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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Atsushi Inaba, Kariya, JP;
Shinichi Hamada, Anjo, JP;
Shigeru Hisanaga, Kariya, JP;
Tadashi Hotta, Okazaki, JP;
Atsushi Inaba, Kariya, JP;
Shinichi Hamada, Anjo, JP;
Shigeru Hisanaga, Kariya, JP;
Tadashi Hotta, Okazaki, JP;
DENSO Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide a rankine cycle suitable for a use for a motor vehicle. In a waste heat collecting system having the rankine cycle and a refrigerating cycle, when ECU receives an air-conditioning signal from A/C ECU, the refrigerating cycle is operated, by preceding the operation of the rankine cycle. In the case that there is no air-conditioning signal and a temperature of an engine cooling water is higher than a predetermined value, the rankine cycle is operated.