid from the evaporator, and a radiator cooling the working fluid received from the expander.

A method to start up and manage a combined cycle thermal plant for energy production comprising the execution according to a set sequence of a plurality of functional groups.

A method to start up and manage a combined cycle thermal plant for energy production comprising the execution according to a set sequence of a plurality of functional groups.

A number of variations may include a system which may include a waste heat recovery system which may have at least a first boiler operably coupled to a vehicle engine system to recover waste heat therefrom. The waste heat recovery system may additionally include a working fluid. The working fluid may provide energy directly to a crank shaft of the vehicle engine system or to an electrical generator or both which may be constructed and arranged to convert the energy from the working fluid into electrical energy and/or mechanical energy and at a controlled ratio as desired.

A number of variations may include a system which may include a waste heat recovery system which may have at least a first boiler operably coupled to a vehicle engine system to recover waste heat therefrom. The waste heat recovery system may additionally include a working fluid. The working fluid may provide energy directly to a crank shaft of the vehicle engine system or to an electrical generator or both which may be constructed and arranged to convert the energy from the working fluid into electrical energy and/or mechanical energy and at a controlled ratio as desired.

A control device includes a reception unit that receives a load schedule indicating a load in the future of a combined cycle plant, a steam temperature control unit that controls a temperature of steam flowing into a steam turbine, and a fuel control unit that controls a flow rate of fuel supplied to a gas turbine. The steam temperature control unit outputs a command indicating an amount of operation for decreasing the temperature of the steam to a steam temperature regulator prior to a load decrease time at which the load is to be decreased in the load schedule.

A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a waste heat recovery (WHR) system, a brake assembly and a phase-change thermal heat storage system. The WHR system selectively circulates a WHR fluid in the transmission system. The brake assembly selectively couples a transmission output shaft to a drive axle. The brake assembly is configured to operate in a braking mode that retards relative rotation between the transmission output shaft and the drive axle while generating heat. The heat storage system includes a housing defining at least one cavity and a fluid transfer manifold. A phase-change material is disposed in the cavity that is configured to change phase during the braking mode. The WHR system circulates the WHR fluid through the fluid transfer manifold collecting braking heat to be used at a later time in the form of driveline power.

A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a waste heat recovery (WHR) system, a brake assembly and a phase-change thermal heat storage system. The WHR system selectively circulates a WHR fluid in the transmission system. The brake assembly selectively couples a transmission output shaft to a drive axle. The brake assembly is configured to operate in a braking mode that retards relative rotation between the transmission output shaft and the drive axle while generating heat. The heat storage system includes a housing defining at least one cavity and a fluid transfer manifold. A phase-change material is disposed in the cavity that is configured to change phase during the braking mode. The WHR system circulates the WHR fluid through the fluid transfer manifold collecting braking heat to be used at a later time in the form of driveline power.

A cooling system for a combustion engine and a WHR-system in a vehicle (1) includes a first line (23) directing coolant at a first temperature (T.sub.1) to a condenser (18) of the WHR system, a second line (24) directing coolant at a second temperature (T.sub.2) to the condenser (18), a valve arrangement (25, 26, 29) by which the flow rate of the coolant in at least one of the lines (23, 24) is adjustable and a control unit (20) configured to control the valve arrangement (25, 26, 29) such that the coolant directed to the condenser (18) from the lines (23, 24) has a temperature and a flow rate which results in a cooling of the working medium in the condenser (18) to a predetermined condensation temperature/pressure at the actual operating condition.