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Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Gregory Rewers, Schwieberdingen, DE;

Nadja Eisenmenger, Stuttgart, DE;

Achim Brenk, Kaempfelbach, DE;

Dieter Seher, Ilsfeld, DE;

Hans-Christoph Magel, Reutlingen, DE;

Andreas Wengert, Auenwald, DE;

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 13/02 (2006.01); F02G 5/02 (2006.01); F01K 23/06 (2006.01); F01K 23/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 13/02 (2013.01); F01K 23/065 (2013.01); F01K 23/10 (2013.01); F02G 5/02 (2013.01); Y02T 10/166 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a line circuit () for waste heat utilization of an internal combustion engine (), and a control unit (). A feed pump (), at least one heat exchanger (), an expansion machine (), a condenser () and a control unit () are situated in the line circuit (). The control unit () calculates a time period which is required until individual components or all the components of the line circuit () have reached a predefined temperature, in order to start up the line circuit () at least partially.


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