Patents by Inventor Lasse Koivisto

Lasse Koivisto 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: 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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: 4895624
    Abstract: Turbulence generator for the head box of a paper machine, the quality of the surface of the flow ducts of which has been improved and the manufacturing technique of which is simple. The turbulence generator according to the invention is characterized by the feature that the body of the perforated beams (6a, 6b) and the coating material of the face surfaces and the flow ducts are densely and tightly bonded to each other and that the coating materials of the flow ducts (7) is both physically and chemically wear resistant. The body of the beam is plastic, and the surfaces of the flow ducts have a ceramic coating on them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Valmet-Ahlstrom Oy
    Inventors: Lasse Koivisto, Heikki Laitinen