Method for utilizing refrigerant, and arrangement for implementing the method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBart Wilhelmus Schmitz, Bernd Dienhart
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Abstract
A method for utilizing a refrigerant, which has been discharged from a vehicle air-conditioning system, in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine is provided. The refrigerant is discharged via a pressure relief valve provided in the vehicle air-conditioning system. The refrigerant that has been discharged from the vehicle air-conditioning system via the pressure relief valve is fed to the internal combustion engine.
Claims20
A method for utilizing a refrigerant, which has been discharged from a vehicle air-conditioning system, the method comprising:
- providing a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and the vehicle air-conditioning system, the vehicle air-conditioning system including a pressure relief valve;
- discharging the refrigerant via the pressure relief valve;
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- feeding the refrigerant that has been discharged from the vehicle air-conditioning system via the pressure relief valve to the internal combustion engine.
A system for utilizing a refrigerant in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a vehicle air-conditioning system;
- a pressure relief valve to discharge the refrigerant associated with the vehicle air-conditioning system;
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- a channel that fluidly couples the pressure relief valve to the internal combustion engine to feed the discharged refrigerant to the internal combustion engine.
A system for utilizing a refrigerant in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an internal combustion engine including an intake arrangement;
- a vehicle air-conditioning system;
- a fuel tank;
- a pressure relief valve to discharge the refrigerant associated with the vehicle air-conditioning system;
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- a channel that couples the pressure relief valve to one of the fuel tank and the intake arrangement to feed the discharged refrigerant to the internal combustion engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.