Patents by Inventor Esa Terho

Esa Terho 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).

  • Combined heat and power plant and a method for improving the burning process in a combined heat and power plant
    Patent number: 10697363
    Abstract: A combined heat and power plant includes a gasifier, a heat exchanger arranged to reduce the temperature of the raw synthesis gas formed in the gasifier by exchanging the heat of the raw synthesis gas into heating medium used for heating and forming cooled raw synthesis gas, a filtration unit for cleaning the cooled raw synthesis gas to form refined synthesis gas suitable as a fuel for an internal combustion engine, an internal combustion engine where the refined synthesis gas is burnt to produce mechanical power, ducts for connecting different parts of the plant to each other a raw gas burner arranged after the gasifier to burn the raw synthesis gas formed in the gasifier during the time when the refined synthesis gas is not utilized in the internal combustion engine. A method for treating raw synthesis gas a combined heat and power plant is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Volter Oy
    Inventors: Esa Terho, Jani Kaaresto, Iikka Ylikoski, Iikka Korva, Jarno Haapakoski
  • A combined heat and power plant and a method for improving the burning process in a combined heat and power plant
    Publication number: 20190178153
    Abstract: A combined heat and power plant includes a gasifier, a heat exchanger arranged to reduce the temperature of the raw synthesis gas formed in the gasifier by exchanging the heat of the raw synthesis gas into heating medium used for heating and forming cooled raw synthesis gas, a filtration unit for cleaning the cooled raw synthesis gas to form refined synthesis gas suitable as a fuel for an internal combustion engine, an internal combustion engine where the refined synthesis gas is burnt to produce mechanical power, ducts for connecting different parts of the plant to each other a raw gas burner arranged after the gasifier to burn the raw synthesis gas formed in the gasifier during the time when the refined synthesis gas is not utilized in the internal combustion engine. A method for treating raw synthesis gas a combined heat and power plant is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Volter Oy
    Inventors: Esa Terho, Jani Kaaresto, Iikka Ylikoski, Iikka Korva, Jarno Haapakoski