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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Koichiro Hashimoto, Takasago, JP;
Kazumasa Nishimura, Takasago, JP;
Shigeto Adachi, Takasago, JP;
Yutaka Narukawa, Takasago, JP;
Haruyuki Matsuda, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuya Kakiuchi, Takasago, JP;
Noboru Tsuboi, Hyogo, JP;
Kazunori Fukuhara, Takasago, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A compression device is equipped with a compressor () and a heat energy recovery unit () that recovers heat energy from a compressed gas. The heat energy recovery unit () is equipped with: a heat exchanger () that has an inflow port (), and that heats an operating medium by means of the heat from the compressed gas; an expansion device (); a power recovery unit (); a condenser (); and a pump (). The heat exchanger () is arranged closer to the compressor () than the expansion device (), and is oriented such that the inflow port () faces the compressor ().