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Abstract

A self-regulating exhaust gas boiler intended for the recovery of thermal energy from the exhaust gases of diesel engines or the like, has a steam/water cylinder acting as the water and steam space. There is a convection part acting as the vaporizer and being fitted in the vertical orientation between the steam/water cylinder and a lower cylinder, or the like, and connected to it. There is at least one downcomer interconnecting the steam/water cylinder and the lower cylinder, or the like. At least one valve or corresponding device regulates the amount of water and the water level in the convection part is mounted between the steam/water cylinder and the lower cylinder, or the like, preferably in the lower section of the downcomer. The preferably vertically disposed pipes of the convection part are partly filled with water, the power of the exhaust gas boiler being regulated by adjusting the water level in the convection part by means of a valve on the basis of the different heat transfer properties of water, a water-steam mixture, and steam. The valve can be continuously regulated and/or of the open/shut type. The pipe or pipes connecting the convection part to the steam/water cylinder can penetrate the mantle of the steam/water cylinder at a point above the highest permitted steam/water cylinder water level.

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