Power system with heat transfer circuits

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9551272-B2
Application number	US-201414533643-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2014
Priority date	Nov 5, 2014
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

A power system including an engine, a first heat transfer circuit, and a second heat transfer circuit. The first heat transfer circuit includes a first heat exchanger that cools a first circuit fluid. The first circuit fluid cools a block and a head of the engine. The second heat transfer circuit includes a second heat exchanger that cools a second circuit fluid. The second circuit fluid cools a lube oil cooler.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power system, comprising:
an engine comprising a block and a head mounted thereto, the engine being lubricated by a lube oil;
a first heat transfer circuit coupled to the engine and comprising a first heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger being configured to cool a first circuit fluid that cools the block and the head, the first heat transfer circuit further comprising a first thermostat and a first bypass passage, and when the first thermostat is in a standard position, the first circuit fluid circulates through the first heat exchanger, and when the first thermostat is in a bypass position, the first circuit fluid bypasses the first heat exchanger; and
a second heat transfer circuit coupled to the engine and comprising a second heat exchanger and a lube oil cooler fluidly coupled thereto, the second heat exchanger being configured to cool a second circuit fluid that cools the lube oil cooler, and the lube oil cooler being configured to cool the lube oil, the second heat transfer circuit further comprising a second thermostat and a second bypass passage, and when the second thermostat is in a standard position, the second circuit fluid circulates through the second heat exchanger, and when the second thermostat is in a bypass position, the second circuit fluid bypasses the heat exchanger.

2. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer circuit comprises a first pressure relief valve and is configured to open at a first pressure, and the second heat transfer circuit comprises a second pressure relief valve and is configured to open at a second pressure, and the second pressure is higher than the first pressure.

3. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer circuit is separate from the second heat transfer circuit, such that the first circuit fluid does not mix with the second circuit fluid.

4. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer circuit comprises a reductant heater fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the reductant heater is configured to warm a reductant, and the block is positioned upstream of the reductant header with respect to a first heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the first heat exchanger.

5. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer circuit comprises a reductant injector heater fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the reductant injector heater is configured to warm a reductant injector, and the block is positioned upstream of the reductant injector heater with respect to a first heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the first heat exchanger.

6. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer circuit comprises an operator station heater fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the operator station heater is configured to warm ambient air for heating an operator station.

7. The power system of claim 6 , wherein the block is positioned upstream of the operator station heater with respect to a first heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the first heat exchanger.

8. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer circuit comprises:
a reductant heater fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the reductant heater is configured to warm a reductant;
an operator station heater fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the operator station heater is configured to warm ambient air for heating an operator station; and
a reductant injector heater fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the reductant injector heater is configured to warm a reductant injector.

9. The power system of claim 8 , the block is positioned upstream of the reductant injector heater, and the operator station heater is positioned upstream of the reductant injector heater with respect to a first heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the first heat exchanger.

10. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the second heat transfer circuit comprises an interstage cooler fluidly coupled to the second heat exchanger, and the interstage cooler is configured to cool a fresh intake gas that is exiting a first turbocharger and entering a second turbocharger.

11. The power system of claim 10 , wherein the interstage cooler is positioned upstream of the lube oil cooler with respect to a first heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the second heat exchanger.

12. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the second heat transfer circuit comprises a fuel cooler fluidly coupled to the second heat exchanger.

13. The power system of claim 12 , wherein the fuel cooler is positioned upstream of the lube oil cooler with respect to a first heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the second heat exchanger.

14. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the second heat transfer circuit comprises an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler fluidly coupled to the second heat exchanger, and the EGR cooler is configured to cool a recirculated exhaust gas.

15. The power system of claim 14 , the lube oil cooler is positioned upstream of the EGR cooler with respect to a second heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the second heat exchanger.

16. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the second heat transfer circuit comprises:
an interstage cooler fluidly coupled to the second heat exchanger, the interstage cooler is configured to cool a fresh intake gas exiting a first turbocharger and entering a second turbocharger; and
an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler fluidly coupled to the second heat exchanger, the EGR cooler is configured to cool a recirculated exhaust gas.

17. The power system of claim 16 , wherein the interstage cooler is positioned upstream of the lube oil cooler, and the lube oil cooler is positioned upstream of the EGR cooler with respect to a second heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the second heat exchanger.

18. The power system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first heat transfer circuit comprises:
a reductant heater that is fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the reductant heater is configured to warm a diesel exhaust fluid;
an operator station heater that is fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the operator station heater is configured to warm ambient air for heating an operator station; and
a reductant injector heater that is fluidly coupled to the first heat exchanger, the reductant injector heater is configured to warm a reductant injector; and

the second heat transfer circuit comprises:
an interstage cooler that is fluidly coupled to the second heat exchanger, the interstage cooler is configured to cool a fresh intake gas exiting a first turbocharger and entering a second turbocharger; and
an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler that is fluidly coupled to the second heat exchanger, the EGR cooler is configured to cool a recirculated exhaust gas.

19. The power system of claim 18 , wherein:
the block is positioned upstream of the reductant injector heater, and the operator station heater is positioned upstream of the reductant injector heater with respect to a first heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the first heat exchanger; and
the interstage cooler is positioned upstream of the lube oil cooler, and the lube oil cooler is positioned upstream of the EGR cooler with respect to a second heat transfer cycle that begins at an inlet of the second heat exchanger.

Assignees

• Deere & Co

Inventors

• Sheidler Alan D
• Evers Matthew R
• Lohmann Craig W

Classifications

• F01P2060/04

  Lubricant cooler · CPC title

• F01M5/002

  Cooling · CPC title

• F01N3/0205

  using heat exchangers · CPC title

• F01P7/165

  characterised by systems with two or more loops · CPC title

• F01P3/02

  Arrangements for cooling cylinders or cylinder heads · CPC title