Refrigeration – Disparate apparatus utilized as heat source or absorber – With vortex tube – thermoelectric – stirling or air cycle
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-10
2008-10-07
Tyler, Cheryl J. (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Disparate apparatus utilized as heat source or absorber
With vortex tube, thermoelectric, stirling or air cycle
C062S003200, C062S003300, C062S003610, C062S004000, C060S272000, C060S298000, C060S320000, C060S601000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07430875
ABSTRACT:
The exhaust heat recovery system of the invention includes: a thermoelectric conversion element that generates electric energy by thermoelectric conversion using heat of exhaust gas discharged from an engine; and a heat pump including a heat recovery unit that absorbs the heat contained in the exhaust gas through an endothermic reaction using a heating medium, and a heat generation unit which generates heat through an exothermic reaction of the heating medium and which supplies the heat to the thermoelectric conversion element. With this configuration, the thermoelectric conversion element and the heat generation unit are movably attached to each other such that they can be placed in contact with and separated from each other, and the heat recovery unit is positioned in an exhaust gas passage in an exhaust gas downstream flow direction from the heat generation unit.
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Itoh Yuji
Murata Kiyohito
Sasaki Toshitake
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Koca Huseyin
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
Tyler Cheryl J.
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