Patents by Inventor Hongchang Yi

Hongchang Yi 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: 8989344
    Abstract: A system and a method for measuring an ash content and a calorific value of a coal are provided. The system comprises: an X ray device, disposed over the coal and configured to emit an X ray to the coal; at least one X ray measuring device, disposed over the coal and configured to measure an energy spectrum of an X ray reflected by the coal; a distance sensor, disposed over the coal and configured to measure a distance between the coal and the at least one X ray measuring device; and a computing device, configured to receive the energy spectrum and the distance from the at least one X ray measuring device and the distance sensor and to compute the ash content and the calorific value of the coal according to the energy spectrum and the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Hongchang Yi, Qian Lin, Jianping Cheng
  • Patent number: 8953741
    Abstract: A system and a method for measuring an ash content and a calorific value of a coal are provided. The system comprises: at least two dual-energy gamma ray transmission measuring devices and a computing device, in which at least one first dual-energy gamma ray transmission measuring device is disposed before an inlet of a coal combustion apparatus for measuring a first attenuation coefficient of a gamma ray from the at least one first dual-energy gamma ray transmission measuring device with regard to the coal; at least one second dual-energy gamma ray transmission measuring device is disposed after an outlet of the coal combustion apparatus for measuring a second attenuation coefficient of a gamma ray from the at least one second dual-energy gamma ray transmission measuring device with regard to a coal ash; and the computing device is configured to compute the ash content and the calorific value of the coal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Hongchang Yi, Lin Qian
  • Patent number: 7098409
    Abstract: An apparatus for weighing materials online is disclosed, which belongs to an art of online weighing of material. The apparatus comprises: a light-emitting unit, emitting light beams irradiating on the surface of materials transported on a belt to form a bright projection which has the same shape as that of a upper contour of a cross-section of the material; and a CCD camera for continuously picking up images of the bright projection on the upper contour of the cross-section of the material; and an image capture unit, connected to the CCD camera for continuously capturing the images; and a central processing unit, connected to the image capture unit for processing the images captured by the image capture unit to compute a weight of the material. The present invention has many advantages, such as, high precision, good reliability and stability, which applies to the belt without a constant speed and a condition that a bulk shape and the bulk density of the material change largely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Manchun Liang, Zhikang Zhang, Hongchang Yi, Qian Lin, Yonggeng Qian
  • Publication number: 20050241862
    Abstract: An apparatus for weighing materials online is disclosed, which belongs to an art of online weighing of material. The apparatus comprises: a light-emitting unit, emitting light beams irradiating on the surface of materials transported on a belt to form a bright projection which has the same shape as that of a upper contour of a cross-section of the material; and a CCD camera for continuously picking up images of the bright projection on the upper contour of the cross-section of the material; and an image capture unit, connected to the CCD camera for continuously capturing the images; and a central processing unit, connected to the image capture unit for processing the images captured by the image capture unit to compute a weight of the material. The present invention has many advantages, such as, high precision, good reliability and stability, which applies to the belt without a constant speed and a condition that a bulk shape and the bulk density of the material change largely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Manchun Liang, Zhikang Zhang, Hongchang Yi, Qian Lin, Yonggeng Qian