Gas engine heat pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11486331-B2
Application number	US-202117405279-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2021
Priority date	Aug 20, 2020
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a gas engine heat pump including: an engine which burns a mixed air of air and fuel; a first exhaust flow path which is connected to the engine so that exhaust gas discharged from the engine passes through and is discharged to the outside; a turbo charger including: a first compressor which compresses the mixed air and supplies to the engine, and a first turbine which is installed in the first exhaust flow path and receives the exhaust gas passing through the first exhaust flow path to drive the first compressor; a supercharger which is installed in the first exhaust flow path between the engine and the first turbine, and receives and compresses the exhaust gas passing through the first exhaust flow path to supply to the first turbine; a second exhaust flow path which is branched from the first exhaust flow path between the engine and the supercharger, and converges to the first exhaust flow path between the supercharger and the first turbine; a first valve which is installed to be opened and closed in the second exhaust flow path; a third exhaust flow path which is branched from the first exhaust flow path between the supercharger and the first turbine, and converges to the first exhaust flow path in downstream of the first turbine; a second valve which is installed to be opened and closed in the third exhaust flow path; and a controller which controls operations of the first valve, the second valve, and the supercharger according to load of the engine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas engine heat pump comprising:
an engine which burns a mixed air of air and fuel;
a first exhaust flow path which is connected to the engine so that exhaust gas discharged from the engine passes through and is discharged to the outside;
a turbo charger comprising: a first compressor which compresses the mixed air and supplies to the engine, and a first turbine which is installed in the first exhaust flow path and receives the exhaust gas passing through the first exhaust flow path to drive the first compressor;
a supercharger which is installed in the first exhaust flow path between the engine and the first turbine, and receives and compresses the exhaust gas passing through the first exhaust flow path to supply to the first turbine;
a second exhaust flow path which is branched from the first exhaust flow path between the engine and the supercharger, and converges to the first exhaust flow path between the supercharger and the first turbine;
a first valve which is installed to be opened and closed in the second exhaust flow path;
a third exhaust flow path which is branched from the first exhaust flow path between the supercharger and the first turbine, and converges to the first exhaust flow path in downstream of the first turbine;
a second valve which is installed to be opened and closed in the third exhaust flow path; and
a controller which controls operations of the first valve, the second valve, and the supercharger according to load of the engine.

2. The gas engine heat pump of claim 1 , wherein the controller opens the first valve and the second valve, when load condition of the engine has a value ranging within a first load condition or a second load condition.

3. The gas engine heat pump of claim 2 , wherein the controller fully opens the second valve, when the load condition of the engine has a value ranging within the first load condition, and
adjusts an opening rate of the second valve according to the load of the engine, while opening the first valve and the second valve, when the load condition of the engine has a value ranging within the second load condition.

4. The gas engine heat pump of claim 1 , wherein the controller opens the first valve and closes the second valve, when the load condition of the engine has a value ranging within a third load condition.

5. The gas engine heat pump of claim 1 , wherein the controller drives the supercharger, when the load condition of the engine has a value ranging within a fourth load condition or a fifth load condition.

6. The gas engine heat pump of claim 5 , wherein the controller closes the first valve, when the load condition of the engine has a value ranging within the fourth load condition or the fifth load condition.

7. The gas engine heat pump of claim 6 , wherein the controller adjusts an opening rate of the second valve according to the load of the engine, while opening the second valve, when the load condition of the engine has a value ranging within the fourth load condition.

8. The gas engine heat pump of claim 6 , wherein the controller closes the second valve, when the load condition of the engine has a value ranging within the fifth load condition.

9. The gas engine heat pump of claim 6 , further comprising an exhaust gas heat exchanger installed in the first exhaust flow path to cool the exhaust gas discharged from the engine.

10. The gas engine heat pump of claim 9 , wherein the exhaust gas heat exchanger is installed in downstream of the first turbine.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jang Heejoong
• Jeong Hojong

Classifications

• F02B39/10

  electric · CPC title

• F25B30/02 Primary

  of the compression type · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• F24F1/44

  characterised by the use of internal combustion engines · CPC title

• Y02B30/52

  Heat recovery pumps, i.e. heat pump based systems or units able to transfer the thermal energy from one area of the premises or part of the facilities to a different one, improving the overall efficiency · CPC title