Patent classifications
F01N3/043
Rankine power system for use with exhaust gas aftertreatment system
A power system for converting waste heat from exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine to electrical energy includes an aftertreatment assembly positioned within a first housing. The power system includes an evaporator assembly positioned within a second housing. The evaporator assembly is positioned directly adjacent the aftertreatment assembly. The evaporator assembly includes a first portion of a working fluid loop in thermal communication with a first length of an exhaust conduit that extends from the aftertreatment assembly into the second housing. The power system includes a power pack positioned longitudinally forward of the aftertreatment assembly. The power pack includes a tank, a condenser, a pump and an expander fluidly connected by a second portion of the working fluid loop. The second portion is fluidly connected to the first portion of the working fluid loop.
Warm-up device
A warm-up device includes a heating mechanism, a refrigerant reservoir, and a refrigerant transmitter. The heating mechanism heats a purification catalyst provided to an exhaust pipe. The refrigerant reservoir stores, in a heat insulating manner, a refrigerant whose heat is exchanged with the heated purification catalyst. The refrigerant transmitter transmits the refrigerant stored in the refrigerant reservoir to an object to be warmed up.
Machine system for co-production of electrical power and water and method of operating same
Operating a machine system for co-production of electrical power and filtered potable water includes operating an electrical generator by way of rotation of an engine output shaft to produce electrical power, and collecting water condensed from cooled treated exhaust from the engine for delivery to an outgoing water conduit. Operating the machine system further includes supplying electrical power produced by the electrical generator to an in situ electrical load, and to at least one ex situ electrical load such as a power grid. The in situ electrical load is produced by at least one of an exhaust conveyance device, an air conveyance device, or a water conveyance device in a water subsystem.
Exhaust gas purification apparatus for internal combustion engine
The separation efficiency of carbon dioxide is improved by making the temperature of exhaust gas further low. An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a first heat exchanger arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and configured to carry out heat exchange between outside air and exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine, a second heat exchanger arranged in the exhaust passage and configured to carry out heat exchange between a circulating heating medium and the exhaust gas, and a carbon dioxide separator arranged in the exhaust passage at the downstream side of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger and configured to separate carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas.
Exhaust heat recovery system
An exhaust heat recovery system may include a muffler including a muffler case, a pipe through which exhaust gas flows, a baffle partitioning an internal space of the muffler case into a first space and a second space, and a valve mounted on an end portion of the pipe to change a direction in which the exhaust gas flows, and a heat exchanger mounted outside the muffler to fluidically-communicate with both the first and second spaces, allowing the exhaust gas to be introduced thereinto and to be discharged therefrom, the heat exchanger including a cooling channel through which cooling water flows, and heat exchange between the exhaust gas and the cooling water being performed in the heat exchanger.
Exhaust heat recovery apparatus
An exhaust heat recovery apparatus is installed proximate an engine and at a front side of a warm-up catalytic converter in an exhaust system, where the exhaust system includes an exhaust line connected with the engine, and the warm-up catalytic converter is installed at the exhaust line. The exhaust heat recovery apparatus includes a bellows unit which is of a dual-pipe type and exchanges heat between exhaust gas emitted through the exhaust line and coolant circulating from a cooling system to the engine.
Marine muffler with integral bypass water management
A marine muffler capable of handling both marine engine exhaust gas and marine engine cooling water includes a double wall baffle partitioning the muffler interior so as to function as a cooling water conduit. The cooling water conduit includes an inlet disposed external to the main muffler housing and an outlet configured and disposed so as to discharge the engine cooling water into the exhaust duct connected to the muffler outlet. The muffler is thus able to convey the engine cooling water through the muffler housing within a dedicated conduit while maintaining the cooling water separate from the exhaust gas. A muffler that is adapted to handle both the exhaust and cooling water flowing from a marine engine allows for the elimination of engine cooling water piping.
Method for operating a combustion machine, combustion machine and motor vehicle
A thermal overload of an internal combustion engine and of cooling system of a combustion machine due to a raising of the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust gas line of the combustion machine, which is provided as a measure to desulfurize a NO.sub.x storage catalytic converter and/or to regenerate a particulate filter, is prevented in that before and/or during this measure, the cooling output for the coolant flowing through the cooling system is systematically increased in order to achieve a lowering of the coolant temperature to a value range that lies below what would normallythat is to say, without the simultaneous desulfurization of the NO.sub.x storage catalytic converter and/or without the regeneration of the particulate filterhave been provided for the operation of the combustion machine in a corresponding operating state of the internal combustion engine.
Exhaust gas heat exchanger capable of controlling cooling performance
The present invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger capable of controlling the cooling performance. The exhaust gas heat exchanger includes: a cooler through which cooling water flows and in which a plurality of gas tubes is provided to allow exhaust gas to flow; an intake and exhaust block including an intake part, a supply line, a discharge line, a bypass line, and a first flap; a U-turn block including an inflow part, a re-cooling line, a release line, and a second flap; and an air duct.
EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
An exhaust heat recovery system may include a muffler including a muffler case, a pipe through which exhaust gas flows, a baffle partitioning an internal space of the muffler case into a first space and a second space, and a valve mounted on an end portion of the pipe to change a direction in which the exhaust gas flows, and a heat exchanger mounted outside the muffler to fluidically-communicate with both the first and second spaces, allowing the exhaust gas to be introduced thereinto and to be discharged therefrom, the heat exchanger including a cooling channel through which cooling water flows, and heat exchange between the exhaust gas and the cooling water being performed in the heat exchanger.