Patents by Inventor Kari Saviharju

Kari Saviharju 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: 9080286
    Abstract: A method for treating odorous gases of a chemical pulp mill, according to which method odorous gases are combusted in a separate combustion device and flue gas generated therein is scrubbed. The scrubbed flue gas is led into a recovery boiler. The flue gas is scrubbed in a series of scrubbers wherein scrubbing solution discharged from one scrubber may be fed to a preceding scrubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Andritz OY
    Inventors: Esko Mattelmäki, Kari Saviharju
  • Patent number: 8707911
    Abstract: A cooling system for air ports and other ports in furnace walls includes a cooling medium pumping system and ports provided with a cooling medium piping or channels inside the metallic port material. The liquid flow generated by the cooling medium system cools the ports. The ports are constructed of a casting material, and the ports are provided with a cooling liquid flow, which passes in a piping or pipings or channels inside the casting material of the ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Lasse Koivisto, Markku Tanttu
  • Patent number: 8640634
    Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed for supplying an air jet form to the furnace of a recovery boiler, where the furnace has a front wall, a rear wall and side walls. Black liquor spraying devices are disposed on the furnace walls on one or several levels of the furnace. A plurality of air ports are located at several horizontal elevations for introducing air into the furnace from an air supply. In the arrangement for the secondary air flows, at least two horizontal air levels at different elevations are arranged above the lower primary levels and below the black liquor sprayer. Secondary air is supplied from two opposite walls. The secondary air ports on each of said first and second horizontal elevations comprise air ports for each horizontal elevation that project a pattern of large air jets into the furnace from said opposite walls and said secondary air ports further comprise a plurality of secondary air ports on at least one of the elevations that project smaller air jets into the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Raimo Paju, Jukka Savolainen, Esa Vihavainen
  • Patent number: 8163137
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning and cooling a liquor nozzle, the nozzle including at least a liquor tube for feeding liquor and chemicals into a furnace of a recovery boiler. The apparatus includes an outer casing tube, which defines a space whereto conduits are provided for introducing water and steam to generate an emulsion or a conduit for introducing emulsion generated by the water and steam and the surface of which is provided with openings, such as pores or holes, for discharging the emulsion formed by water and steam through the outer casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Markku Tanttu, Kari Saviharju, Sirpa Du Jardin
  • Publication number: 20110280762
    Abstract: A method for treating odorous gases of a chemical pulp mill, according to which method odorous gases are combusted in a separate combustion device and flue gas generated therein is scrubbed. The scrubbed flue gas is led into a recovery boiler. The flue gas is scrubbed in a series of scrubbers wherein scrubbing solution discharged from one scrubber may be fed to a preceding scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: ANDRITZ OY
    Inventors: Esko Mattelmäki, Kari Saviharju
  • Publication number: 20110240243
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning and cooling a liquor nozzle, the nozzle including at least a liquor tube for feeding liquor and chemicals into a furnace of a recovery boiler. The apparatus includes an outer casing tube, which defines a space whereto conduits are provided for introducing water and steam to generate an emulsion or a conduit for introducing emulsion generated by the water and steam and the surface of which is provided with openings, such as pores or holes, for discharging the emulsion formed by water and steam through the outer casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Markku TANTTU, Kari Saviharju, Sirpa Du Jardin
  • Patent number: 7988820
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning and cooling a liquor nozzle, the nozzle including at least a liquor tube for feeding liquor and chemicals into a furnace of a recovery boiler. The apparatus includes an outer casing tube, which defines a space whereto conduits are provided for introducing water and steam to generate an emulsion or a conduit for introducing emulsion generated by the water and steam and the surface of which is provided with openings, such as pores or holes, for discharging the emulsion formed by water and steam through the outer casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Markku Tanttu, Kari Saviharju, Sirpa Du Jardin
  • Patent number: 7831084
    Abstract: Method and system for controlling the operation of a recovery boiler or another boiler having a furnace wherein the operation is monitored by monitoring sensors, the sensors converting the acquired electromagnetic radiation to electrical signals which are conducted to image processing which forms an image of an object, such as the char bed and/or the char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or deposits on boiler surfaces, based on the data from the sensors, and wherein the operation, such as burning of the char bed and/or the formation of char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or the formation of deposits on boiler surfaces, is controlled with help of the image, wherein the sensors are arranged to produce sensor signals for 3D (three-dimensional) imaging, wherein the sensor signals are conducted to the image processing unit for forming a 3D image, such as an image of the bed and/or the char and/or the chemicals, and/or its shape describing derivatives, and/or temperature chart of the bed surface
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventor: Kari Saviharju
  • Publication number: 20100101463
    Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed for supplying an air jet form to the furnace of a recovery boiler, where the furnace has a front wall, a rear wall and side walls. Black liquor spraying devices are disposed on the furnace walls on one or several levels of the furnace. A plurality of air ports are located at several horizontal elevations for introducing air into the furnace from an air supply. In the arrangement for the secondary air flows, at least two horizontal air levels at different elevations are arranged above the lower primary levels and below the black liquor sprayer. Secondary air is supplied from two opposite walls. The secondary air ports on each of said first and second horizontal elevations comprise air ports for each horizontal elevation that project a pattern of large air jets into the furnace from said opposite walls and said secondary air ports further comprise a plurality of secondary air ports on at least one of the elevations that project smaller air jets into the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: ANDRITZ OY
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Raimo Paju, Jukka Savolainen, Esa Vihavainen
  • Patent number: 7661376
    Abstract: A spent liquor recovery boiler system including a boiler having a water/steam circulation system with superheaters and a furnace for recovering energy and chemicals from spent liquor combusted therein, the walls of the boiler are formed of a plurality of water-cooled tubes connected to the water/steam circulation system. The system is provided with at least one cavity having walls formed of water-cooled tubes connected to the water/steam circulation system, means for combusting a fuel and at least one outlet for discharging combustion gases to the boiler, the interior of the at least one cavity being provided with heat exchanger means for final superheating of the steam generated in the boiler, said heat exchanger means being connected to the superheaters of the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Olli Arpalahti, Lasse Koivisto
  • Patent number: 7640750
    Abstract: A spent liquor recovery boiler in the pulp and paper industry including a water/steam circulation system having superheaters, the circulation system connected to a steam turbine comprising a high-pressure part, and a furnace for burning spent liquor to produce flue gases, and including an upper portion through which the flue gases flow, wherein the steam/water circulation system of the recovery boiler is provided with a reheater for reheating steam from the high-pressure part of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Olli Arpalahti, Lasse Koivisto
  • Publication number: 20090272339
    Abstract: A cooling system for air ports and other ports in furnace walls includes a cooling medium pumping system and ports provided with a cooling medium piping or channels inside the metallic port material. The liquid flow generated by the cooling medium system cools the ports. The ports are constructed of a casting material, and the ports are provided with a cooling liquid flow, which passes in a piping or pipings or channels inside the casting material of the ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: ANDRITZ OY
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Lasse Koivisto, Markku Tanttu
  • Patent number: 7569200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions in combustion. Fuel is combusted in a first zone, whereby nitrogen oxides are generated. Supplementary fuel is fed in another zone under reducing conditions. At the same time, the temperature is adjusted so that nitrogen oxides convert essentially to hydrogen cyanide. Finally, air is fed in for finalizing the combustion and converting the hydrogen cyanide into nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Edgardo Coda Zabetta, Mikko Hupa, Kari Saviharju
  • Publication number: 20090139468
    Abstract: Method and system for controlling the operation of a recovery boiler or another boiler having a furnace wherein the operation is monitored by monitoring sensors, the sensors converting the acquired electromagnetic radiation to electrical signals which are conducted to image processing which forms an image of an object, such as the char bed and/or the char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or deposits on boiler surfaces, based on the data from the sensors, and wherein the operation, such as burning of the char bed and/or the formation of char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or the formation of deposits on boiler surfaces, is controlled with help of the image, wherein the sensors are arranged to produce sensor signals for 3D (three-dimensional) imaging, wherein the sensor signals are conducted to the image processing unit for forming a 3D image, such as an image of the bed and/or the char and/or the chemicals, and/or its shape describing derivatives, and/or temperature chart of the bed surface
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: ANDRITZ OY
    Inventor: Kari Saviharju
  • Publication number: 20090014137
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning and cooling a liquor nozzle, the nozzle including at least a liquor tube for feeding liquor and chemicals into a furnace of a recovery boiler. The apparatus includes an outer casing tube, which defines a space whereto conduits are provided for introducing water and steam to generate an emulsion or a conduit for introducing emulsion generated by the water and steam and the surface of which is provided with openings, such as pores or holes, for discharging the emulsion formed by water and steam through the outer casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Markku Tanttu, Kari Saviharju, Sirpa Du Jardin
  • Publication number: 20080289782
    Abstract: A method for burning chlorine-containing liquors in a chemical recovery boiler at a pulp mill, wherein the recovery boiler includes spent liquor sprayers for feeding spent liquor and a number of combustion air levels including: increasing a combustion temperature in the recovery boiler in a burning zone where a chlorine-containing liquor or a chlorine-containing effluent is burned; while burning the liquor or effluent, volatilizing the chlorine in the liquor or effluent to produce chloride-containing salts in flue gases in the boiler, and removing the chloride-containing salts from the flue gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: ANDRITZ OY
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Heikki Jaakkola, Janne Vehmaa
  • Publication number: 20070231231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions in combustion. Fuel is combusted in a first zone, whereby nitrogen oxides are generated. Supplementary fuel is fed in another zone under reducing conditions. At the same time, the temperature is adjusted so that nitrogen oxides convert essentially to hydrogen cyanide. Finally, air is fed in for finalizing the combustion and converting the hydrogen cyanide into nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: ANDRITZ OY
    Inventors: Edgardo Coda Zabetta, Mikko Hupa, Kari Saviharju
  • Patent number: 7207280
    Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed for supplying an air jet form to the furnace of a recovery boiler, where the furnace has a front wall, a rear wall and side walls. Black liquor spraying devices are disposed on the furnace walls at one or several levels of the furnace. A plurality of air ports are located at several horizontal levels for introducing air into the furnace from an air supply. In the arrangement for the secondary air flows, two horizontal air levels at different elevations are arranged above the lower primary levels and below the black liquor sprayer. Secondary air is supplied from two opposite walls and the air ports from each of the two levels are located so that the air jets are introduced in an interlaced pattern having an even number of jets on one opposite wall and an uneven number of jets on the other opposite wall. The air jets of said at least two air levels are located substantially one above each other in substantially vertical rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Liisa Simonen, Esa Vakkilainen, Esko Mattelmaki
  • Publication number: 20060236696
    Abstract: A spent liquor recovery boiler in the pulp and paper industry including a water/steam circulation system having superheaters, the circulation system connected to a steam turbine comprising a high-pressure part, and a furnace for burning spent liquor to produce flue gases, and including an upper portion through which the flue gases flow, wherein the steam/water circulation system of the recovery boiler is provided with a reheater for reheating steam from the high-pressure part of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: ANDRITZ OY
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Olli Arpalahti, Lasse Koivisto
  • Publication number: 20050252458
    Abstract: A spent liquor recovery boiler system including a boiler having a water/steam circulation system with superheaters and a furnace for recovering energy and chemicals from spent liquor combusted therein, the walls of the boiler are formed of a plurality of water-cooled tubes connected to the water/steam circulation system. The system is provided with at least one cavity having walls formed of water-cooled tubes connected to the water/steam circulation system, means for combusting a fuel and at least one outlet for discharging combustion gases to the boiler, the interior of the at least one cavity being provided with heat exchanger means for final superheating of the steam generated in the boiler, said heat exchanger means being connected to the superheaters of the boiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: Andritz OY
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Olli Arpalahti, Lasse Koivisto