US 2012/0266597 A1 · Integration of Waste Heat from Charge Air Cooling Into a Cascaded Organic Rankine Cycle System

Abstract

The present application and the resultant patent provide a waste heat recovery system. The waste heat recovery system may include a first organic rankine cycle system, a second organic rankine cycle system, and one or more preheaters. The preheaters may be one or more charge air coolers. The charge air coolers may be in communication with the first organic rankine cycle system, the second organic rankine cycle system, or both the first organic rankine cycle system and the second rankine cycle system.

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Dependent claims

A waste heat recovery system, comprising:

a first organic rankine cycle system;
a second organic rankine cycle system;
and
one or more preheaters;
wherein the one or more preheaters comprise one or more charge air coolers in communication with the first organic rankine cycle system, the second organic rankine cycle system, or both the first organic rankine cycle system and the second rankine cycle system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/090,363Filed 20 Apr 2011

Published

25 Oct 2012

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

F01K 23/065
Combustion heat from one cycle heating the fluid in another cycle: the combustion taking place in an internal combustion piston engine, e.g. a…
F01K 25/08
Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided for; Plants operating in closed cycles and not…
Y02T 10/12
Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles: improving ICE efficiencies
F01K
Steam engine plants

Integration of Waste Heat from Charge Air Cooling Into a Cascaded Organic Rankine Cycle System

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Integration of Waste Heat from Charge Air Cooling Into a Cascaded Organic Rankine Cycle System

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Abstract

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