Vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a waste-heat-collecting housing, method for using part of the heat given off by an internal combustion engine, and stationary assembly, in particular block-type thermal power station

A method for recovery of heat from an internal combustion engine, comprising the acts of:

• receiving air into a waste-heat collecting housing surrounding at least part of at least one of an exhaust manifold and an engine-side portion of an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine;
• heating the aft received in the waste-heat collecting housing by waste heat released from the at least one of an exhaust manifold and an engine-side portion of an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine;
• and
• transferring heat from the heated air to a passenger compartment of the vehicle,
• wherein
• the waste heat collecting housing has an air inlet configured to receive air to be heated in the waste heat collecting housing,
• the waste heat collecting housing has an exhaust air duct configured to release the air heated in the waste heat collecting housing from the waste-heat collecting housing, the exhaust air duet being downstream of at least one of
• an air/air heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the air heated in the waste heat collecting housing to air for a passenger compartment of the vehicle,
• an air/coolant heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the air heated in the waste heat collecting housing to a coolant of a cooling circuit of the internal combustion engine, and
• an air/oil heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the air heating in the waste heat collecting housing to oil of an oil circuit of the internal combustion engine, and
• the waste heat collecting housing has an air outlet configured to permit air heated in the waste heat collecting housing to bypass the exhaust air duct and released from the waste heat collecting housing without passing through the at least one of air/air, air/coolant and air/oil heat exchangers.

A stationary thermal power station, comprising:

• an internal combustion engine;
• an exhaust manifold configured to conduct exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine into an engine-side portion of an exhaust system;
• and
• a waste-heat collecting housing,
• wherein
• the waste-heat collecting housing is arranged to at least partially surround at least one of the exhaust manifold and the engine-side portion of the exhaust system, such that air in the waste-heat collecting housing is heatable by waste heat from the at least one of the exhaust manifold and the engine-side portion of the exhaust system,
• the waste heat collecting housing has an air inlet configured to receive air to be heated in the waste heat collecting housing,
• the waste heat collecting housing has an exhaust air duct configured to release the air heated in the waste heat collecting housing from the waste-heat collecting housing, the exhaust air duct being downstream of at least one of
• an air/air heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the air heated in the waste heat collecting housing to air for a passenger compartment of the vehicle,
• an air/coolant heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the air heated in the waste heat collecting housing to a coolant of a cooling circuit of the internal combustion engine, and
• an air/oil heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the aft heating in the waste heat collecting housing to oil of an oil circuit of the internal combustion engine, and
• the waste heat collecting housing has an air outlet configured to permit air heated in the waste heat collecting housing to bypass the exhaust air duct and released from the waste heat collecting housing without passing through the at least one of air/air, air/coolant and air/oil heat exchangers.