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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2013
Orcan Energy Ag, München, DE;
Andreas Grill, München, DE;
Jens-Patrick Springer, München, DE;
Gabor Ast, München, DE;
Andreas Sichert, Laufen, DE;
Richard Aumann, München, DE;
Andreas Schuster, Tussenhausen, DE;
ORCAN ENERGY AG, München, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a thermodynamic circuit process device comprising a working medium having a lubricant additive; an expansion machine () for converting enthalpy in the working medium into mechanical energy; a multi-stage pressure-increasing apparatus () for the step-by-step pressurization of the working medium; a means () for branching a part of the working medium between two stages of the multi-stage pressure-increasing apparatus (); and a means () for feeding the branched off part of the working medium to one or a plurality of bearing points of the expansion machine. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for lubricating an expansion machine in a thermodynamic circuit process device.