Patents by Inventor WARTSILA FINLAND OY

WARTSILA FINLAND OY 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).

  • Publication number: 20150357662
    Abstract: A control arrangement in a fuel cell system for producing electricity with fuel cells, the fuel cell system including means for recirculating fuel through the anode sides of the fuel cells, and at least one system controller in a control processor for controlling the operation of the fuel cell system. The control arrangement includes means for performing a substantially asynchronous chemical reaction rates calculation process of at least one of fuel composition and fuel flow rate to accomplish information in a substantially iterative process on at least recirculation ratio of the fuel recirculation through anodes and means for generating, in a substantially synchronous process with the system controller process, fuel utilization (FU) information and Carbon formation information by utilizing the latest available recirculation ratio information provided by said asynchronous process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY
    Inventor: WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY
  • Publication number: 20130187374
    Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed for connecting at least one double-walled pipe of stainless steel to a LNG tank having an inner shell of stainless steel and an outer shell spaced at a distance from the inner shell, the inner and outer shells defining an isolation space therebetween. The at least one double-walled pipe includes a common outer wall and at least one inner pipe. The outer wall of the pipe is connected to the inner shell of the tank in such a way that the outer wall and/or a pipe fitting of cold resistant material between the inner shell and the outer wall is arranged to compensate for changes in the length of the outer wall of the pipe and/or of the pipe fitting due to temperature differences between the outer wall of the pipe and the inner shell of the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: WARTSILA FINLAND OY
    Inventor: WARTSILA FINLAND OY
  • Publication number: 20130095407
    Abstract: A method to control the heat balance of fuel cell stacks in a fuel cell system, the fuel cell system including at least one fuel cell unit including fuel cell stacks, whose fuel cells include an anode side and a cathode side, as well as an electrolyte interposed therebetween, and a recuperator unit for heat exchange for preheating a supply flow of the cathode side. In the method, a desired portion is separated from the fuel exhaust flow coming from the anode side and adapted to be mixed with the cathode side exit flow before said recuperator unit. Also provided is a fuel cell system implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Wärtsilä Finland Oy
    Inventor: Wärtsilä Finland Oy