NL2029295B1 - Exhaust gas recirculation assembly - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
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- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
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- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M26/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M26/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
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Abstract
An exhaust gas recirculation assembly arranged to cooperate with a diesel combustion engine cooled by a coolant circuit. The assembly comprises coolant inlet and outlet parts; and gas inlet and outlet parts connectable between an gas exhaust part and an air intake of the engine respectively. A high temperature heat exchanging part, is provided arranged for cooling EGR exhaust gas; a low temperature heat exchanging part is provided arranged for cooling EGR exhaust gas downstream of the high temperature heat exchanging part. The low temperature heat exchanging part is cooled by coolant received from the coolant inlet part. The high temperature exchanging part is cooled by coolant received from the low temperature exchanging part. A thermostatic mixing valve is provided in between said low and high temperature heat exchanging parts, that mixes coolant received from the low temperature heat exchanging part and coolant received from a first coolant line coupled to the motor coolant outlet. In an embodiment, the coolant circuit comprises a single radiator system and a single coolant pump.
Description
P129880NL00
Title: Exhaust gas recirculation assembly
The invention relates to an exhaust gas recirculation assembly arranged to cooperate with a diesel combustion engine. Typically, such an assembly comprises coolant inlet and outlet parts; and gas inlet and outlet parts connectable between an gas exhaust part and an air intake of the engine respectively. Typically, coolant 1s provided from a coolant circuit cooled by a radiator system, which coolant circuit is shared by the combustion engine.
Cooler EGR gas results in a lower inlet temperature which renders a higher volumetric efficiency and a better fuel consumption of the engine. Since temperatures of EGR exhaust gas can be very high, cooling in multiple stages may be a way to effectively cool the gases. However, during a cold start, excessive cooling of the EGR gases may lead to inefficient combustion and delay of reaching a favorable operating temperature. For example, it is important to heat the coolant as quickly as possible to an operating temperature for example in a range of 65- 91 ° Celsius before entering the engine, since low cooling temperatures can have the effect of increasing friction in the engine, which leads to increased fuel consumption and economic life reduction. To this end, it is known to utilize thermostatic mixing valves that may reduce the coolant flow to the radiator and or the exhaust recirculation assembly in a cold start or partial load case.
However, in view of the high temperatures it is difficult to design an exhaust gas recirculation assembly that can be cooled adequately, but that 1s also robust to the temperature stress that can arise in the heat exchanging parts. Furthermore, it is a challenge to provide a coolant circuit with a minimum number of functional parts, in particular, a single radiator system, that shares cooling power to both the engine and the EGR assembly,
since both may have different cooling challenges, especially in partial load or cold start conditions.
According to the invention at least one of these objects is obtained by providing an exhaust gas recirculation assembly arranged to cooperate with a diesel combustion engine that has engine coolant inlet and outlets and that is connected to a coolant circuit cooled by a radiator system. The assembly comprises coolant inlet and outlet parts; and gas inlet and outlet parts connectable between a gas exhaust part and an air intake of the engine respectively. The assembly is provided with a high temperature heat exchanging part, arranged for cooling EGR exhaust gas; and with a low temperature heat exchanging part, arranged for cooling EGR exhaust gas downstream of the high temperature heat exchanging part. The low temperature heat exchanging part is cooled by coolant received from the coolant inlet part. A thermostatic mixing valve is provided fluidly in between said low and a high temperature heat exchanging part, that mixes coolant received from the low temperature heat exchanging part and coolant received from a first coolant bypass line coupled to the motor coolant outlet.
The high temperature heat exchanging part is cooled by coolant received from the low temperature exchanging part and the coolant line.
The thermostatic mixing valve has the effect that both heat exchanging parts can be cooled according to different control schemes.
In a preferred embodiment, the thermostatic mixing valve is controlled to receive coolant from the low temperature heat exchanging part independent of its temperature. This may prevent shutting down of the coolant circuit, in particular of the coolant flow through the low temperature heat exchanging part, which could delay adequate heating of the coolant to an operating temperature.
According to another aspect of the invention a heavy duty commercial vehicle 1s provided comprising an exhaust recirculation assembly, wherein the vehicle comprises a diesel combustion engine that has engine coolant inlet and outlets and that is connected to a coolant circuit cooled by a radiator system. The heavy duty commercial vehicle preferably comprises coolant circuit comprising a single radiator system and a single coolant pump. With the coolant circuit setup for the commercial vehicle as proposed, an efficient single circuit design is provided wherein exhaust gas recirculation assembly and engine parts can be efficiently cooled. A preferred example is a circuit layout where the coolant inlet part of the exhaust recirculation assembly 1s connectable to the radiator system to receive cooled fluid and wherein the coolant outlet part is connectable to the motor coolant inlet. This setup optimizes cooling power of the EGR in full and partial load condition.
The invention will be further explained with reference to the
Figure, in which a non-limiting exemplary embodiment of a vehicle according to the invention is shown:
Fig. 1 shows a schematic setup of the exhaust recirculation assembly according to the invention;
Fig. 2 schematically shows a further embodiment of an exhaust recirculation assembly according to the invention;
Fig. 3 schematically shows a preferred circuit layout of the exhaust recirculation assembly according to the invention.
Turning to Figure 1, a schematic setup is provided for the exhaust recirculation assembly according to an aspect of the invention. The assembly comprises a coolant inlet part 10 and a coolant outlet parts 20. Gas inlet 30 and gas outlet parts 40 are connectable between a gas exhaust part and an air intake of the engine (not shown) respectively. The assembly is provided with a high temperature heat exchanging part 100, arranged for cooling
EGR exhaust gas that flows between the gas inlet and outlet parts 30, 40.
The exhaust gas has thus a high temperature, comparable to the exhaust gas temperature, exiting the exhaust valves. A high temperature heat exchanging part 100 is arranged for cooling hot exhaust gas flowing downstream to the low temperature heat exchanging part 200 where the partly cooled EGR gas is further cooled down by the low temperature heat exchanging part 200. In the figure, the parts 100, 200, may be directly connected with EGR gas channels 300 coupled between said gas inlet and outlet parts 30, 40 but this is not essential. Furthermore the high temperature heat exchanging part 100 and the low temperature heat exchanging 200 part may be provided within a single connected structure which has the benefit of reduction of parts and space requirement, but this is also not essential.
As can be seen in the Figure, the low temperature heat exchanging part 200 is cooled by coolant received from the coolant inlet part 10 and the high temperature heat exchanging part 100 is cooled by coolant received from the low temperature exchanging part 200. A thermostatic mixing valve 500 is provided, fluidly, between said low and high temperature heat exchanging parts. The mixing valve mixes coolant received from the low temperature heat 200 exchanging part and coolant received from a first coolant line 50 coupled to the motor coolant outlet. The coolant line 50 thus provides heated, that is, substantially uncooled coolant, directly from the motor coolant outlet, where heated coolant exits, in order to mix coolant of a lower temperature, received from the low temperature heat exchanging part 200 to a achieve coolant of a higher temperature suitable for entry into the high temperature heat exchanging part 100. This has the effect that the temperature difference in the high temperature heat exchanging part 100, in particular between coolant and exhaust recirculation gas, can be limited, which may prevent large thermal stresses in the heat exchanger and thereby increases lifetime. In addition, the thermostatic mixing valve 500 may be actively controlled during partial load or cold start conditions, to optimize the flow through the low temperature heat exchanging part 200.
The thermostatic mixing valve may be controlled to receive coolant from the low temperature heat exchanging part independent of its temperature, in particular, to prevent shut off of coolant through the low temperature heat 5 exchanging part 200 while the coolant temperature is below an operational control temperature for operating the engine. This prevents shutting down of the coolant circuit, in particular of the coolant flow through the low temperature heat exchanging part 200, which could delay adequate heating of the coolant to an operating temperature.
Thus, flow of coolant through the assembly can be efficiently controlled during cold start or partial load conditions where coolant is not yet at its (maximum) operational temperature. To this end a controller 550 may be provided. Controller 550 may be part of the mixing valve 500 but may also be part of the engine control unit or any other controlling part. The controller 550 may have control inputs, in particular temperature sensor control inputs, that may input operational temperatures of e.g. low temperature heat exchanger 200, high temperature heat exchanger 100 and engine operation temperatures.
Fig. 2 schematically shows a further embodiment of an exhaust recirculation assembly 1000 according to the invention. In this embodiment, the assembly may be a circuit part, that is a fluidly connected assembly of not necessarily mechanically connected parts. In the example, heat exchanging parts 100, 200 fluidly connected in series with thermostatic mixing valve 500 and a coolant circuit pump 400. At the same time, heat exchanging parts 100, 200 may be coupled to a single exhaust gas channel, as 1s conventional. In the Figure representative operational temperatures are provided in full load (FL) and partial load (PL) conditions. Specifically, in the example, a full load condition may have unmixed coolant, in particular, where the coolant line 50 is shut off, and wherein coolant is cooled to about 90 ° Celsius, which, in practice may be lower, depending on the radiator design to values ranging from 75 ° to 91 ° Celsius. In partial load or cold start conditions, the coolant may have values, for the low temperature heat exchanger part of about 60 ° Celsius, more specifically, ranging between 40 ° to 75 ° Celsius, and the high temperature heat exchanging part may be operated for coolant entering at about 80 ° Celsius, more specifically, in a range between 75 ° and 90 °Celsius.
Fig 3 shows a practical embodiment of the exhaust recirculation assembly in an exemplary preferential circuit layout 2000. As will be explained, coolant circuit pump 400 may be the only pump in the circuit 2000, since the circuit layout may essentially provide a single serial flow of coolant. The coolant pump is in the example provided between the first and second heat exchanging, preferably downstream of the thermostatic mixing valve. The pump is thus upstream the high temperature heat exchanger which provides compression in the coolant when entering the heat exchanger and prevents coolant from boiling. At the same time the pump provides a suction pressure that directs the flow in coolant line 50 to the thermostatic valve.
Such a single serial flow of coolant through the exhaust recirculation assembly and the engine may be further characterized in that the motor coolant inlet 810 is connected to the exhaust gas recirculation assembly substantially without a parallel branch connected to the radiator, so that the engine effectively receives coolant that is heated by the exhaust recirculation assembly. In this circuit layout 2000 a second thermostatic mixing valve 600 is provided between the outlet of the radiator system 700 and the coolant inlet part of the low temperature heat exchanging part 200.
The second thermostatic valve may be a passive valve that mixes heated coolant from coolant line 60 in order to keep coolant at a minimal desired temperature, and that shuts off coolant line 60 when coolant entering the heat exchanger 200 is sufficiently heated, but also to keep the coolant temperature at a minimal desired temperature at the entry of part 200 during partial load. Specifically the passive thermostatic valve may be set to a minimal coolant set temperature for requiring partial load cooling of the engine e.g. to the set temperature ranges between 65 and 91 ° Celsius.
Valve 600 accordingly mixes coolant received from outlet of the radiator system 700 and coolant received from a coolant line 830 that is coupled to the motor coolant outlet 820.
The coolant inlet part of low temperature heat exchanging part 200, in this example, is directly connected to the radiator system 700 to receive cooled fluid that can be maximally cooled. This has as a benefit that the full cooling power of the coolant circuit 2000 is used to cool EGR recirculation gas. The coolant outlet part of high temperature heat exchanging part 100 is connectable to the motor coolant inlet, while keeping optimal operation temperatures for the engine 800. In the circuit 2000 a coolant line 830 exits from the motor engine coolant outlet 820, effectively branching of a main return circuit line 710 passing through radiator 700.
This coolant line can be used to provide heated coolant to the mixing valves 500 and 600, in order to provide a mixed coolant of a cold temperature portion, received from the outlet of radiator 700, and a hot temperature portion, received from engine outlet 820. Accordingly, a coolant line 830 may fluidly connect with first and second coolant lines 50, 60, coupled to respective thermostatic mixing valves 500, 600. These coolant lines are thus coupled to the motor coolant outlet 820 in parallel to a circuit line 710 connecting to the radiator system 700.
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