A CONDITIONING APPARATUS FOR AN ENGINE AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF

• Main Author: FESSLER, Harald
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.10.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; 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 ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

A conditioning apparatus (CA; CAE) for an engine (ICE) includes a conditioning device (CD) with a first opening (II) for receiving the medium and a second and a third opening (O1, 02) for releasing a medium to a first and a second temperature level, a delivery line (DL) connected to the second opening (O1) to bring the medium to the engine (ICE) and comprising an adjusting assembly (Tl) to control a first flow (Al) of the medium from the second opening (O1) toward the engine (ICE), a return line (RL) connected to the first opening (II) to supply the conditioning device (CD) with the medium heated by the engine (ICE), a charge air cooler (CAC) for cooling an intake air flow of the engine (ICE) by means of the medium, and an additional line (AL) passing through the charge air cooler (CAC) to conduct the medium from the third opening (02) to the return line (RL) and having a second adjusting assembly (T2; T4) to control a second flow (Bl; Bl, C2) of the medium from the third opening (02) toward the charge air cooler (CAC).