Patents Assigned to VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
  • Patent number: 9393713
    Abstract: A disc chipper having a knife disc having a plurality of segments, each segment separated from an adjacent by a chip opening extending segment approximately in the radial direction of the knife disc between the inner and outer peripheries of the knife disc. The disc chipper further has at least one knife for each segment, located in the segment in the vicinity of the chip opening preceding it in the rotational direction and extending a distance axially from said knife disc and supported between two opposing surfaces. The disc chipper further includes at least one wedge element for each segment, adapted to adjust the position of at least one of the opposing surfaces relative to the knife disc, for setting the axial reach of said knife to a desired value. Characteristically, the wedge element is situated in the segment essentially at the end adjacent to the preceding chip opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Valmet Technologies OY
    Inventor: Tommi Honkanen
  • Patent number: 9389001
    Abstract: A boiler includes a flue gas duct and heat exchanger pipes in the flue gas duct. The boiler includes a planar silencer plate, which silencer plate includes sound absorbing material, and said first silencer plate being placed downstream of one of said heat exchanger pipes in the flow direction of flue gases in said flue gas duct. Furthermore, a silencer for a flue gas duct with a rectangular cross-section in a boiler, the silencer including at least a first and a second planar silencer plate substantially parallel to the flow direction of flue gases, the silencer plates including sound absorbing material. The first silencer plate is placed at an angle to the second silencer plate, wherein the width of the resonating area of the flue gas duct becomes narrower in two directions transverse to the flow direction of the flue gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Vesa Kainu, Juha Ojanpera
  • Patent number: 9371987
    Abstract: A method for reducing corrosion of a superheater of a steam boiler. The superheater includes a superheater piping. The superheating piping includes a steam pipe where the steam to be superheated is directed. The steam pipe is separated by a protective shell having a surface settling in the flue gas space has a temperature that rises above an upper critical temperature, above which temperature in the flue gas space the compounds from the fuel are substantially in a gaseous form. A superheater of a steam boiler and a circulating fluidized bed boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Pertti Petänen, Kari Mäkelä, Kari Kuukkanen, Ari Kokko
  • Publication number: 20160107108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element, a method for manufacturing the filter element, and use. The filter element (1) is formed of a solid-liquid filter fabric (2) and has at least one separately manufactured support element (14) fastened to it. The support is a plate-like piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Rauno Nordfors, Marko Salmela, Sanna Uusitalo
  • Publication number: 20160038857
    Abstract: A neck element of a disc filter sector and a disc filter sector. A sector (5) is provided with a blade part (11) having a filtering surface and a neck part (12) coupling the blade part to a disc filter (1). The neck part has an inner space through which liquid runs from the sector. The inner space of the neck part is provided with at least one support element (18) to prevent opposite flanks (19) defining the neck part from moving in relation to one another. The sector may comprise a separate neck element (20) that may be coupled to the blade part. In that case the neck element is provided with at least one inner support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Anssi Rantala
  • Patent number: 9228745
    Abstract: A cleaning unit for smelt spouts of a recovery boiler. A motorized cleaning member is configured to clean smelt spouts of a recovery boiler. A motorized transfer device is configured to transfer the cleaning unit from the location of a first smelt spout to the location of a second smelt spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Hannu Koskela, Ari Saarela, Kalle Salmi
  • Publication number: 20150369549
    Abstract: An arrangement of a thermal device and a surface reflecting and/or scattering electromagnetic radiation in the inner part of the thermal device. A source of electromagnetic radiation is arranged at a first distance (L1) from the surface, and a detector of electromagnetic radiation is arranged at a second distance (L2) from the surface. The source is configured to emit radiation to the surface, which is reflected and/or scattered from the surface as reflected radiation. The detector receives reflected radiation; and the processing unit determines data dependent on the first and/or second distance by the emitted and reflected radiation. A wall of the thermal device has a window or aperture for emitting an optical signal from the light source to the surface. An electromagnetic distance measurement device measures the thickness or the increase in the thickness of a contamination layer from a thermal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Joni Maunula
  • Publication number: 20150323178
    Abstract: An arrangement and method in connection with an electric filter of a boiler plant, the electric filter comprising an insulator chamber. The arrangement comprises a first scavenging duct for conveying warm scavenging gas to the insulator chamber. Said first scavenging duct is connected to a channel conveying process gas in the boiler plant, which means that it is possible to supply process gas to the insulator chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Juha Tolvanen
  • Publication number: 20150315474
    Abstract: Solid fuel in the form of particles is supplied to a pyrolyzer, and pyrolysis conditions are maintained in the pyrolyzer for separating condensable gaseous substances from the fuel. Heat required by the pyrolysis conditions is supplied at least partly with solid fluidized bed material which passes through the pyrolyzer simultaneously as it is fluidized by fluidizing gas in the pyrolyzer. Condensable gaseous substances separated from the fuel are conveyed from the pyrolyzer to a condenser, in which they are separated as so-called pyrolysis oil in liquid form, and solid fluidized bed material taken from the pyrolyzer and containing combustible pyrolysis residue originating from the fuel is circulated through a gasifier, in which product gas, which is burnt in a boiler or a kiln, is formed from the pyrolysis residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Joakim Autio, Timo Honkola
  • Patent number: 9169599
    Abstract: A paper machine fabric that includes at least two separate layers that are formed of at least two separate yarn systems, one forming the paper side and composed of longitudinal and crosswise yarns and one forming the wear side and composed of longitudinal and crosswise yarns, the yarn systems being arranged to form structures independent of each other in the longitudinal and cross directions of the fabric. The structures are bound to each other by means of a binding yarn system, whereby the binding yarns in the binding yarn system are arranged to form part of the layer on the paper-side surface. Each binding yarn of the binding yarn system is arranged on the wear side to bind in the weave pattern repeat to more yarns than on the paper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Seppo Taipale, Mari Seppänen
  • Patent number: 9052106
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for optimizing combustion conditions in a fluidized-bed boiler, in which combustion gas is fed at two or more height levels, the first of which is a primary level (P) which is located at the height of a furnace bottom and the second is a secondary level (S) which is located above fuel feed height (F), above which secondary level (S) there can be still other combustion gas feed levels (T, . . . ). At least one combustion gas feed level (P, S, T, . . . ) is fed at different points of the furnace (11) in its horizontal direction with combustion gases having different oxygen contents such that zones of different oxygen content can be formed in the horizontal direction of the furnace (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Mikko Varonen, Tero Luomaharju
  • Patent number: 9045694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of carrying out pyrolysis process in a pyrolysis reactor for solid fuel to produce pyrolysis oil. The method comprises supplying solid fuel into a drying zone in the pyrolysis reactor for removing moisture containing gases, drying the solid fuel in the drying zone and extracting the moisture containing gases removed from the solid fuel out of the pyrolysis reactor, passing the dried solid fuel from the drying zone to the pyrolysis zone of the pyrolysis reactor, pyrolyzing the dried solid fuel for separating pyrolysis gases from the dried solid fuel and conducting the pyrolysis gases from the pyrolysis reactor to a condenser for producing pyrolysis oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Pekka Jokela, Jani Lehto