Patents by Inventor Esa Viljakainen

Esa Viljakainen 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).

  • Method for producing biofuel and use of biofuel
    Patent number: 10329505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a biofuel from a vegetable-based biomaterial by performing the manufacture in an integrated manner, in such a way that the biomaterial is made finer and dried with the aid of heat brought from a heat-releasing process, when the drying is finally performed after the finer making stage, optionally in such a way that drying is started already in connection with finer making. The invention also relates to a biofuel manufactured in this manner and the use of the fuel in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Aalto University Foundation sr
    Inventors: Pekka Ahtila, Esa Viljakainen
  • Method for producing biofuel and use of biofuel
    Publication number: 20160060557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a biofuel from a vegetable-based biomaterial by performing the manufacture in an integrated manner, in such a way that the biomaterial is made finer and dried with the aid of heat brought from a heat-releasing process, when the drying is finally performed after the finer making stage, optionally in such a way that drying is started already in connection with finer making. The invention also relates to a biofuel manufactured in this manner and the use of the fuel in question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Pekka Ahtila, Esa Viljakainen