Gas engine heat pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11649752-B2
Application number	US-202117405175-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2021
Priority date	Aug 20, 2020
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

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 charger which compresses the mixed air and supplies to the engine; a first exhaust flow path which is connected to the engine, and through which exhaust gas discharged from the engine flows; and a second charger which is driven by the exhaust gas branched from the first exhaust flow path to a second exhaust flow path, and compresses the exhaust gas discharged from the engine and supplies the compressed exhaust gas to the engine, thereby reducing the emission of nitrogen oxide by recirculating the exhaust gas without additional power consumption.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas engine heat pump, comprising:
an engine that burns a mixture of air and fuel;
an intake flow path through which the mixture is introduced into the engine;
an exhaust flow path through which exhaust gas discharged from the engine flows, wherein the exhaust flow path is branched into a first exhaust flow path, a second exhaust flow path, and a third exhaust flow path, respectively, and then merged into a fourth exhaust flow path that discharges exhaust gas to outside, and wherein the exhaust flow path further includes a recirculation flow path branched from the fourth exhaust flow path to introduce exhaust gas into the engine;
a first charger including a first compressor that is installed at the intake flow path and compresses the mixture of air and fuel and supplies the mixture of air and fuel to the engine, and a first turbine that is installed at the first exhaust flow path and receives exhaust gas directed from the first exhaust flow path to the fourth exhaust flow path to drive the first compressor;
a second charger including a second compressor that compresses exhaust gas passing through the recirculation flow path and supplies exhaust gas to the engine, and a second turbine that is installed at the second exhaust flow path and receives exhaust gas directed from the second exhaust flow path to the fourth exhaust flow path to drive the second compressor;
a first bypass valve installed at the second exhaust flow path, an opening rate of which is adjusted to control a flow amount of exhaust gas flowing from the second exhaust flow path to the fourth exhaust flow path;
a second bypass valve installed at the third exhaust flow path, an opening rate of which is adjusted to control a flow amount of exhaust gas flowing from the third exhaust flow path to the fourth exhaust flow path; and
a controller that adjusts the opening rate of the first bypass valve and the opening rate of the second bypass valve.

2. The gas engine heat pump of claim 1 , further comprising a sensor that measures a concentration of nitrogen oxide contained in the exhaust gas discharged from the engine, wherein the controller adjusts the opening degree of the first bypass valve, based on the concentration of the nitrogen oxide measured by the sensor.

3. The gas engine heat pump of claim 2 , wherein the controller opens the first bypass valve while increasing an opening rate of the first bypass valve as the concentration of the nitrogen oxide becomes higher within a limit range of exhaust gas supplied to the engine, when the concentration of the nitrogen oxide is greater than or equal to a reference concentration, and closes the first bypass valve, when the concentration of the nitrogen oxide is less than the reference concentration.

4. The gas engine heat pump of claim 3 , wherein the limit range of exhaust gas supplied to the engine is defined as a range in which an amount of exhaust gas supplied to the engine is 15% or less of an amount of mixed air supplied to the engine.

5. The gas engine heat pump of claim 2 , further comprising an exhaust gas heat exchanger that cools the exhaust gas discharged from the engine, wherein the sensor is disposed downstream of the exhaust gas heat exchanger.

6. The gas engine heat pump of claim 1 , wherein the controller adjusts an opening rate of the second bypass valve so that a difference between a current output of the engine and a required output of the engine is less than an error value, when the current output of the engine differs from the required output of the engine by the error value or more.

7. The gas engine heat pump of claim 6 , wherein the controller first adjusts the opening rate of the first bypass valve according to the concentration of nitrogen oxide, while adjusting the opening rate of the first bypass valve in a direction in which the error value is reduced, when the current output is different from the required output by the error value or more, and the concentration of nitrogen oxide is greater than or equal to the reference concentration, adjusts the opening rate of the second bypass valve so that a difference between the current output and the required output is less than the error value, when the current output is still different from the required output by the error value or more, and closes the first bypass valve and adjusts the opening rate of the second bypass valve so that the difference between the current output and the required output becomes less than an error value, when the current output is different from the required output by the error value or more, and the concentration of nitrogen oxide is less than the reference concentration.

8. The gas engine heat pump of claim 1 , further comprising an exhaust gas heat exchanger that cools the exhaust gas discharged from the engine, wherein the second compressor compresses the exhaust gas that passed through the exhaust gas heat exchanger.

9. The gas engine heat pump of claim 1 , further comprising a check valve through which the exhaust gas which is compressed by the second charger and supplied to the engine passes.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jang Heejoong
• Jeong Hojong

Classifications

• F01N2560/026

  for measuring or detecting NOx · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

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

• F02M26/34

  with compressors, turbines or the like in the recirculation passage · CPC title

• F02M26/46

  for determining the characteristics of gases, e.g. composition · CPC title

• F01N2240/02

  a heat exchanger · CPC title