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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Manabu Tateno, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 5/04 (2006.01); F01K 13/02 (2006.01); F01D 15/08 (2006.01); F01K 23/10 (2006.01); F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F01K 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 5/04 (2013.01); F01D 15/08 (2013.01); F01K 13/02 (2013.01); F01K 23/065 (2013.01); F01K 23/101 (2013.01); F01P 7/162 (2013.01); F01P 2050/24 (2013.01); F02G 2260/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A waste heat recovery apparatus includes an evaporator, an expander, a condenser, a liquid-phase refrigerant supply device, and a control device. The control device is configured to control the liquid-phase refrigerant supply device so as to bring the supply of the liquid-phase refrigerant by the liquid-phase refrigerant supply device into a stopped state at least until an amount of the liquid-phase refrigerant stored in the evaporator becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined low refrigerant amount, during operation of the internal combustion engine.