Vehicle or Stationary Power Plant Having a Turbocharged Internal Combustion Engine as a Drive Source
AssigneeMAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
InventorErwin Stiermann
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Abstract
A vehicle or stationary power plant having an internal combustion engine as a drive source and having components adapted to be supplied with heat from a medium accommodated in a closed loop The turbine of the exhaust gas turbocharger provided for turbocharging the internal combustion engine acts as a heat source. A heat exchanger is disposed externally on the turbine housing and can be incorporated or switchable into the medium loop The medium can be conveyed directly or channeled through the interior of the heat exchanger, and the medium is adapted to be heated up in such interior utilizing at least thermal radiation energy from the hot turbine housing.
Claims25
A vehicle or stationary power plant having an internal combustion engine as a drive source and having components that are adapted to be supplied with heat from a medium accommodated in a closed medium loop, comprising:
- an exhaust gas turbocharger for turbocharging said internal combustion engine, wherein said exhaust gas turbocharger includes a turbine that is adapted to act as a heat source, and wherein said turbine has a turbine housing;
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- a heat exchanger disposed externally on said turbine housing, wherein said heat exchanger is adapted to be incorporated or switchable in said medium loop, wherein said medium is adapted to be conveyed directly or in a channeled manner through an interior of said heat exchanger, and wherein in said interior of said heat exchanger said medium is adapted to be heated up utilizing at least thermal radiation energy from said turbine housing,
- wherein said heat exchanger has a first connection that is connected to a supply line for said medium that is to be heated and a second connection that is spaced from said first connection, wherein a discharge line for heated-up medium is connected to said second connection,
- wherein a heat exchanger pipe extends between said first connection and said second connection of said heat exchanger or wherein a heat exchanger pipe bundle extends between two terminal collection chambers, wherein the medium to be heated is conducted through said heat exchanger pipe or heat exchanger pipe bundle in a channeled or piped manner.
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