Exhaust heat recovery device
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKenshirou Muramatsu, Yasutoshi Yamanaka, Kimio Kohara, Yuuki Mukoubara
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AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKenshirou Muramatsu, Yasutoshi Yamanaka, Kimio Kohara, Yuuki Mukoubara
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An exhaust heat recovery device is provided with an evaporation portion for evaporating an operation fluid flowing therein by performing heat exchange with exhaust gas of an engine, a condensation portion for condensing the operation fluid flowing from the evaporation portion by performing heat exchange with coolant of the engine, and a flow adjusting portion for adjusting a flow amount of the operation fluid flowing from the condensation portion to the evaporation portion. A catalyst temperature detector is adapted to detect a temperature of a catalyst for purifying the exhaust gas, and a control unit sets a catalyst heating mode when the detected temperature of the catalyst is lower than a threshold value. Furthermore, the control unit causes the flow adjusting portion to adjust the flow amount of the operation fluid from the condensation portion to the evaporation portion at zero, in the catalyst heating mode.
An exhaust heat recovery device for recovering heat from exhaust gas of an engine, the exhaust heat recovery device comprising:
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