Engine waste-heat utilization device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9291074-B2
Application number	US-201214237961-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2012
Priority date	Sep 30, 2011
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

An engine-waste-heat utilization device includes a Rankine cycle with a heat exchanger that is configured to recover engine-waste-heat to refrigerant, an expander that is configured to generate power using the refrigerant coming out from the heat exchanger, a condenser that is configured to condense the refrigerant coming out from the expander and a refrigerant pump that is configured to supply the refrigerant coming out from the condenser to the heat exchanger by being driven by the expander, a power transmission mechanism (crank pulley, pump pulley, belt) that is configured to transmit surplus power to the engine when the expander has spare power even if the refrigerant pump is driven, a clutch that is configured to connect and disconnecting power transmission by the power transmission mechanism, and a case provided near a high-temperature part of the engine such that a shaft of the expander and that of the refrigerant pump are coaxially arranged, the clutch, the refrigerant pump and the expander are integrally housed in this order and the expander has a higher temperature than the clutch.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An engine-waste-heat utilization device, comprising:
a Rankine cycle with a heat exchanger that is configured to recover waste-heat of an engine to refrigerant, an expander that is configured to generate power using the refrigerant coming out from the heat exchanger, a condenser that is configured to condense the refrigerant coming out from the expander and a refrigerant pump that is configured to supply the refrigerant coming out from the condenser to the heat exchanger by being driven by the expander;
a power transmission mechanism that is configured to transmit surplus power to the engine when the expander has spare power even if the refrigerant pump is driven;
a clutch that is configured to connect and disconnecting power transmission by the power transmission mechanism; and
a case provided near a high-temperature part of the engine such that a shaft of the expander and that of the refrigerant pump are coaxially arranged, the clutch, the refrigerant pump and the expander are integrally housed in this order and the expander has a higher temperature than the clutch.

2. The engine-waste-heat utilization device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the case is provided such that an intake port of the expander is close to the high-temperature part of the engine.

3. The engine-waste-heat utilization device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the engine is configured such that a plurality of cylinders are arranged in line and includes an exhaust manifold that is configured to collect and discharging exhaust gas of the plurality of cylinders;
the shaft of the expander and that of the refrigerant pump are parallel to an output shaft of the engine; and
the case is provided such that an expander side end part is close to the exhaust manifold.

4. The engine-waste-heat utilization device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the engine is configured such that a plurality of cylinders are arranged in line and includes an exhaust manifold that is configured to collect and discharging exhaust gas of the plurality of cylinders and a catalyst connected to a collection part of the exhaust manifold;
the shaft of the expander and that of the refrigerant pump are parallel to an output shaft of the engine; and
the case is provided such that an expander side end part is close to the catalyst.

5. The engine-waste-heat utilization device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the expander is a scroll type expander in which two scrolls composed of a fixed scroll and a movable scroll are engaged and the refrigerant flows from an intake port on a central side to a discharge port on a peripheral edge side; and
a refrigerant passage in which the refrigerant coming out from the heat exchanger is supplied to the intake port of the expander includes a first part connected on a straight line with an axis of the intake port of the expander and a second part connected perpendicular to the first part.

6. The engine-waste-heat utilization device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the engine is so transversely mounted in a vehicle that an exhaust manifold is located on a vehicle front side and an intake manifold is located on a vehicle rear side; and
the case is provided on a rear surface of the engine.

Assignees

• Nagai Hiroyuki
• Ishikawa Takayuki
• Mizoguchi Shinichiro
• Iwahashi Riyako
• Nakamura Shinji
• Nissan Motor
• Sanden Corp

Inventors

• Nagai Hiroyuki
• Ishikawa Takayuki
• Mizoguchi Shinichiro
• Iwahashi Riyako
• Nakamura Shinji

Classifications

• F02C6/18

  using the waste heat of gas-turbine plants outside the plants themselves, e.g. gas-turbine power heat plants (using waste heat as source of energy for refrigeration plants F25B27/02; using the waste heat of a gasturbine for steam generation or in a steam cycle see F01K23/10) · CPC title

• F02G5/04

  in combination with other waste heat from combustion engines · CPC title

• F01N2340/04

  Arrangement of the exhaust system relative to a vehicle or parts thereof · CPC title

• F01K23/10

  with exhaust fluid of one cycle heating the fluid in another cycle (F01K17/025 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01N5/02 Primary

  the devices using heat · CPC title