Rankine cycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9328632-B2
Application number	US-201214342876-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2012
Priority date	Sep 30, 2011
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A Rankine cycle includes an waste-heat recovery device that is configured to exchange heat between cooling water coming out from an engine and exhaust gas exhausted from the engine, a heat exchanger including an evaporator through which the cooling water coming out from the engine flows to recover waste-heat of the engine to refrigerant, and a superheater through which the cooling water coming out from the waste-heat recovery device flows to recover the waste-heat of the engine to the 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. The cooling water coming out from the superheater is returned to the engine after being joined with the cooling water coming out from the evaporator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A Rankine cycle, comprising:
an waste-heat recovery device that is configured to exchange heat between cooling water coming out from an engine and exhaust gas exhausted from the engine;
a heat exchanger including an evaporator through which the cooling water coming out from the engine flows to recover waste-heat of the engine to refrigerant, and a superheater through which the cooling water coming out from the waste-heat recovery device flows to recover the waste-heat of the engine to the 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;
wherein the cooling water coming out from the superheater is returned to the engine after being joined with the cooling water coming out from the evaporator.

2. The Rankine cycle according to claim 1 , comprising:
a first cooling water passage that is configured to supply the cooling water heated by cooling the engine to a radiator;
a second cooling water passage that is configured to return the cooling water coming out from the radiator to the engine;
a bypass cooling water passage including a first bypass cooling water passage branched off from the first cooling water passage and bypassing the radiator and a second bypass cooling water passage branched off from the first cooling water passage, bypassing the radiator and joining the first bypass cooling water passage, and joining the second cooling water passage after the first bypass cooling water passage and second bypass cooling water passage join; and
a thermostat valve provided in a junction part of the bypass cooling water passage with the second cooling water passage and including a temperature sensitive part on the side of the bypass cooling water passage;
wherein:
the evaporator is provided in the first bypass cooling water passage; and
the superheater is provided in the second bypass cooling water passage.

3. The Rankine cycle according to claim 1 , wherein:
a pressure loss of the superheater is smaller than that of the evaporator.

4. The Rankine cycle according to claim 1 , wherein:
a heat transfer area of the superheater is larger than that of the evaporator.

5. The Rankine cycle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the superheater is arranged closer to the evaporator than to the waste-heat recovery device.

6. The Rankine cycle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the refrigerant coming out from the refrigerant pump flows into the superheater by way of the evaporator.

Assignees

• Nagai Hiroyuki
• Saitou Tomohiko
• Ishikawa Takayuki
• Mizoguchi Shinichiro
• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Nagai Hiroyuki
• Saitou Tomohiko
• Ishikawa Takayuki
• Mizoguchi Shinichiro

Classifications

• F01K25/10

  the vapours being cold, e.g. ammonia, carbon dioxide, ether · CPC title

• F02G2260/00

  Recuperating heat from exhaust gases of combustion engines and heat from cooling circuits · CPC title

• F01K23/10 Primary

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

• F01N5/02

  the devices using heat · CPC title

• F01K23/065

  the combustion taking place in an internal combustion piston engine, e.g. a diesel engine · CPC title