Modular radiator for an engine-generator set
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsJames L. King, Randy Scarf
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating electricity includes an internal combustion engine having a drive shaft connected to an electrical generator. A radiator, through which coolant from the engine circulates, is formed by a six sided enclosure with radiator cores forming three, four or five of the six sides. The radiator has a tank mounted above and connected to the three radiator cores to serve as a coolant plenum and as a collector for air entrapped in the coolant. A fan is mounted either inside or outside the radiator enclosure, adjacent to one of the six sides, and is driven by the engine drive shaft or an electric motor. A muffler for the engine may be located within radiator enclosure and cooled by air flowing therethrough.
Claims20
An apparatus for generating electricity comprising:
- an internal combustion engine having a drive shaft, a coolant outlet, a coolant inlet, and a combustion exhaust outlet;
- an electrical generator driven by a connection to the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine;
- a radiator having the form of a hexahedral enclosure and having three cores each forming one side of the enclosure, the radiator further having a tank mounted above the three cores and connected so that coolant for the engine flows between the tank and the three cores, the tank being connected to one of the coolant outlet and the coolant inlet and the three tanks being connected to the other of the coolant outlet and the coolant inlet;
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- a fan mounted adjacent to one side of the enclosure for forcing air through the three cores.
An apparatus for generating electricity comprising:
- an internal combustion engine having a drive shaft, a coolant outlet, a coolant inlet, and an exhaust outlet;
- an electrical generator driven by a connection to the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine;
- a radiator formed by an enclosure with six sides and having three cores, each forming one of the six sides and being connected to the coolant outlet and the coolant inlet;
- a fan mounted adjacent to one of the six sides of the enclosure for forcing air through the three cores;
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- a muffler within the enclosure of the radiator and connected to the exhaust outlet of the engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.