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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/20 (2006.01); F22B 21/24 (2006.01); F24H 1/14 (2006.01); F22B 1/18 (2006.01); F01K 25/08 (2006.01); F22B 37/10 (2006.01); F22B 21/26 (2006.01); F01K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/205 (2013.01); F01K 9/003 (2013.01); F01K 25/08 (2013.01); F22B 1/18 (2013.01); F22B 21/24 (2013.01); F22B 21/26 (2013.01); F22B 37/101 (2013.01); F24H 1/145 (2013.01); Y02E 20/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CHP system includes a combustor (heat source), a Rankine cycle apparatus, and a second heat exchanger. The Rankine cycle apparatus includes, as an evaporator, a first heat exchanger that absorbs thermal energy produced in the combustor. The second heat exchanger is located closer to the combustor than is the evaporator, absorbs thermal energy produced in the combustor, and transfers the thermal energy to a heat medium.