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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2017
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a thermal energy recovery device in which a site of a circulation flow path between an evaporated portion and an expander can be avoided having too high temperature upon stoppage of power recovery by a power recovery machine. 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 medium of liquid phase flowing out of the pump () partially to a site of the circulation flow path () between the evaporator () and the expander (), an on-off valve (V) provided in the cooling flow path (), and a control unit (), in which upon reception of a stop signal for stopping power recovery by the power recovery machine (), the control unit () opens the on-off valve (V).