HEAT RECOVERY COMPONENT FOR AN EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM

• Main Authors: Ceulemans, Ronny, Pas, Stefan, Tamsin, Kristof, Renwart, Dominique, De Raedt, Floris
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.03.2021
• Subjects: ACTUATING-FLOATS; BLASTING; COCKS; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT; HEATING; HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINEPLANTS; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STEAM ENGINES; TAPS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; VALVES; WEAPONS

Heat recovery component (1) for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, comprising an inlet (11), an outlet (12), a heat recovery branch conduit (2) comprising a heat recovery branch conduit inlet (22), a heat recovery branch conduit outlet (23), and a heat exchanger (21) arranged in the heat recovery branch conduit (2), a bypass branch conduit (3) being separate from the heat recovery branch conduit (2), and a valve (4) being configured to be rotatable between a heat recovery end position and a bypass end position, the valve being arranged to be rotatable around a rotation axis located in the bypass branch conduit, wherein the valve (4) comprises a bypass valve flap (41) and a heat recovery valve flap (42), the bypass valve flap (41) and the heat recovery valve flap (42) being operatively connected by a support (43).