Device for vaporizing a cryogenic fluid
AssigneeCryomec, Inc.
InventorsJean Tornare, Klaus Bofinger
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Abstract
The device operates with an internal combustion engine (1) and utilizes the combustion heat of the same. In addition to the heat of the cooling water exiting from the engine (1), the exhaust gases are transferred to a water circuit in an exhaust gas heat exchanger (4). The mechanical performance of the engine (1) is, through the direct application of a hydraulic brake (14), almost completely changed into thermal energy, and the heat thus produced is likewise conducted to the water circuit. The water heated is conducted through a vaporizing unit (7), where it brings the cryogenic fluid conducted in a pipe coil (25) or in a pipe assembly to vaporization.
Claims9
A device for vaporizing a cryogenic fluid with an internal combustion engine (1), the exhaust heat of which can be at least partially transferred to a vaporizing unit (7), from the cooling water and the exhaust gases and through a water circuit, characterized in that a water brake (14) in the form of a water brake restrainer is present, which can be driven by the output shaft (6) of the internal combustion engine (1), and that this water brake (14), together with at least the vaporizing unit (7), forms a closed cooling circuit for the water transferring the heat produced in the water brake.
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