Patents Assigned to Valmet AB
  • Patent number: 11965652
    Abstract: A mounting system for a laser detection sensor in a ductwork for the detection of unburnt fuel is provided. The mounting system includes a laser transmitter mount configured to provide adjustment of a laser transmitter and a laser receiver mount configured to provide adjustment of a laser receiver. The mounting system also includes a laser path extending between the laser transmitter and the laser receiver that includes an entrance port in the ductwork and an exit port in the ductwork. The mounting system also includes a flexible joint in the mounting system, where the flexible joint is configured to isolate at least one of the laser transmitter and the laser receiver from movement of the ductwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Valmet AB
    Inventors: Mikhail Y. Shekhter, Kristen K. Bandle, Robert H. Miller, III
  • Publication number: 20240117566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating green liquor in a green liquor treatment arrangement, wherein the method comprises—adding (101) a flocculation agent to green liquor to form flocculated green liquor,—supplying (102) the flocculated green liquor to a clarifying vessel for separating flocculated green liquor into flocculated matter and clear green liquor,—removing (103) flocculated matter through a sludge outlet, and—removing (104) clear green liquor from the clarifying vessel, wherein the method further comprises—measuring (201) a flocculation of the green liquor, wherein said measuring takes place after adding the flocculation agent but before supplying the flocculated green liquor to the clarifying vessel. The invention also relates to a green liquor treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Johan SKARIUS, Nicholas ROWE
  • Patent number: 11946090
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a treatment process system for biomass material and methods for such system. The system comprises a first dewatering stage arranged to receive biomass material, to remove liquid from the biomass material, and to feed the biomass material forward in the process. Further, the system includes a water treatment stage arranged to collect the removed liquid and an addition stage located downstream said dewatering stage and operatively coupled to the first dewatering stage. The addition stage is arranged to receive the de-watered biomass material, wherein the addition stage includes inlets for adding acid containing solution into the addition stage. A reactor stage arranged to receive the biomass material treated in the addition stage and to perform a pre-hydrolysis process to the biomass material. A filtrate feeding arrangement is arranged to feed liquid from the filtrate tank to the reactor stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Örjan Ahlgren, Johan Carlsson, Anders Löfström, Patrik Pettersson
  • Patent number: 11919269
    Abstract: A screw feeder includes a pipe, feed screw, rotatory shaft, dewatering holes, anti-rotation bars extending inside the pipe and protruding towards the feed screw, an inlet to receive solid-liquid mixture, and an outlet to discharge partially dewatered solid. The pipe includes at least one pipe section having a first peripheral zone in a vertically lower area with dewatering holes but no anti-rotation bars and a second peripheral zone in a vertically upper area with anti-rotation bars. A pipe profile includes two differently shaped profiles, a first and second pipe profile are selected from a square-shaped, partly circular, and a partly elliptically-shaped profile. The first pipe profile is selected to enable outer edges of the feed screw to remove material overlying the dewatering holes, and the second pipe profile is selected to prohibit contact between the outer edges of the feed screw and the anti-rotation bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventor: Francois Lambert
  • Publication number: 20240068161
    Abstract: A method for updating a disc refiner by at least partly covering notches of a locknut in the disc refiner and an accessory for a disc refiner Said disc refiner comprising a motor and a rotation shaft assembly, wherein said rotation shaft assembly comprises a rotation shaft, which is connecting the motor and a rotor refiner disc of the disc refiner for driving rotation of the rotor refiner disc from the motor, said rotation shaft assembly further comprising at least one bearing, which is provided between a shaft housing and the rotation shaft for allowing rotation of the rotation shaft within the shaft housing, said rotation shaft assembly further comprising at least one ring-shaped locknut, which is encircling the rotation shaft and configured for holding the at least one bearing in place on the rotation shaft, said locknut comprising notches for a tool to grip when attaching the locknut in the rotation shaft assembly, wherein said accessory is configured for being attached to the locknut and comprises at lea
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventor: Robert SHORT
  • Patent number: 11905659
    Abstract: A refiner segment for a refiner of lignocellulosic material includes a first bar, a second bar, a first dam, and a second dam. The first bar has a width and includes a first bar weakening section. The first bar weakening section includes two planar faces defining a wedge-shaped recess with a tip and a base. The two planar faces meet at the tip. The tip is separated from the base by a depth. The depth is greater than or equal to half of the width and less than or equal to the width. The first dam extends between the first bar and the second bar. The second dam extends between the first bar and the second bar. The first bar, the second bar, the first dam, and the second dam define a first essentially box-shaped region. The first bar weakening section is positioned within the first essentially box-shaped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventor: Thommy Lindblom
  • Patent number: 11898309
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a system (200; 300; 400; 500) for obtaining methanol from foul condensate (101) of a pulping process. The system (200; 300; 400; 500) comprises a primary stripper (102) arranged to strip the foul condensate (101) from pollutants, whereby a first methanol-containing condensate is obtained from the polluted stripper off gases (SOGs). The system (200; 300; 400; 500) also comprises a first acidification unit (202) arranged to acidify the first methanol-containing condensate. Further, the system (200; 300; 400; 500) comprises a secondary stripper (204) arranged to strip the acidified first methanol-containing condensate from pollutants to obtain a second methanol-containing condensate, and a distillation column (107) arranged to distil the second methanol-containing condensate from the secondary stripper (204) so as to obtain methanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Olle Wennberg, David Blomberg Saitton, Thomas Nordlander
  • Patent number: 11879209
    Abstract: A feeding arrangement comprising a transportation means (3) for transportation of material from a material supply to at least a first chute (7) and a second chute (8), a plug screw feeder (11) for feeding the material to the treatment stage. The plug screw feeder (11) is provided with a first inlet opening (12) connected to the first chute (7), which first chute (7) is provided between the transportation means (3) and the plug screw feeder (11). Further, the transportation means (3) comprises at least selectively openable first and second outlets (4, 5) arranged at different axial positions along the transportation means (2), which first outlet (4) is in connection with the first chute (7) and the second outlet (5) is in connection with the second chute (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventor: Robert Wahlberg
  • Patent number: 11866883
    Abstract: A refiner segment configured to be attached to a refiner disc in a refiner of lignocellulosic material includes: a plurality of bars extending in a direction from an inner periphery of the refiner segment towards an outer periphery of the refiner segment; a plurality of intermediate areas, each intermediate area disposed between adjacent bars of the plurality of bars and configured to separate each bar from an adjacent bar, wherein at least one of the intermediate areas includes: a channel region having a first side and extending a first depth into the refiner segment, and a ridge region connected to the first side of the channel region and extending a second depth into the refiner segment less than the first depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventor: Thommy Lindblom
  • Publication number: 20230405680
    Abstract: A method for producing a product comprising a porous metallic material and a product comprising a porous metallic material. Said method comprises the steps of: —building the porous metallic material of the product by additive manufacturing; and —polishing at least a part of a surface of said porous metallic material of said product by vibration polishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventor: Henrik TRÄFF
  • Patent number: 11846069
    Abstract: A refiner segment for refining lignocellulosic material, has a surface including a plurality of bars extending along a direction between an inner periphery of the refiner segment and an outer periphery of the refiner segment, and a plurality of dams, each of the plurality of dams extending between a corresponding pair of adjacent bars among the plurality of bars, wherein at least one of the plurality of dams is a three-dimensionally extending body including three sides, the three-dimensionally extending body extends between the corresponding pair of adjacent bars and includes a curved side, forming one of the three sides, facing the inner periphery of the refiner segment, the curved side having a concave curvature with regard to the inner periphery to thereby form a rounded section in an area defined by the at least one of the plurality of dams and the corresponding pair of adjacent bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventor: Åke Olsson
  • Patent number: 11834788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crescent former for producing tissue paper, the former comprising a forming section (A), a press section (B) and a drying section (C), wherein the crescent former further comprises a felt fabric (41) for carrying the stock from the forming nip (15) of the forming section (A) to the press nip (22) of the press section (B), and the felt fabric (41) being configured to carry the stock to the press nip (22) where the stock is transferred to the drying section (C), wherein further the felt fabric (41) is configured to be returned from the press nip (22) to the forming nip (15) in a return section (D) such that the felt fabric (41) forms an endless loop, wherein the return section (D) comprises a cleaning station (42), of which at least a part is arranged in a negative machine direction (?MD) in relation to a center line (R) of the forming roll (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Karl Adamsson, Stefan Söderberg, Stefan Karlsson
  • Patent number: 11795616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blade for a disc refiner intended for refining lignocellulosic material, the blade (10) comprising a surface (1) delimited by an inner circumference (11) and an outer circumference (12), a refiner zone (2) on the surface (1) for refining lignocellulosic material, a blank zone (3) on the surface (1), wherein the refiner zone (2) is arranged closer to the inner circumference (11) than the blank zone (3), the blade (10) further comprising a separation groove (4) that is arranged between the refiner zone (2) and the blank zone (3), and at least one connecting groove (5) that connects the separation groove (4) to the outer circumference (12) of the blade (10) across the blank zone (3). The invention also relates to a blade pair and to a refiner comprising at least one blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Thommy Lindblom, Marcus Sjölund
  • Publication number: 20230296248
    Abstract: A mounting system for a laser detection sensor in a ductwork for the detection of unburnt fuel is provided. The mounting system includes a laser transmitter mount configured to provide adjustment of a laser transmitter and a laser receiver mount configured to provide adjustment of a laser receiver. The mounting system also includes a laser path extending between the laser transmitter and the laser receiver that includes an entrance port in the ductwork and an exit port in the ductwork. The mounting system also includes a flexible joint in the mounting system, where the flexible joint is configured to isolate at least one of the laser transmitter and the laser receiver from movement of the ductwork.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Valmet AB
    Inventors: Mikhail Y. Shekhter, Kristen K. Bandle, Robert H. Miller, III
  • Patent number: 11761537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasket (1, 1?, 1?) for sealing a drive shaft of a pulp washer, the gasket comprising a gasket body (10) having a central opening delimited by an inner edge (21) and the gasket body (10) also having an outer edge (22), wherein the gasket (10) further comprises a cut-in portion (30) that extends from the outer edge (22) in a radial direction inwards into the gasket body (10). The invention also relates to a pulp washer comprising at least one such gasket and to a method for mounting such a gasket on a drive shaft of a pulp washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: James Michael Klingler, Frank John Merchel, III
  • Publication number: 20230256411
    Abstract: A pre-hydrolysis pressure vessel system includes; a material inlet for receiving biomass material to be treated in the pre-hydrolysis pressure vessel system and a material outlet for expelling treated biomass material out from the pre-hydrolysis pressure vessel system; a transport screw arrangement including a transport screw provided inside an enclosing housing of the transport screw arrangement, said transport screw being configured for transporting biomass material through the enclosing housing towards the material outlet of the pre-hydrolysis pressure vessel system. The enclosing housing includes a cleaning arrangement that includes: at least one elongated fluid channel positioned in connection with an inner wall of the enclosing housing and wherein said at least one elongated fluid channel comprises a number of fluid outlets, and at least one cleaning fluid inlet which is provided through the enclosing housing in fluid connection with the at least one fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Patrik PETTERSSON, Lars FREDRIKSSON, Christer HÄGGLUND
  • Publication number: 20230243096
    Abstract: A chip chute for transporting wood chips includes: first, second, third, and fourth planar lateral walls defining an open area having a rectangular cross-section, with an inlet opening configured to receive the wood chips, wherein the first and second planar lateral walls oppose each other and extend in a height (H) direction and a first length (L1) direction, and wherein the third and fourth planar lateral walls oppose each other and extend in the height (H) direction and a second length (L2) direction perpendicular to the first length (L1) direction; a curved bottom wall that is located at a bottom of the planar lateral walls and curves from the first planar lateral wall to the second planar lateral wall; and a cylindrical outlet tube protruding laterally from one of the planar lateral walls and configured to discharge the wood chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Jonas SAETHERÅSEN, JERK SÖDERMAN, ROBERT LAVÉN, Bengt WERNERSSON ÖSTBERG
  • Publication number: 20230241552
    Abstract: A method for managing and controlling nitrogen emission from a cyclic liquor flow system in a pulp mill (1), the pulp mill (1) comprising a recovery system (20) for recovering heat and chemicals from a pulping process (30), the recovery system (20) comprising a recovery boiler (8) and a nitrogen oxide scrubber (15), the nitrogen oxide scrubber (15) being arranged to remove nitrogen oxide from flue gas (16) from the recovery boiler (8), the method comprising the steps of: —exposing flue gas (16) from the recovery oiler (8) to an oxidizing agent, thereby oxidising nitrogen oxide in the flue gas (16) to higher nitrogen oxides; —contacting the flue gas (16) with an alkaline aqueous scrubber liquid (17) in the nitrogen oxide scrubber (15), thereby absorbing the nitrogen oxides in the scrubber liquid (17) and producing a nitrogen containing scrubber liquid (17); —introducing all or a part of the nitrogen containing scrubber liquid (17) into the cyclic liquor flow system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Martin WIMBY, Naveen CHENNA, Erik Olof WALLIN, Mikko RAIKO, Jarmo MANSIKKASALO, Camilla KARLEMO
  • Patent number: 11702795
    Abstract: A method for processing pulp in an apparatus for washing and dewatering pulp, and a system for controlling this apparatus, the apparatus comprising two rotatable press rolls (102, 104) having a permeable outer surface (106, 108), and a vat (114, 116, 118), the press rolls (102, 104) defining a press nip (112) between them. The processing is determined by a set of variable operating parameters, which are adjusted and/or maintained during operation in response to deviations of measured values of control parameters in relation to their respective predetermined threshold values. The variable operating parameters include rotation speed of the press rolls. The control parameters include vat pressure and/or linear load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Jonas Orgård, Hans Lövgren, Stefan Norberg, Hans-Olof Eriksson, Peter Öhrström
  • Patent number: 11701665
    Abstract: A refiner for refining of lignocellulosic material includes a rotor disc and a stator disc. The rotor disc includes a first refining segment that includes a plurality of first protruding structures for grinding of the lignocellulosic material. Each of the first protruding structures is defined by a first height. The stator disc is arranged opposite the rotor disc and includes a second refining segment that includes a plurality of second protruding structures for grinding of the lignocellulosic material. Each of the second protruding structures being defined by a second height. The first height is at least three times larger than the second height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Christer Hedlund, Karl Lönngren, Mikael Lundfors