US 12,030,364 B2
Pressure regulator warm up system for a transport refrigeration unit
Loic Renault, Saint Etienne du Rouvray (FR)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/251,161
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/001217
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/065363, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0260961 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. B60H 1/20 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F01N 1/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F02G 5/02 (2006.01); F02M 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/20 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00271 (2013.01); F01N 1/02 (2013.01); F01N 3/0205 (2013.01); F02G 5/02 (2013.01); F02M 21/0221 (2013.01); F02M 21/0227 (2013.01); F02M 21/023 (2013.01); F01P 2060/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a first exhaust muffler arranged to receive a first exhaust flow from a first engine;
a transport refrigeration unit (TRU) arranged to condition an interior of a compartment of the vehicle, comprising:
a second exhaust muffler arranged to receive a second exhaust flow from a second engine associated with the TRU; and
a fluid circuit, comprising:
a first heat exchanger having a first heat exchanger first inlet arranged to receive at least one of the first exhaust flow and the second exhaust flow, a first heat exchanger second inlet arranged to receive a coolant, a first heat exchanger first outlet arranged to release at least one of the first exhaust flow and the second exhaust flow, and a first heat exchanger second outlet, and
a valve assembly coupled to a second heat exchanger having a second heat exchanger first inlet arranged to receive the coolant from the first heat exchanger second outlet, a second heat exchanger second inlet arranged to receive gas from a gas tank supported on a vehicle body for storing gas for use in at least one of the first engine and the second engine, a second heat exchanger first outlet fluidly connected to the first heat exchanger second inlet, and a second heat exchanger second outlet arranged to direct gas to the TRU.