Patents by Inventor Jan KROOKS

Jan KROOKS 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).

  • Vent fuel handling assembly for a gas engine power plant and method of recovering vent fuel gas from a gas engine power plant
    Patent number: 11067046
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vent fuel handling assembly and method of operation for a gas engine power plant, which can include a vent fuel recovery piping provided with at least one recovery piping for recovering vent fuel source, a vessel connected to the vent fuel recovery piping for storing the fuel recovered via the at least one inlet opening, and a compressor connected to the vessel at the inlet side of the compressor via a discharge piping so as to subject underpressure to the vessel and discharge gas from the vessel. The compressor is connected to the gas engine at the outlet side of the compressor via the discharge piping so as to feed the recovered gas to the engine for combustion therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Stefan Fältén, Jan Krooks
  • VENT FUEL HANDLING ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS ENGINE POWER PLANT AND METHOD OF RECOVERING VENT FUEL GAS FROM A GAS ENGINE POWER PLANT
    Publication number: 20190323464
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vent fuel handling assembly and method of operation for a gas engine power plant, which can include a vent fuel recovery piping provided with at least one recovery piping for recovering vent fuel source, a vessel connected to the vent fuel recovery piping for storing the fuel recovered via the at least one inlet opening, and a compressor connected to the vessel at the inlet side of the compressor via a discharge piping so as to subject underpressure to the vessel and discharge gas from the vessel. The compressor is connected to the gas engine at the outlet side of the compressor via the discharge piping so as to feed the recovered gas to the engine for combustion therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Stefan FÄLTÉN, Jan KROOKS