Patents by Inventor Mika Muinonen

Mika Muinonen 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).

  • Control system for controlling feed of solid fuel in a combustion process
    Patent number: 11079109
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system for controlling the feed of a solid fuel in a combustion process. The system includes a control unit which is adapted to communicate by way of a communications link in the system, to receive from online measuring instruments online measurement data regarding a fuel coming from a fuel reception unit, and to control a feeding unit for delivering the measured fuel into a fuel silo on the basis of its content model and measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: INRAY OY
    Inventors: Mika Muinonen, Janne Kovanen
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FEED OF SOLID FUEL IN A COMBUSTION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20180010794
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system for controlling the feed of a solid fuel in a combustion process. The system includes a control unit which is adapted to communicate by way of a communications link in the system, to receive from online measuring instruments online measurement data regarding a fuel coming from a fuel reception unit, and to control a feeding unit for delivering the measured fuel into a fuel silo on the basis of its content model and measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Mika MUINONEN, Janne KOVANEN
  • Selective reduction of cupriferous calcine
    Publication number: 20050193863
    Abstract: A process for selectively reducing calcine from a copper/nickel containing sulfidic material includes subjecting the calcine to a mildly reducing atmosphere at relative high temperatures. CuO is selectively converted to Cu2O which can easily be separated by leaching from other metals which may be present in the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Mika Muinonen, Samel Marcuson, Ahmed Vahed, Anthony Warner