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US 2016/0237964 A1Published application
Heat transfer system and method of making and using the same
AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorFrederick M. Huscher
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Abstract
One variation includes a generator comprising a housing, at least one shaft, at least one bearing, and at least one fluid system comprising a pump, a fluid, and a fluid jacket, wherein the fluid system is constructed and arranged for transferring heat from at least one of the bearing or the housing to the fluid. One variation includes a fluid circuit comprising a fluid, a condenser, a generator/expander, a pump, at least one valve, and an injection path constructed and arranged to deliver fluid from the fluid circuit into a fuel injection mixture for an engine.
Claims20
A product comprising:
- a generator comprising a housing, at least one shaft, at least one bearing, and at least one fluid system comprising a pump, a fluid, and a fluid jacket, wherein the fluid system is constructed and arranged for transferring heat between at least one of the bearing or the housing and the fluid.
A product comprising:
- a fluid circuit comprising a fluid, a condenser, a generator/expander, a pump, at least one valve, and an injection path constructed and arranged to deliver fluid from the fluid circuit into a fuel injection mixture for an engine.
A method comprising:
- providing a fluid circuit comprising a fluid, at least one pump, a condenser, a turbine, a generator, a heat exchanger, and an injection path constructed and arranged to deliver fluid from the fluid circuit into a fuel injection mixture for an engine;
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- flowing fluid through the fluid circuit wherein fluid is allowed into the injection path by operation of a controller constructed to allow fluid into the fluid path based on at least one variable comprising at least one of fluid temperature, fluid pressure, engine load, engine speed, engine temperature, intake temperature, intake density, or exhaust temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.