US 12,326,124 B2
Internal combustion engine with thermochemical recuperation of waste heat and a method for thermochemical recuperation
Leonid Tartakovsky, Haifa (IL); Moshe Sheintuch, Haifa (IL); Mark Veinblat, Haifa (IL); and Andy Thawko, Kfar-Kama (IL)
Assigned to Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd., Haifa (IL)
Appl. No. 17/597,535
Filed by Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd., Haifa (IL)
PCT Filed Jul. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/056382
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/005510, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,792, filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290637 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F02M 21/02 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01); F01P 3/02 (2006.01); F01P 3/20 (2006.01); F01P 5/10 (2006.01); F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F02G 5/02 (2006.01); F01P 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 21/0227 (2013.01) [F01N 5/02 (2013.01); F01P 3/02 (2013.01); F01P 3/20 (2013.01); F01P 5/10 (2013.01); F01P 7/16 (2013.01); F02G 5/02 (2013.01); F02M 21/0206 (2013.01); F02M 21/0245 (2013.01); F01P 2003/001 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermochemical recuperation (TCR) system, comprising:
a TCR reformer configured to output a TCR product;
a pressure regulator;
a TCR product accumulator configured to separate an outputting of the TCR product by the TCR reformer from a provision of the TCR product to the pressure regulator; and
a primary pre-heater that is configured to receive, from a coolant circulation pump, a water-alcohol mixture and to pre-heat the water-alcohol mixture to provide a pre-heated water-alcohol mixture;
wherein the pressure regulator is configured to provide the TCR product to a direct injector of an engine, thereby enabling the direct injector to inject the TCR product at a high pressure level.