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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Cummins Intellectual Property, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Timothy C. Ernst, Columbus, IN (US);
Christopher R. Nelson, Columbus, IN (US);
Assignee:
CUMMINS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 23/10 (2006.01); F02G 3/00 (2006.01); F01K 23/06 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01); F02G 5/04 (2006.01); F01K 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 23/065 (2013.01); F01K 23/101 (2013.01); F01K 25/08 (2013.01); F01N 5/02 (2013.01); F02G 5/04 (2013.01); Y02T 10/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a waste heat recovery (WHR) system and to a system and method for regulation of a fluid inventory in a condenser and a receiver of a Rankine cycle WHR system. Such regulation includes the ability to regulate the pressure in a WHR system to control cavitation and energy conversion.