Patents by Inventor Federico GHIRELLI

Federico GHIRELLI 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).

  • Patent number: 10593976
    Abstract: A catalytic burner arrangement including at least a catalytic burner unit with a housing having a reaction chamber in which a catalyst is arranged is provided wherein the catalyst is adapted to react a fuel, particularly a hydrogen containing fluid, with an oxidant, particularly air, for producing heat, the housing having a fluid inlet for supplying a fluid stream into the housing and a fluid outlet for exiting a fluid stream from the housing, and the catalytic burner arrangement further includes a mixing unit forming a mixing chamber in which fuel and oxidant are mixed, wherein the mixing device includes a fuel inlet, an oxidant inlet and an fuel-oxidant-mixture outlet, and wherein the fluid inlet of the catalytic burner unit merges with the fuel-oxidant-outlet of the mixing unit for transferring the fuel-oxidant-mixture from the mixing chamber to the reaction chamber of the catalytic burner unit wherein the fuel inlet of the mixing chamber is arranged upstream of the oxidant inlet of the mixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: POWERCELL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Per Ekdunge, Federico Ghirelli, Ida Toftefors
  • Patent number: 10593975
    Abstract: A catalytic burner arrangement is provided including at least a catalytic burner unit with a housing having a reaction chamber in which a catalyst is arranged, wherein the catalyst is adapted to react a fuel, particularly a hydrogen containing fluid, with an oxidant, particularly air, for producing heat, the housing having a fluid inlet for supplying a fluid stream into the housing and a find outlet for exiting a fluid stream from the housing, and the catalytic burner arrangement further includes a mixing unit forming a mixing chamber in which fuel and oxidant are mixed, wherein the mixing device includes a fuel inlet, an oxidant inlet and an fuel-oxidant-mixture outlet, and wherein the fluid inlet of the catalytic burner unit merges with the fuel-oxidant-outlet of the mixing unit for transferring the fuel-oxidant-mixture from the mixing chamber to the reaction chamber of the catalytic burner unit wherein the fuel-oxidant-outlet of the mixing chamber is pipe-shaped and extents into the mixing chamber of the m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: POWERCELL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Per Ekdunge, Federico Ghirelli, Ida Toftefors
  • Patent number: 10464027
    Abstract: A carbon monoxide oxidation device for oxidizing carbon monoxide contained in a hydrogen rich reformat gas includes a gas stream perturbation device designed as at least one propeller-shaped plate with a plate portion having a surface facing the gas stream and at least one blade which is connected to the plate portion and has a leading edge and an effluent edge, wherein a surface defined between leading edge and effluent edge is inclined in relation to the surface of the plate portion with a predetermined blade inclination angle, thereby defining at least one opening in the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: POWERCELL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Per Ekdunge, Federico Ghirelli, Ida Toftefors
  • Publication number: 20190099727
    Abstract: A carbon monoxide oxidation device for oxidizing carbon monoxide contained in a hydrogen rich reformat gas includes a housing, wherein the housing incorporates an oxidation catalyst, which is adapted to oxidize the carbon monoxide of the reformat gas by an oxidizing agent to carbon dioxide, includes upstream of the catalyst at least one gas inlet for providing a gas stream of at least the reformat gas into the housing, includes downstream of the catalyst a gas outlet for exiting treated gas from the housing, and incorporates a gas stream perturbation device which is arranged upstream of the catalyst and which is adapted to provide a perturbation in the gas stream, wherein the gas stream perturbation device is designed as at least one propeller-shaped plate with a plate portion having a surface facing the gas stream and at least one blade which is connected to the plate portion and has a leading edge and an effluent edge, wherein a surface defined between leading edge and effluent edge is inclined in relation
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: POWERCELL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Per EKDUNGE, Federico GHIRELLI, Ida TOFTEFORS
  • Publication number: 20170365869
    Abstract: A catalytic burner arrangement including at least a catalytic burner unit with a housing having a reaction chamber in which a catalyst is arranged is provided wherein the catalyst is adapted to react a fuel, particularly a hydrogen containing fluid, with an oxidant, particularly air, for producing heat, the housing having a fluid inlet for supplying a fluid stream into the housing and a fluid outlet for exiting a fluid stream from the housing, and the catalytic burner arrangement further includes a mixing unit forming a mixing chamber in which fuel and oxidant are mixed, wherein the mixing device includes a fuel inlet, an oxidant inlet and an fuel-oxidant-mixture outlet, and wherein the fluid inlet of the catalytic burner unit merges with the fuel-oxidant-outlet of the mixing unit for transferring the fuel-oxidant-mixture from the mixing chamber to the reaction chamber of the catalytic burner unit wherein the fuel inlet of the mixing chamber is arranged upstream of the oxidant inlet of the mixing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: POWERCELL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Per EKDUNGE, Federico GHIRELLI, Ida TOFTEFORS
  • Publication number: 20170358810
    Abstract: A catalytic burner arrangement is provided including at least a catalytic burner unit with a housing having a reaction chamber in which a catalyst is arranged, wherein the catalyst is adapted to react a fuel, particularly a hydrogen containing fluid, with an oxidant, particularly air, for producing heat, the housing having a fluid inlet for supplying a fluid stream into the housing and a find outlet for exiting a fluid stream from the housing, and the catalytic burner arrangement further includes a mixing unit forming a mixing chamber in which fuel and oxidant are mixed, wherein the mixing device includes a fuel inlet, an oxidant inlet and an fuel-oxidant-mixture outlet, and wherein the fluid inlet of the catalytic burner unit merges with the fuel-oxidant-outlet of the mixing unit for transferring the fuel-oxidant-mixture from the mixing chamber to the reaction chamber of the catalytic burner unit wherein the fuel-oxidant-outlet of the mixing chamber is pipe-shaped and extents into the mixing chamber of the m
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: POWERCELL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Per EKDUNGE, Federico GHIRELLI, Ida TOFTEFORS