Patents by Inventor Ola Herstad

Ola Herstad 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: 8443764
    Abstract: The arrangement is for positioning equipment in association with an opening in a boiler wall and has a rotation mechanism that rotates the equipment around a virtual rotation axis that lies within the outer wall of the boiler. During the use of a liquor spreader for the introduction of combustible material, the opening of the liquor spreader is arranged in the virtual center of rotation so that the point at which the combustible material is introduced is retained independently of the angle of rotation. The liquor spreader is united either with a glide device or the guide in the rotation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Metso Power AB
    Inventors: Ola Herstad, Robert Tillander, Henrick Lindell, Bengt Nilsson, Timo Vulli
  • Publication number: 20100139580
    Abstract: The arrangement is for positioning equipment in association with an opening in a boiler wall and has a rotation mechanism that rotates the equipment around a virtual rotation axis that lies within the outer wall of the boiler. During the use of a liquor spreader for the introduction of combustible material, the opening of the liquor spreader is arranged in the virtual center of rotation so that the point at which the combustible material is introduced is retained independently of the angle of rotation. The liquor spreader is united either with a glide device or the guide in the rotation mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Ola Herstad, Robert Tillander, Henrik Lindell, Bengt Nilsson, Timo Vulli
  • Patent number: 5755187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a boiler for the production of steam, the boiler having a maximum capacity of 100 ton/hr or more and comprising a furnace having a substantially constant rectangular cross-section and a back pass with a substantially constant rectangular cross-section. The furnace and the back pass are mounted close to each other and means are provided for superheating the steam. The steam superheating means are positioned within the back pass, so that no superheater is positioned within the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Gotaverken Energy AB
    Inventors: Lennart Nordenberg, Ola Herstad
  • Patent number: 5460127
    Abstract: The invention relates to a boiler for the production of steam, the boiler having a maximum capacity of 100 ton/hr or more and comprising a furnace having a substantially constant rectangular cross-section and a back pass with a substantially constant rectangular cross-section. The furnace and the back pass are mounted close to each other and means are provided for superheating the steam. The steam superheating means are positioned within the back pass, so that no superheater is positioned within the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Gotaverken Energy AB
    Inventors: Lennart Nordenberg, Ola Herstad
  • Patent number: 4796546
    Abstract: A combustion plant includes a circulating fluid bed, which is maintained by the supply of fuel, inert material and oxygen-containing fluidizing gas to a vertical furnace shaft. This is, at its upper end provided with an outlet for combustion gases and bed materials, which is separated from gas in a separating means, and by way of a lock is returned to the furnace shaft. The separating means is of a mechanical type, and located vertically above a further vertical shaft communicating with the lock. The further shaft encloses distribution means for the particles and a heat exchanger for cooling the particles falling from the gas stream, before they are re-introduced into the furnace shaft by way of the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Gotaverken Energy Systems AB
    Inventors: Ola Herstad, Lars Olausson