A heat exchanger with centric structure for waste heat recovery is disclosed. The heat exchanger (2) includes an annular heat exchange passage (10) with an array of heat exchange pipes located therein and a bypass passage (6) located concentrically within the heat exchange passage. A valve arrangement (40) is provided to switch the flow of exhaust gas between a duty mode and a bypass mode. The valve arrangement comprises a central chamber and a valve plug (96) that is axially movable between a duty position and a bypass position.

An apparatus includes an integrated heat exchanger and reactor module. The integrated heat exchanger and reactor module includes a heat exchanger channel, and a reactor channel which is thermally coupled to the heat exchanger channel. The reactor channel includes a layer of catalyst material that is configured to produce hydrogen by endothermic catalytic decomposition of ammonia, which flows through the reactor channel, using thermal energy that is absorbed by the reactor channel from the heat exchanger channel.

Methods and systems are provided for regulating the temperature of rear axle lubrication oil. In one example, a rear axle coolant system may include a coolant loop with a plurality of valves and sensors, regulating the coolant flow in heat exchange relationship with an exhaust gas heat recovery and storage system to deliver warm coolant to a rear axle heat exchanger to warm the rear axle lubrication oil. The method may regulate the components of the rear axle coolant system through a controller, receiving sensor input from the components of the coolant system.

Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger for the recovery of waste heat. The heat exchanger includes: a bottom plate configured such that an exhaust gas inlet is formed therethrough; a top plate configured such that an exhaust gas outlet is formed therethrough at a location opposite that of the exhaust gas inlet; a first side plate configured such that a plurality first side through holes is formed therethrough; a second side plate configured such that a plurality of second side through holes is formed therethrough at locations opposite those of the first side through holes; a third side plate and a fourth side plate configured to connect the first side plate and the second side plate; and a plurality of heat exchange tubes formed as titanium material tubes, and configured to connect parallel between the first side through holes and the second side through holes.

The invention relates to a heat exchanger unit for an exhaust gas system. The heat exchanger unit comprises an inlet for a fluid flow to enter the heat exchanger unit and an outlet for a fluid flow to exit the heat exchanger unit. The heat exchanger unit comprises a heat exchanger having a heat exchanger conduit passing through the heat exchanger and at least one bypass conduit bypassing the heat exchanger, wherein the at least one bypass conduit comprises a bypass core having a plurality of channels arranged longitudinally along the bypass conduit.

A combined heat and power system comprises a shaft (4), a compressor (6) coupled to the shaft to compress intake gas to form compressed gas; a recuperator (10) to heat the compressed gas to form heated compressed gas; a combustor (12) to combust a fuel and the heated compressed gas to form combustion gas; a turbine (8) coupled to the shaft to expand the combustion gas to form exhaust gas; a load (24) coupled to the shaft; an exhaust outlet (18) to expel the exhaust gas to a heater for heating a fluid based on heat from the exhaust gas; a recuperator channel (28) providing a path for the exhaust gas to flow from the turbine to the exhaust outlet through the recuperator; and a bypass channel (22) providing a path for the exhaust gas to flow from the turbine to the exhaust outlet bypassing the recuperator.

An energy exchanger for exchanging energy between a hot flow and a cold flow may comprise a hot flow section and a cold flow section, each of the sections comprising the same quantity of channels having variable cross sections. The inlets of the hot flow channels may be juxtaposed to the outlets of the cold flow channels and the outlets of the hot flow channels may be juxtaposed to the inlets of the cold flow channels such that the hot and cold flows move in opposing directions. The energy exchanger may further comprise a liquid distribution system and a common interface between each hot flow channel and a corresponding cold flow channel with an exponentially varying surface area adapted for exchanging latent energy released through condensation in the hot flow section and absorbed through evaporation in the cold flow section.

A heat exchanger includes a hollow pillar shaped honeycomb structure, a first outer cylindrical member, an inner cylindrical member, an upstream cylindrical member, a cylindrical connecting member, and a downstream cylindrical member. The heat exchanger further includes a valve mechanism having an on-off valve located on a downstream end portion side of the inner cylindrical member. The valve mechanism is rotatably supported by a bearing arranged on a radially outer side of the downstream cylindrical member, and the on-off valve is fixed to a shaft arranged so as to penetrate the downstream cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member.

A porous heat exchanger including a single piece core extending axially is provided. The core defines a first air inlet and a first air outlet for a first fluid, a second air inlet and a second air outlet for a second fluid. The first/second fluid flows into the core from the first/second air inlet through a first/second fluid channel and flows out of the core through the first/second air outlet. The core includes solid material sheets and porous material sheets disposed alternately with the solid material sheets so each porous material sheet has an adjacent solid material sheet on each side defining one of the first fluid channel for a flow of the first fluid or the second fluid channel for a flow of the second fluid. Heat transfer occurs between the first fluid in the first fluid channel and the second fluid in the second fluid channel.

A heat exchanging member including a hollow pillar shaped honeycomb structure having partition walls defining cells, the cells penetrating from a first end face to a second end face to form flow paths for a first fluid, an inner peripheral wall, and an outer peripheral wall; and a covering member being configured to cover the outer peripheral wall of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure. The heat exchanging member is configured to perform heat exchange between the first fluid and a second fluid flowing through an outer side of the covering member. In the heat exchanging member, in a cross section of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure perpendicular to a flow path direction of the first fluid, the cells are radially provided, and each of the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall has a thickness larger than that of each of the partition walls.