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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Donald Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
James Patrick O'neill, Milford, MI (US);
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Donald Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
James Patrick O'Neill, Milford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for recovering exhaust heat for an engine is disclosed herein. The method includes during an engine operation, reducing a volume of a circulating heat transfer fluid and discharging a heat storage device to heat an engine component. The method further includes distributing the circulating heat transfer fluid to one or more heat exchangers each in thermal contact with one or more engine systems.