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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Shiguang Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 9/00 (2006.01); F01K 27/02 (2006.01); F01K 15/02 (2006.01); F01K 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 27/02 (2013.01); F01K 15/02 (2013.01); F01K 23/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided with an expander, a condenser, a pump, and a heater in sequential fluid communication in a thermodynamic cycle containing a working fluid. The thermodynamic cycle is provided for waste heat recovery in the vehicle. A heat pipe contains a phase change material and has a condenser region and an evaporative region. The evaporative region is in thermal contact with a recirculating fluid of a vehicle system. The heater provides thermal contact between the working fluid and the condenser region of the heat pipe.