Control circuit for waste heat recovery systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11448099
APP PUB NO 20200408112A1
SERIAL NO

16976178

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The invention relates to a control circuit (27) for a waste heat recovery system (2) for a heat engine (36). The waste heat recovery system (2) comprises at least one evaporator (21) for converting waste heat from the exhaust gas (31, 31a) generated by the heat engine (36) into a working medium (23), at least one expansion machine (24) which can be driven by the working medium (23), at least one condenser (25) for condensing the working medium (23a) expanded in the expansion machine (24) into the liquid state (23b), and at least one conveying device (26) for increasing the pressure of the condensed working medium (23b) and conveying same into the evaporator (21). The control circuit (27) influences at least one control variable which controls the energy transmission from the exhaust gas (31, 31a) to the working medium (23b) and/or the energy transmission from the working medium (23c) to the expansion machine (24). The control circuit (27) is designed to regulate the specific enthalpy hW and/or the temperature TW of the working medium (23c) entering the expansion machine (24) to a target value hW,S, TW,S, wherein the target value hW,S, TW,S depends on the pressure pW of the working medium (23c) entering the expansion machine (24). The invention also relates to a waste heat recovery system (2) for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle (3) in the form of a heat engine (36) comprising the control circuit (27) and to a corresponding computer program.

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ROBERT BOSCH GMBHSTUTTGART GERMANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bitzer, Matthias Stuttgart, DE 12 26
Fleck, Christian Gerlingen, DE 13 24
Kemmetmueller, Wolfgang Vienna, AT 3 7
Koppauer, Herwig Linz, AT 7 2
Kugi, Andreas Vienna, AT 18 81
Lindenmeier, Derya Rutesheim, DE 3 3
Passenberg, Carolina Rutesheim, DE 3 5
Specker, Thomas Leonberg, DE 7 8
Trachte, Adrian Stuttgart, DE 8 11

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