Patents by Inventor Jukka Roppanen

Jukka Roppanen 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: 11105499
    Abstract: An arrangement in a recovery boiler having a furnace for combusting waste liquor and a flue gas duct comprising vertical flue gas channels, at least part of which is provided with heat recovery units for recovering heat from flue gases. The heat recovery units have a width of substantially the width of the flue gas duct, whereby downstream of the furnace the first flue gas channel is provided with a superheater. In addition to the superheater, the first flue gas channel is provided with one of following heat recovery units: an economizer, a boiler bank, or a reheater. The superheater and a second heat recovery unit are located one after the other in horizontal introduction direction of the flue gas, so that in a flue gas channel the flue gas flows in the vertical direction downwards and heats the superheater and the second heat recovery unit simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Miro Loschkin, Jukka Röppänen
  • Patent number: 10502410
    Abstract: An arrangement in a recovery boiler having a furnace for combusting waste liquor and a flue gas duct including vertical flue gas channels, at least some of which are provided with heat recovery units for recovering heat from flue gases. The first flue gas channel downstream of the furnace is provided with a reheater and one of the following heat recovery units: an economizer or a boiler bank. The reheater and the second heat recovery unit are located one after the other in the horizontal incoming direction of the flue gas, so that in a flue gas channel the flue gas flows in a vertical direction from above downwards and heats the reheater and the second heat recovery unit simultaneously. The heat recovery elements of the reheater and the second heat recovery unit may be positioned side by side in a direction that is crosswise with respect to the horizontal incoming direction of the flue gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventor: Jukka Röppänen
  • Publication number: 20190078773
    Abstract: An arrangement in a recovery boiler having a furnace for combusting waste liquor and a flue gas duct including vertical flue gas channels, at least some of which are provided with heat recovery units for recovering heat from flue gases. The first flue gas channel downstream of the furnace is provided with a reheater and one of the following heat recovery units: an economizer or a boiler bank. The reheater and the second heat recovery unit are located one after the other in the horizontal incoming direction of the flue gas, so that in a flue gas channel the flue gas flows in a vertical direction from above downwards and heats the reheater and the second heat recovery unit simultaneously. The heat recovery elements of the reheater and the second heat recovery unit may be positioned side by side in a direction that is crosswise with respect to the horizontal incoming direction of the flue gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Jukka RÖPPÄNEN
  • Publication number: 20180313531
    Abstract: An arrangement in a recovery boiler having a furnace for combusting waste liquor and a flue gas duct comprising vertical flue gas channels, at least part of which is provided with heat recovery units for recovering heat from flue gases. The heat recovery units have a width of substantially the width of the flue gas duct, whereby downstream of the furnace the first flue gas channel is provided with a superheater. In addition to the superheater, the first flue gas channel is provided with one of following heat recovery units: an economizer, a boiler bank, or a reheater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Miro LOSCHKIN, Jukka RÖPPÄNEN
  • Publication number: 20080149012
    Abstract: A method for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions of a bubbling fluidized bed boiler burning biofuel and an air distribution system for a bubbling fluidized bed boiler biofuel. A fluidized bed is arranged in a lower part of a furnace of the boiler. The bed is fluidized by fluidizing gas that includes primary air. Fuel is fed to the fluidized bed, which dries and pyrolizes into pyrolysis gas including volatile matter of the fuel. The gas rises upwards in the furnace and burns. Secondary air is supplied above the fluidized bed from secondary air nozzles, and tertiary air is supplied above the secondary air nozzles. A part of primary air is supplied in connection with fuel feeding such that the fuel is forced substantially on the surface of the fluidized bed, thus pyrolizing entirely, and at least a part of the pyrolysis gases formed in the pyrolysis is burned by primary air such that the air coefficient in relation to the volatile matter of fuel in the pyrolysis gases is in the substoichiometric area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Metso Power OY
    Inventors: Pauli Dernjatin, Marko Fabritius, Jukka Roppanen