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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Jung Min Seo, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;
Assignee:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 175/00 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01); B01D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 175/0033 (2013.01); B01D 1/0058 (2013.01); B01D 1/0082 (2013.01); B01D 17/0208 (2013.01); B01D 17/042 (2013.01); C10M 175/0091 (2013.01); C10N 2240/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a lubricating oil tank storing a lubricating oil. An oil separator separates the lubricating oil from a working fluid discharged from an expander of a waste heat recovery system. A lubricating oil return conduit is connected between the oil separator and the lubricating oil tank. A working fluid return conduit is connected between the lubricating oil tank and the oil separator. A vaporizer unit is installed in the lubricating oil tank to vaporize a liquefied working fluid mixed with the separated lubricating oil in the lubricating oil tank.