Patents by Inventor Tuomas Ouni

Tuomas Ouni 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: 20230391695
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), the method comprises subjecting ethylene dichloride (EDC) to thermal cracking to yield a VCM-containing gaseous product, in which method an amount of thermal energy required to heat a stream of EDC-containing process fluid to temperature(s), at which cracking reactions occur, is produced and transferred to said EDC-containing process fluid using a rotary apparatus (100). A VCM production unit and use of the rotary apparatus in production of vinyl chloride monomer from EDC through thermal cracking, are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Elina NAUHA, Tuomas OUNI
  • Publication number: 20230121974
    Abstract: A method is provided for inputting thermal energy into fluidic medium in a steel manufacturing process by at least one rotary apparatus comprising: a casing with at least one inlet and at least one exit, a rotor comprising at least one row of rotor blades arranged over a circumference of a rotor hub mounted onto a rotor shaft, and a stator configured as an assembly of stationary vanes arranged at least upstream of the at least one row of rotor blades. In the method, an amount of thermal energy is imparted to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the exit by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium passes through the stationary vanes and the at least one row of rotor blades, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Veli Matti Purola, Tuomas Ouni
  • Publication number: 20230110304
    Abstract: A method is provided for inputting thermal energy into fluidic medium in a cement manufacturing process by at least one rotary apparatus comprising a casing with at least one inlet and at least one exit, a rotor comprising at least one row of rotor blades arranged over a circumference of a rotor hub mounted onto a rotor shaft, and a stator configured as an assembly of stationary vanes arranged at least upstream of the at least one row of rotor blades. In the method, an amount of thermal energy is imparted to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the exit by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium passes through the stationary guide vanes and the at least one row of rotor blades, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Veli Matti Purola, Tuomas Ouni
  • Publication number: 20230112124
    Abstract: A method is provided for inputting thermal energy into fluidic medium in a high-temperature material production process by at least one rotary apparatus comprising a casing with at least one inlet and at least one exit, a rotor comprising at least one row of rotor blades arranged over a circumference of a rotor hub mounted onto a rotor shaft, and a stator configured as an assembly of stationary vanes arranged at least upstream of the at least one row of rotor blades. In the method, an amount of thermal energy is imparted to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the exit by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium passes through the stationary vanes and the at least one row of rotor blades, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Veli Matti Purola, Tuomas Ouni
  • Publication number: 20230115774
    Abstract: A method is provided for inputting thermal energy into fluidic medium in a process or processes related to oil refining and/or petrochemical industries by at least one rotary apparatus comprising a casing with at least one inlet and at least one exit, a rotor comprising at least one row of rotor blades arranged over a circumference of a rotor hub mounted onto a rotor shaft, and a stator configured as an assembly of stationary vanes arranged at least upstream of the at least one row of rotor blades. In the method, an amount of thermal energy is imparted to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the exit by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium passes through stationary and rotating components of said rotary apparatus, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Veli Matti Purola, Tuomas Ouni
  • Publication number: 20230114999
    Abstract: A method is provided for inputting thermal energy into fluidic medium in a process or processes related to production of hydrogen. The method comprises generating heated fluidic medium by at least one rotary apparatus comprising a casing with at least one inlet and at least one exit, a rotor comprising at least one row of rotor blades arranged over a circumference of a rotor hub mounted onto a rotor shaft, and a stator configured as an assembly of stationary vanes arranged at least upstream of the at least one row of rotor blades. In the method, an amount of thermal energy is imparted to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the rotary apparatus by virtue of series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium passes through stationary and rotating components of said rotary apparatus, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Veli Matti Purola, Tuomas Ouni
  • Publication number: 20230112858
    Abstract: A method for disposal of harmful and/or toxic substances by incineration is provided, the method comprising generation of a heated fluidic medium by at least one rotary apparatus comprising: a casing with at least one inlet and at least one exit, a rotor comprising at least one row of rotor blades arranged over a circumference of a rotor hub mounted onto a rotor shaft, and a stator configured as an assembly of stationary vanes arranged at least upstream of the at least one row of rotor blades. In the method, an amount of thermal energy is imparted to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the exit by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium passes through the stationary guide vanes and the at least one row of rotor blades, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Veli Matti Purola, Tuomas Ouni
  • Publication number: 20230115221
    Abstract: A method is provided for inputting thermal energy into fluidic medium in a thermal energy production and storage process by at least one rotary apparatus comprising: a casing with at least one inlet and at least one exit, a rotor comprising at least one row of rotor blades arranged over a circumference of a rotor hub mounted onto a rotor shaft, and a plurality of stationary vanes arranged into an assembly at least upstream of the at least one row of rotor blades. In the method, an amount of thermal energy is imparted to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the exit by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium passes through the stationary vanes and the rotor blades, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Veli Matti Purola, Tuomas Ouni
  • Patent number: 11421160
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Tuomas Ouni, Väinö Sippola, Petri Lindqvist
  • Patent number: 11414605
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Tuomas Ouni, Väinö Sippola, Petri Lindqvist
  • Publication number: 20210198580
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Tuomas Ouni, Väinö Sippola, Petri Lindqvist
  • Publication number: 20210179947
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Tuomas OUNI, Väinö SIPPOLA, Petri LINDQVIST
  • Patent number: 10954451
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Tuomas Ouni, Vainö Sippola, Petri Lindqvist
  • Patent number: 10731093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wash oil for use as an antifouling agent in gas compressors, in particular in cracked gas compressors, including at least one compound according to formulae (II) with the moieties R2 and R3 are selected from a group of linear or branched C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl and linear or branched C1-C10-alkyl substituted C3-C10-cycloalkyl and C6-C12 aryl and C1-C10-alkyl substituted C6-C12 aryl. The moieties can be interrupted by oxygen or nitrogen. The moieties can be functionalised with hydroxyl groups or amino groups. The moieties can be the same or different. The invention relates also to the use of such wash oil as anti-fouling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Tuomas Ouni, Rebeca Reguillo Carmona, René Dicke, Ana Lilia Mota Salinas
  • Publication number: 20190322947
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Tuomas OUNI, Vainö SIPPOLA, Petri LINDQVIST
  • Patent number: 10385278
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Neste OYJ
    Inventors: Tuomas Ouni, Vainö Sippola, Petri Lindqvist
  • Publication number: 20180305622
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Tuomas OUNI, Vainö SIPPOLA, Petri LINDQVIST
  • Patent number: 9969940
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Tuomas Ouni, Vainö Sippola, Petri Lindqvist
  • Publication number: 20170260464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wash oil for use as an antifouling agent in gas compressors, in particular in cracked gas compressors, including at least one compound according to formulae (II) with the moieties R2 and R3 are selected from a group of linear or branched C1-C20-alkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl and linear or branched C1-C10-alkyl substituted C3-C10-cycloalkyl and C6-C12 aryl and C1-C10-alkyl substituted C6-C12 aryl. The moieties can be interrupted by oxygen or nitrogen. The moieties can be functionalised with hydroxyl groups or amino groups. The moieties can be the same or different. The invention relates also to the use of such wash oil as anti-fouling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Tuomas Ouni, Rebeca Reguillo Carmona, René Dicke, Ana Lilia Mota Salinas
  • Publication number: 20160060540
    Abstract: The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Neste Oil Oyi
    Inventors: Tuomas OUNI, Väinö SIPPOLA, Petri LINDQVIST