Method for recovering heat from internal combustion engines and for converting the recovered heat into mechanical energy

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PATENT NO 10323546
APP PUB NO 20170081982A1
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15311214

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A method and a device for recovering heat from an engine and for converting the heat into mechanical energy using an expansion machine. A heat accumulator fluid is guided in a primary circuit by means of a primary pump and is firstly heated by the waste heat of the combustion engine by means of a heat exchanger, is transferred into a heat accumulator and recirculated to the first heat exchanger, and, secondly, the heat accumulator fluid is guided in a secondary circuit by said heat accumulator fluid being extracted in the vapor state from the heat accumulator and being supplied to the expansion machine, and being condensed by means of a condenser downstream thereof and being recirculated into the heat accumulator by means of a secondary pump. The primary circuit of the heat accumulator fluid is connected to the secondary circuit exclusively via the heat accumulator.

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FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E VHANSASTRASSE 27C MUENCHEN 80686

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Kollmeier, Hans-Peter Bruehl, DE 2 24
Kraljevic, Ivica Bad Rappenau, DE 1 21
Rohrpasser, Christian Bruchsal, DE 1 21
Striebich, Helmut Karlsruhe, DE 5 72

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