Patents by Inventor Thomas SEDERHOLM

Thomas SEDERHOLM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11220931
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a first circuit (A) configured to cool a combustion engine (2) and a second circuit (B) configured to cool a condenser (19) in a WHR system. The second circuit (B) has a second radiator (16), a first inlet opening (B1i) at which the second circuit (B) receives a coolant from a first position of the first circuit (A), a condenser inlet line (18) configured to direct coolant to the condenser (19) and an outlet opening (Bo) at which the coolant is directed back to the first circuit (A). The second circuit (B) further has a second radiator bypass line (14) directing coolant past the second radiator (16), and a second valve device (13, 13?) configured to distribute the coolant between the second radiator (16) and the second radiator bypass line (14) such that a coolant mixture is received in the condenser inlet line (18) which is able to cool the working medium in the condenser (19) to a desired condensation temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Thomas Sederholm
  • Patent number: 11215101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement comprising a waste heat recovery system (WHR-system) and a method for controlling the arrangement. The arrangement comprises an expansion tank having a constant inner volume, first cooling means configured to cool the working fluid in the condenser and a control unit configured to control the first cooling means such that the working fluid is cooled to a desired condensation temperature in the condenser during operation of the WHR system. The arrangement comprises further a sub-cooler arranged in a position downstream of the condenser and second cooling means configured to cool the working fluid in the sub-cooler, and that the control unit is configured to control the second cooling means such that the working fluid receives a determined subcooling in the sub-cooler during operation of the WHR system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Ola Hall, Thomas Sederholm
  • Publication number: 20210215082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement comprising a waste heat recovery system (WHR-system) and a method for controlling the arrangement. The arrangement comprises an expansion tank having a constant inner volume, first cooling means configured to cool the working fluid in the condenser and a control unit configured to control the first cooling means such that the working fluid is cooled to a desired condensation temperature in the condenser during operation of the WHR system. The arrangement comprises further a sub-cooler arranged in a position downstream of the condenser and second cooling means configured to cool the working fluid in the sub-cooler, and that the control unit is configured to control the second cooling means such that the working fluid receives a determined subcooling in the sub-cooler during operation of the WHR system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Zoltan KARDOS, Ola HALL, Thomas SEDERHOLM
  • Publication number: 20210003040
    Abstract: An arrangement and a method for controlling a shutdown phase of a WHR-system. The WHR system includes a main circuit (4) which includes a pump (3), an evaporator (5), an expander (7) and a condenser (10), and a compensation tank (12) which is configured to compensate for volume changes of a working fluid in the main circuit (4) during operation of the WHR system. The arrangement includes a control unit (26) configured to receive information when the shutdown phase of the WHR system is to be initiated and a flow device able to supply working fluid from the compensation tank (12) to the main circuit (4). The control unit (26) is configured to activate the flow device such that working fluid is supplied from the compensation tank (12) to the main circuit (4) when it receives information indication that the shutdown phase of the WHR system is to be initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas SEDERHOLM, Zoltan KARDOS
  • Publication number: 20200149436
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a first circuit (A) configured to cool a combustion engine (2) and a second circuit (B) configured to cool a condenser (19) in a WHR system. The second circuit (B) has a second radiator (16), a first inlet opening (B1i) at which the second circuit (B) receives a coolant from a first position of the first circuit (A), a condenser inlet line (18) configured to direct coolant to the condenser (19) and an outlet opening (Bo) at which the coolant is directed back to the first circuit (A). The second circuit (B) further has a second radiator bypass line (14) directing coolant past the second radiator (16), and a second valve device (13, 13?) configured to distribute the coolant between the second radiator (16) and the second radiator bypass line (14) such that a coolant mixture is received in the condenser inlet line (18) which is able to cool the working medium in the condenser (19) to a desired condensation temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Zoltan KARDOS, Thomas SEDERHOLM
  • Publication number: 20190309703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tank arrangement for a working medium in a waste heat recovery (WHR) system. The tank arrangement comprises an extendable tank configured to receive a working medium circulating in the WHR system. The extendable tank comprises a tubular wall element designed to have an adjustable length in a longitudinal direction, a first end wall connected to a first end of the tubular wall element, a second end wall connected to a second end of the tubular wall element, and an actuator mechanism configured to provide a movement of the first end wall in relation to the second end wall in the longitudinal direction of the tubular wall element in order to adjust the volume of the extendable tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Scania CV AB
    Inventor: Thomas SEDERHOLM
  • Publication number: 20190153904
    Abstract: The present invention relates an arrangement for an exhaust system of a combustion engine. The arrangement comprises at least one exhaust treatment component arranged in the exhaust system, a first boiler of a Waste Heat Recovery System (WHR) system arranged in an upstream position of the exhaust treatment component in the exhaust system, a second boiler of the WHR system arranged in a downstream position of the exhaust treatment component in the exhaust system and a working medium circuit circulating a working medium in the WHR system. The working medium circuit comprises a first conduit directing the working medium to the first boiler, a first bypass conduit directing the working medium past the first boiler, and a first valve device configured to regulate the working medium flow through the first conduit and the first bypass conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SCANIA CV AB
    Inventors: Zoltan KARDOS, Stefan TREUTIGER, Thomas SEDERHOLM