Patent Application - Clausius-Rankine cycle > Summary

Patent Application No. US 20120060502

Published on Mar 15, 2012

Application No. 13/068077

Filed on May 2, 2011

Priority Date -

Gärtner, Jan - Sindelfingen, DE (4)

In a Clausius-Rankine cycle, in particular for mobile applications, comprising a pump for circulating a liquid working fluid in the Clausius-Rankine cycle and pressurizing the working fluid, a heating device for vaporizing the pressurized liquid working fluid and an expansion device for generating mechanical driving power by expanding the hot, compressed vaporized working fluid, a condenser device for condensing the hot, expanded vaporized working fluid is provided to form again liquid working fluid and the condenser device includes integrated therein a collection volume for collecting and storing liquid working fluid.