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).

  • Publication number: 20040149185
    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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Liisa Simonen, Esa Vakkilainen, Esko Mattelmaki
  • Patent number: 6742463
    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: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Liisa Simonen, Esa Vakkilainen, Esko Mattelmäki
  • Publication number: 20040011484
    Abstract: A method to produce energy at a pulp mill, including the steps of: combusting pulping process waste liquor in the furnace of a recovery boiler to generate flue gases, recovering the heat from the flue gases by producing saturated and/or partially superheated steam in the recovery boiler, gasifying wood, bark or wood wastes in a gasifier for producing a combustible gas, burning at least part of the combustible gas in a superheating boiler, and superheating the saturated and partially superheated steam in the superheating boiler to produce superheated steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Andritz Oy, Helsinki, Finland
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Olli Arpalahti, Lasse Koivisto
  • Patent number: 6647726
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement in the production of electric energy in a boiler plant of a pulp mill. Black liquor having a dry solids content of more than 80% and combustion air are fed into a furnace of a recovery boiler for combusting black liquor and recovering chemicals contained therein. The flue gases generated in the combustion are led into an economizer of the recovery boiler, in which economizer the feed water for the boiler is heated, and after the economizer to gas cleaning. The feed water is led from the economizer onto the steam-generating bank at a temperature below the saturation temperature and further into a superheater to produce steam having a pressure of more than 80 bar. The steam is led from the recovery boiler to a steam turbine to produce electricity. The temperature of the feed water being led into the economizer is regulated by means of bleed steam of the turbine so that the flue gases exit the economizer at a temperature of more than 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen
  • Publication number: 20020194849
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement in the production of electric energy in a boiler plant of a pulp mill. Black liquor having a dry solids content of more than 80% and combustion air are fed into a furnace of a recovery boiler for combusting black liquor and recovering chemicals contained therein. The flue gases generated in the combustion are led into an economizer of the recovery boiler, in which economizer the feed water for the boiler is heated, and after the economizer to gas cleaning. The feed water is led from the economizer onto the steam-generating bank at a temperature below the saturation temperature and further into a superheater to produce steam having a pressure of more than 80 bar. The steam is led from the recovery boiler to a steam turbine to produce electricity. The temperature of the feed water being led into the economizer is regulated by means of bleed steam of the turbine so that the flue gases exit the economizer at a temperature of more than 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen
  • Publication number: 20020162491
    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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Andritz-Ahlstrom Oy
    Inventors: Kari Saviharju, Jorma Simonen, Liisa Simonen, Esa Vakkilainen, Esko Mattelmaki
  • Patent number: 6146604
    Abstract: A method of removing nitrogen oxides from flue gases of a cellulose pulp mill recovery boiler does so in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner. In the heat recovery section of the recovery boiler, a peroxide solution (e.g. a water solution containing about 1-35% hydrogen peroxide) is brought into contact with (e.g. sprayed into) the flue gases in the heat recovery section, so that the flue gases and the peroxide remain in contact between about 0.5-5 (preferably between about 1-2) seconds. The majority (e.g. about 60-90%) of the nitrogen oxides are converted to nitrogen dioxide. The temperature of the flue gases at the time of contact with the peroxide solution is between about 300-800.degree. (preferably 400-600.degree.) C. The nitrogen dioxide is removed by scrubbing the flue gases, downstream of the recovery boiler, with an alkaline liquid (e.g. a liquid otherwise used in the pulp mill having a pH of greater than 9) to convert the majority of the nitrogen dioxides into nitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Andritz-Ahlstrom Oy
    Inventors: Erkki Kiiskila, Pia Kilpinen, Kari Saviharju, Esa Vakkilainen