EP 0775250 A1 19970528 - LOW-TEMPERATURE HEAT ENGINE
Title (en)
LOW-TEMPERATURE HEAT ENGINE
Title (de)
NIEDERTEMPERATUR-WÄRMEKRAFTMASCHINE, NIEDERTEMPERATURMOTOR NTM BZW. TIEFTEMPERATURMOTOR
Title (fr)
MOTEUR THERMIQUE A BASSE TEMPERATURE, MOTEUR A BASSE TEMPERATURE
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 9402179 W 19940704
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9601363A1] The invention concerns a low-temperature engine which obtains, operating at a low temperature, mechanical energy from thermal energy. It can be designed as a compact unit as well as in component form. A liquefied gas is pumped under high pressure by a multi-cylinder pump (1) in a closed circuit into an evaporator (4) where it is evaporated by the supply of heat (e.g. waste heat or heat from the surroundings). The vapour thus formed is passed into an expansion device (8) where the large pressure drop causes it to be supercooled and liquefied. The gas can flow past the expansion device through a bypass line (25). The liquefied gas can overflow into a bypass line (45). The fields of application of the engine are comparable with those of existing internal-combustion engines (vehicle propulsion, stationary drive units and power generation). A further application is the use of the low-temperature engine as a refrigerating machine.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F01K 25/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F01K 25/10 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9601362A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9601363 A1 19960118; AU 2926795 A 19960125; AU 7490894 A 19960125; DE 4481032 D2 19971002; EP 0775250 A1 19970528; EP 0778917 A1 19970618; WO 9601362 A1 19960118
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 9502578 W 19950703; AU 2926795 A 19950703; AU 7490894 A 19940704; DE 4481032 T 19940704; EP 9402179 W 19940704; EP 94924714 A 19940704; EP 95924967 A 19950703