Internal combustion engine and waste heat recovery system

• Main Author: CRAIG ROBERT ARTHUR LANCASTER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.07.2013
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COMBUSTION ENGINES; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINEPLANTS; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; STEAM ENGINES; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; WEAPONS

Disclosed is an engine assembly comprising an internal combustion engine and a heat exchanger waste heat recovery system operating using a Rankine cycle. The waste heat recovery system 22 is configured to direct refrigerant around a loop which comprises a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat f...