Patent ID: 9140146
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: F01K,F01N,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
1. A steam generator for a Rankine cycle for a waste heat recovery device of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, the steam generator comprising: a heat exchanger; a heat exchanger channel in which the heat exchanger is arranged; a bypass channel for bypassing the heat exchanger channel; a heating fluid flowing through the heat exchanger channel and the bypass channel during the operation of the steam generator; a medium to be evaporated flowing through the heat exchanger during the operation of the steam generator, wherein the heat exchanger channel envelops the bypass channel; a tubular steam generator housing which encloses the heat exchanger channel, wherein the heat exchanger is arranged, at least between heat exchanger end areas, radially spaced apart from the steam generator housing enclosing the heat exchanger channel.