Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat storage system for an engine
- Patent Title (中): 发动机储热系统
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Application No.: US13365428Application Date: 2012-02-03
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Publication No.: US08794195B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Michael Levin , Furqan Zafar Shaikh , Danrich Henry Demitroff , Donald Masch , James Patrick O'Neill
- Applicant: Michael Levin , Furqan Zafar Shaikh , Danrich Henry Demitroff , Donald Masch , James Patrick O'Neill
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F01P7/14
- IPC: F01P7/14 ; F01P11/02 ; F01P3/20

Abstract:
A method for recovering exhaust heat for an engine is disclosed herein. The method includes during an engine operation, reducing a volume of a circulating heat transfer fluid and discharging a heat storage device to heat an engine component. The method further includes distributing the circulating heat transfer fluid to one or more heat exchangers each in thermal contact with one or more engine systems.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130199750A1 HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM FOR AN ENGINE Public/Granted day:2013-08-08
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