Patent ID: 9732616
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: F01B,F01C,F01K,F01M,F04C,F04D,F16N

Claim:
1. Method for lubricating an expansion machine, comprising supplying of a vaporized operating medium which contains a lubricant by a vaporizer, the lubricant being present in the operating medium supplied by the vaporizer in the form of oil droplets; separating of only a part of the lubricant from the vaporized operating medium which is supplied by the vaporizer; and supplying of the operating medium which is depleted in the lubricant by the separation of the part of the lubricant from the operating medium to the expansion machine such that the lubricant remaining in the depleted operating medium lubricates parts of the working chamber of the expansion machine that roll or slide on each other.