System, kit, and method for locomotive exhaust gas recirculation cooling
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1. A removable cooling system for an engine, the engine in a vehicle car body, the system comprising:
- a removable package including a first exhaust gas recirculation cooler, a second exhaust gas recirculation cooler, and a third exhaust gas recirculation cooler, the first, second, and third coolers coupled together in series, with an input of the third exhaust gas recirculation cooler in a downstream order of the series fluidly coupled only to an output of the second exhaust gas recirculation cooler in the downstream order in the series, where the removable package is located at a top of the vehicle car body and where the removable package is removably coupled to the vehicle as a unit.
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Abstract
A system, kit, and service method for exhaust gas recirculation cooling are described. In one example, a removable cooling system for an engine, the engine in a vehicle car body, the system comprising: a removable package including a first exhaust gas recirculation cooler, a second exhaust gas recirculation cooler, and a third exhaust gas recirculation cooler, the first, second, and third coolers coupled together in series, where the removable package is located at a top of the vehicle car body and where the removable package is removably coupled to the vehicle as a unit.
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1. A removable cooling system for an engine, the engine in a vehicle car body, the system comprising:
a removable package including a first exhaust gas recirculation cooler, a second exhaust gas recirculation cooler, and a third exhaust gas recirculation cooler, the first, second, and third coolers coupled together in series, with an input of the third exhaust gas recirculation cooler in a downstream order of the series fluidly coupled only to an output of the second exhaust gas recirculation cooler in the downstream order in the series, where the removable package is located at a top of the vehicle car body and where the removable package is removably coupled to the vehicle as a unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A kit for an engine of a vehicle car body, comprising:
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a first air-cooled exhaust gas recirculation cooler; a second air-cooled exhaust gas recirculation cooler adapted to be fluidly coupled downstream of the first exhaust gas recirculation cooler; and a third exhaust gas recirculation cooler having an input adapted to be fluidly coupled downstream of the second exhaust gas recirculation cooler and only to an output of the second exhaust gas recirculation cooler, and further adapted to be fluidly coupled to a liquid coolant engine cooling system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of managing maintenance of a replaceable exhaust gas recirculation cooling system for a vehicle, comprising:
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decoupling a first replaceable exhaust gas recirculation cooling system from the vehicle, the first replaceable exhaust gas recirculation cooling system including a first, second, and third exhaust gas recirculation cooler coupled together in series to form a unitary structure, the third exhaust gas recirculation cooler in a downstream order of the series having an input fluidly coupled only to an output of the second exhaust gas recirculation cooler; lifting the first replaceable exhaust gas recirculation cooling system vertically out of the vehicle car body with a crane; replacing the first replaceable exhaust gas recirculation cooling system with a fresh replaceable exhaust gas recirculation cooling system; and coupling the fresh replaceable exhaust gas recirculation cooling system to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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