Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rankine cycle for a vehicle
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Application No.: US14571746Application Date: 2014-12-16
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Publication No.: US09650941B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Shiguang Zhou
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Greg P. Brown
- Main IPC: F01K23/06
- IPC: F01K23/06 ; F01K25/08 ; F01P3/18 ; F01P3/22 ; B60H1/00 ; F01P3/20

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a pump, an evaporator, and an expander in sequential fluid communication in a closed loop containing a condenser configured to transfer heat between a working fluid and ambient air. The vehicle has a generator driven by the expander. The evaporator is configured to transfer heat from at least one of an engine coolant, a battery coolant, an engine lubricant, a transmission lubricant, an exhaust gas in an exhaust system, and an exhaust gas in an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system to the working fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160169079A1 RANKINE CYCLE FOR A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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