Reciprocating Expander for an Exhaust Heat Recovery Rankine Cycle for a Passenger Car Application

Nowadays, on average, two thirds of the fuel energy consumed by an engine is wasted through the exhaust gases and the cooling liquid. The recovery of this energy would enable a substantial reduction in fuel consumption. One solution is to integrate a heat recovery system based on a steam Rankine cyc...

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Main Authors: Osoko Shonda, Georges Descombes, Yulia Glavatskaya, Vincent Lemort, Pierre Podevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-06-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/5/6/1751