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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2017
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a thermal energy recovery device in which poor lubrication of a bearing can be inhibited when an expander is driven. The thermal energy recovery device includes an evaporator (), an expander (), a power recovery machine (), a condenser (), a pump (), a circulation flow path (), a cooling flow path () for supplying working fluid from the pump () partially to the power recovery machine (), an on-off valve (V) provided in the cooling flow path (), and a control unit (), in which the expander () has a rotor (), a bearing (), and a primary casing (), and in which the power recovery machine () has a power recovery unit () and a secondary casing (), and in which upon reception of a stop signal for stopping power recovery by the power recovery machine (), the control unit () closes the on-off valve (V).