1639 results about "Waste heat recovery unit" patented technology

The exhaust heat recovery muffler includes a muffler unit having the outer surface thereof covered, an exhaust heat recovery unit disposed integrally with the muffler unit, and a switching valve that switches the flow of exhaust gas into the muffler unit and into the exhaust heat recovery unit. An outer pipe of the muffler unit and a cylindrical shell of the exhaust heat recovery unit, covering the outer circumference of the outer pipe, are coaxially disposed. The exhaust heat recovery unit includes a heat exchange chamber, formed by a pair of partitions provided between the inner circumference of the shell and the outer circumference of the outer pipe, and small-diameter pipes penetrating through the pair of partitions and extending through the heat exchange chamber. A heat exchange medium flows inside of the heat exchange chamber.

Thermoelectric devices, intended for placement in the exhaust of a hydrocarbon fuelled combustion device and particularly suited for use in the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine propelling a vehicle, are described. Exhaust gas passing through the device is in thermal communication with one side of a thermoelectric module while the other side of the thermoelectric module is in thermal communication with a lower temperature environment. The heat extracted from the exhaust gasses is converted to electrical energy by the thermoelectric module. The performance of the generator is enhanced by thermally coupling the hot and cold junctions of the thermoelectric modules to phase-change materials which transform at a temperature compatible with the preferred operating temperatures of the thermoelectric modules. In a second embodiment, a plurality of thermoelectric modules, each with a preferred operating temperature and each with a uniquely-matched phase-change material may be used to compensate for the progressive lowering of the exhaust gas temperature as it traverses the length of the exhaust pipe.

The invention discloses a heat-exchange system with the waste heat recovery function for dry clothes condensation and a clothes dryer. The heat-exchange system comprises a waste heat recovery device, a condenser and a water-collecting box, wherein the waste heat recovery device comprises two groups of airflow air ways, i.e. a damp and hot-air air way and a waste heat recovery air way; the two groups of airflow air ways form a heat-exchange structure; and damp and hot air passes through the damp and hot-air air way of the waste heat recovery device, the condenser and the water-collecting box in sequence and then passes through the waste heat recovery air way of the waste heat recovery device to finish water heat recovery. An air outlet of the clothes dryer is communicated with the damp and hot-air air way of the waste heat recovery device through an air outlet duct and is then communicated with an air inlet through an air inlet duct after the damp and hot air passes through the condenser and the water-collecting box in sequence and then passes through the waste heat recovery air way of the waste heat recovery device to finish the waste heat recovery; a filter is arranged in the air inlet duct; and a drying fan and a heating device are arranged in the air inlet duct. The heat-exchange system has the beneficial effect that the electric energy and the time are saved by utilizing waste heat, and the clothes drying efficiency is improved.

The waste heat recovery system includes a Rankine cycle device in which working fluid circulates through a pump, a boiler, an expander and then through a heat exchanging device, heat exchange occurs in the boiler between the working fluid and intake fluid that is introduced into an internal combustion engine while being cooled. The heat exchanging device includes a condenser condensing the working fluid, a receiver connected downstream of the condenser and storing liquid-phase working fluid, a subcooler connected downstream of the receiver and subcooling the liquid-phase working fluid, and a selector device serving to change the ratio of the condenser to the subcooler. The waste heat recovery system further includes a determination device for determining required cooling load for the intake fluid, and a controller for controlling the selector device depending on the required cooling load determined by the determination device.

The invention discloses a waste heat recovery device of an air compressor and a control method of the waste heat recovery device. The waste heat recovery device comprises heat exchanging modules and enhanced heat exchanging modules, wherein the heat exchanging modules are arranged in parallel at the two ends of an oil-channel electric valve; the reinforcing heat exchanging modules are arranged in parallel at the two ends of the air-channel electric valve; the heat exchanging modules and the reinforcing heat exchanging modules are utilized to recover and store the heat energy in circulating oil and the heat energy in compressed air lost and wasted when the air compressor operates; the heat energy of the compressed air can be recycled at highest efficiency under the premise that the operation of the air compressor is not impacted. According to the waste heat recovery device of the air compressor and the control method of the waste heat recovery device, the collected data are analyzed and operated so as to realized effective high intelligent control; not only is the efficiency of the operation of the air compressor improved, but also the energy input of the heat energy utilizing modules can be reduced, the energy consumption or fuels for heating are lowered, and energy comprehensive utilizing degree is improved. Therefore, the waste heat recovery device has the advantages that the energy-saving effect is good, the intelligent degree is high, and the stability is excellent.

The invention discloses a multifunctional energy system. In the system, coal and natural gases simultaneously enter a reforming reactor, and the coal fires in the reforming reactor to drive the reforming reaction of natural gases, which generates synthetic gases of H2 and CO; the synthetic gases pass through a shift converter to convert CO into CO2, and then enter a pressure swing adsorption device(PSA) for preparing hydrogen gases; tail gases generated in the PSA device are sent to a CO2 separator to separate out a majority of CO2, and then compressed and cooled to become liquid CO2, which is convenient for transportation and storage; hydrogen rich fuel gases remained after the separation of CO2 are sent to a generating set, and high-temperature flue gases enter a waste heat recovery and a steam generation device, and the flue gases, the waste heat of which is recovered, are discharged in air; the flue gases discharged by a dual fuel reformer are also enter the waste heat recovery and steam generation device for recovering the waste heat, and then enter the CO2 separator to separate CO2 contained in flue gases; purified CO2 is compressed and liquefied, and finally the flue gases are discharged in air. The multifunctional energy system has the advantages of improving the utilization rate of the fuel and realizing the control and recovery of CO2 with zero energy consumption.

A waste heat recovery system is for use with a power unit that includes an internal combustion engine. The waste heat recovery system includes a Rankine cycle device in which working fluid circulates through a pump, a boiler, an expander and then through a condenser, heat exchange occurs in the boiler between the working fluid and intake fluid that is introduced into the internal combustion engine while being cooled, a determination device for determining required cooling load for the intake fluid, a pressure reducing device for reducing evaporation pressure in the Rankine cycle device, and a controller for controlling the pressure reducing device so as to reduce the evaporation pressure below a predetermined evaporation pressure if the required cooling load determined by the determination device exceeds a threshold.

The invention discloses a system and method for power generating by jointly recovering the waste heat of a flue gas of a sintering machine and an exhaust gas of a cooling machine, belonging to the technical field of power generation by using waste sintering heat of a steel and iron plant. The power generating system comprises a sintering machine flue gas waste heat utilizing system, a cooling machine exhaust gas waste heat utilizing system, a turbine generating system and a relevant auxiliary system, wherein a main waste heat discharging boiler is utilized to recover the waste heat of the flue gas of a high-temperature segment of the tail part of the sintering machine; a cooling machine waste heat boiler is utilized to recover the waste heat of the high-temperature exhaust gas of the cooling machine; and a high-temperature electric butterfly valve is arranged between the high-temperature segment and a low-temperature segment of a large flue positioned on the tail part of the sintering machine to prevent the wind pickup temperature of the flue gas from being reduced because a low-temperature flue gas and a high-temperature flue gas are directly mixed so as to ensure the high-temperature flue gas to enter the main waste heat discharging boiler for waste heat recovery. The system and method effectively utilizes the waste heat resources of the high-temperature flue gas of the machine tail of the sintering machine and a hot gas of the high-temperature segment of the cooling machine, enhances the waste heat recovery and utilization efficiency of a sintering process and increases the power generation capacity of the waste heat power generating system.

A system for producing liquefied and sub-cooled natural gas by means of a refrigeration assembly using a single phase gaseous refrigerant comprises at least two expanders; a compressor assembly; a heat exchanger assembly for heat absorption from natural gas; and a heat rejection assembly, in which the expanders are arranged in expander loops and the refrigerant to the respective expander is served in a compressed flow by means of the compressor assembly having compressors or compressor stages enabling adapted inlet and outlet pressures for the respective expander. According to the present the expanders and compressors assembly are assembled in two mechanically connected compressor and expander packages of which one is driven by a gas turbine and the other is driven by a steam turbine, the steam primarily being generated by exhaust gases from the gas turbine in a waste heat recovery unit, and in that the expanders and compressors assemblies are distributed between the two compressor and expander packages to optimize the steam utilization and to balance the power generated by the gas turbine and the steam turbine.

The present application and the resultant patent provide a waste heat recovery system for recovering heat from a number of turbocharger stages. The waste heat recovery system may include a simple organic rankine cycle system and a number of charge air coolers in communication with the turbocharger stages and the simple organic rankine cycle system. The charge air coolers are positioned in a number of parallel branches of the simple organic rankine cycle system.

A closed cycle system for waste heat recovery is provided. The system comprises: a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from an external heat source to a working fluid; an expander fluidly connected to an outlet of the heat exchanger and configured to expand the working fluid and produce mechanical energy; a recuperator fluidly connected to an outlet of the expander and configured to remove heat from the working fluid; a condensing unit fluidly connected to an outlet of the recuperator and configured to condense the working fluid; and a pump fluidly connected to an outlet of the condensing unit and configured to pump the condensed working fluid back to the recuperator, wherein the recuperator is fluidly connected to the heat exchanger such that the working fluid follows a closed path.

The invention relates to a thermodynamic circulating system which is applicable to the recycling of waste heat of a vehicle engine. The thermodynamic circulating system is a coupling of low-temperature Kalina cycle used for recycling the waste heat of the cooling water of the engine and high-temperature organic Rankine cycle used for recycling the waste heat of the exhaust of the engine and the waste heat of the lubricating oil, and comprises an exhaust heat exchanger, an expansion machine, a heat exchanger, a pump, a lubricating oil heat exchanger, a lubricating oil circulating pump, a cooling water heat exchanger, a cooling water circulating pump, a heat regenerator, a throttle valve, a separator, the expansion machine, a low-pressure condenser and a pump. The system can overcome the defects that the utilization ratio of the waste heat is not high in the traditional utilization method of the waste heat of the engine, thus obviously improving the recycling efficiency of the waste heat of the vehicle engine.

To mitigate the potential significant impact on our society due to the continued reliance on high-cost diesel hydrocarbon fuel and the implementation of increasingly strict emission controls, an apparatus is disclosed which provides the means for extracting additional heat from an internal combustion engine while providing the cooling needed to meet stricter emissions standards. The present disclosure describes an apparatus operating on a Rankine cycle for recovering waste heat energy from an internal combustion engine, the apparatus including a closed loop for a working fluid with a single shared low pressure condenser serving a pair of independent high pressure circuits each containing zero or more controlled or passive fluid splitters and mixers, one or more pressure pumps, one or more heat exchangers, and one or more expanders, and the means for controlling said apparatus.

The invention belongs to the technical field of environmental protection, and particularly relates to an industrial waste salt system and method. The industrial waste salt system comprises a waste salt pretreatment unit, a waste salt thermal analysis device, a high temperature dust removal unit, an oil and gas condensing unit, a gas purification unit, a liquid purification and recovery unit, a burner, an evaporation and crystallization unit, and a salt slag waste heat recovery unit. The industrial waste salt system and method is complete in harmless treatment, high in resource recovery rate, and low in treatment energy consumption, and the recovery rate of the waste salt after the treatment of the system can reach 80%.

The waste heat recovery system of an engine includes a Rankine cycle, a first bypass passage, a first valve and a control unit. The Rankine cycle allows a working fluid to circulate therethrough. The Rankine cycle has a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, an expander and a condenser. The first heat exchanger exchange heat between the working fluid and the engine or a first intermediatemedium exchanging heat with the engine. The first bypass passage allows the working fluid to pass therethrough. One end of the first bypass passage is located at an upstream side of the condenser andthe other end is located at a downstream side of the condenser. The first valve opens and closes the first bypass passage. When temperature of the engine or the first intermediate medium is lower than a first predetermined value, the control unit opens the first valve.

The invention discloses an internal combustion engine vapor supercharging waste heat recovery system. According to the technical scheme, internal combustion engine cylinder sleeve cooling water is in tandem connection with the cold end of a thermoelectric generator, an expansion machine, a preheater and a circulating water pump sequentially through pipelines to form into a cooling water heat utilization circulating system; air performed air suction compression through a compressor is sent to an internal combustion engine; an exhaust pipe of the internal combustion engine is in tandem connection with the thermal end of the thermoelectric generator, the gas side of an evaporator sequentially to form into an exhaust thermal utilization system; a preheater is in tandem connection with the working medium side of the evaporator, a turbine expansion machine, the working medium side of the condenser and a working medium pump sequentially to form into an organic rankine cycle system; the compressor is in shaft connection with a turbo machine to form into a turbosupercharger. The internal combustion engine vapor supercharging waste heat recovery system has the advantages of breaking the temperature limit of the recycle source of the organic rankine cycle, recycling the waste heat energy of the exhaust and the cooling water, achieving efficient utilization of the waste heat, avoiding the condition that the exhaust energy is not enough to drive a supercharging system when the load is low, increasing the effective working range of the supercharging system and achieving the purpose of efficiently recycling the waste heat energy.

The invention belongs to the field of energy technology application, particularly relates to a heatpump type gas-fired boiler waste heat recovery unit. The unit comprises an absorption heat pump, a flue gas-water heat exchanger, a flue gas condensation heat exchanger, various connecting pipelines and accessories. The connecting pipelines comprise a first side pipeline, a middle water circulating pipeline and a second side pipeline. First side natural gas as a driving heat source enters a generator of the absorption heat pump and then enters the flue gas-water heat exchanger and the flue gas condensation heat exchanger with smoke exhausted by the gas fired boiler, the natural gas firstly passes through a water side circulating pipeline of the flue gas-water heat exchanger to heat second side return hot water and then exchanges heat with the generator side of the absorption heat pump to be as a low level heat source through the middle water circulating pipeline of the flue gas condensation pipeline, and the heat is transferred to a second side heating network by the absorption heat pump. The unit realizes cascade utilization for flue gas heat, greatly reduces the temperature of exhausted smoke, improves the energy utilization efficiency and is mainly used for gas-fired boiler waste heat recovery in a heating system.