Patents by Inventor Ulf Sand

Ulf Sand 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: 12631406
    Abstract: An electric arrangement comprising a casing; a heat generating electric component arranged inside the casing; and a heat exchanger comprising a three dimensional lattice cell structure, the three dimensional lattice cell structure being arranged to conduct a dielectric cooling fluid from the casing at an exterior side of the casing for heat exchange with an ambient fluid, and back towards the casing for cooling of the electric component. A panel for a heat exchanger and a heat exchanger comprising a plurality of panels are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Samuel Brodeur, Miguel Aguirre, Rebei Bel Fdhila, Frederic Tholence, Ulf Sand, Saeed Maleksaeedi
  • Publication number: 20260115963
    Abstract: A method for producing pressboard for electrical insulation, said method including, in any order: a) mechanically compressing at least one pressboard precursor suitable for electrical insulation, and b) emitting electromagnetic waves towards the pressboard precursor(s). The mechanical compression of the pressboard precursor includes sequentially passing the pressboard precursor through a plurality of compression stations, each compression station including at least one pair of rollers together compressing the pressboard precursor as it passes a gap between the respective pair or rollers, wherein the gap is smaller for each station in the sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Rebei Bel Fdhila, Ulf Sand, Pritam Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20260122835
    Abstract: An airflow generator including a ducted fan and a plurality of air multipliers for discharging air along a first axis, each air multiplier including an inlet and an outlet, said ducted fan being fluidly connected to the inlets (8) of the air multipliers, wherein the air multipliers are differently sized to provide airflows of different cross-sectional size, and are positioned such that smaller ones of the air multipliers provide airflows reinforcing a respective sub-portion of the airflows provided by larger air multipliers, and wherein the air multipliers are distributed along the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Rebei Bel Fdhila, Lokman Hosain, Ulf Sand
  • Publication number: 20260120937
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cooling arrangement for cooling a transformer in a transformer tank, the cooling arrangement includes a transformer tank, to be at least partially filled with an electrically insulating fluid when in use, a transformer having windings, at least one heat exchanger, and a fluid discharge device arranged in the transformer tank, fluidly connected to the at least one heat exchanger, and a pump in fluid communication with the at least one heat exchanger (18) and with the fluid discharge device. The fluid discharge device includes at least one Coand? effect fluid flow multiplier configured to discharge the cooled fluid along a discharge axis towards one or more of the windings of the at least one phase leg of the transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Ulf Sand, Lokman Hosain, Ener Salinas, Manoj Kumar Pradhan
  • Publication number: 20260113868
    Abstract: A transformer arrangement comprising an airflow generator and a transformer provided with an oil-to-air external heat exchanger, the airflow generator being configured to discharge air towards the oil-to-air heat exchanger. The airflow generator comprises an electrically powered ducted fan, a fluid conduit, an air multiplier for discharging air along a first axis, and an airflow redistribution device axially displaced from the air multiplier along a first axis, downstream of the air multiplier. The airflow redistribution device is configured to redirect airflow from regions of higher speed airflow discharged from the air multiplier to regions of lower speed airflow discharged from the air multiplier, thereby promoting a more even distribution of airflow speeds downstream of the airflow redistribution device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Lokman Hosain, Ulf Sand, Rebei Bel Fdhila
  • Publication number: 20260009584
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for cooling at least one OAEHE in a transformer. The cooling arrangement comprises at least one impeller-motor device, at least one fluid pipe and a first fluid discharge device. The first fluid discharge device comprises a fluid inlet arranged to receive a fluid from the at least one fluid pipe, and at least one fluid outlet arranged to direct the fluid towards the OAEHE, wherein the at least one impeller-motor device is adapted to supply the fluid to the inlet of the first fluid discharge device via the at least one fluid pipe and cause the fluid to flow through the at least one fluid outlet of the first fluid discharge device in a direction of the at least one OAEHE. The cooling arrangement further comprises a second fluid discharge device adapted to disturb the fluid that flows through the at least one fluid outlet of the first fluid discharge device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Rebei Bel Fdhila, Ulf Sand, Lokman Hosain
  • Publication number: 20240371562
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for cooling at least one OAEHE in a transformer. The cooling arrangement includes at least one impeller-motor device, at least one fluid pipe at least one fluid discharge device. The at least one impeller-motor device is adapted to supply a fluid to the inlet of the at least one fluid discharge device via the at least one fluid pipe and cause the fluid to flow through the at least one fluid discharge device and be discharged through the at least one fluid outlet of the at least one fluid discharge device. The cooling arrangement further comprises includes a funnel. The at least one impeller-motor device is located in a housing at a distance of at least 3 meters from the at least one fluid discharge device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ener SALINAS, Ulf SAND, Kiran Chandra SAHU, Samuel BRODEUR
  • Publication number: 20240173885
    Abstract: A press plate for compressing at least one pressboard precursor, wherein the press plate includes, at least one fluid permeable barrier layer, wherein the at least one barrier layer prevents fibers to pass through the barrier layer, and wherein the at least one barrier layer has a first surface arranged to face a pressboard precursor to be compressed; a rigid press layer, the rigid press layer including passages for fluid transport; and heating means for heating the pressboard precursor(s), a system for compressing at least one pressboard precursor and a method for compressing at least one pressboard precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ulf Sand, Rebei Bel Fdhila, Lars Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20230314094
    Abstract: An electric arrangement comprising a casing; a heat generating electric component arranged inside the casing; and a heat exchanger comprising a three dimensional lattice cell structure, the three dimensional lattice cell structure being arranged to conduct a dielectric cooling fluid from the casing at an exterior side of the casing for heat exchange with an ambient fluid, and back towards the casing for cooling of the electric component. A panel for a heat exchanger and a heat exchanger comprising a plurality of panels are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel Brodeur, Miguel Aguirre, Rebei Bel Fdhila, Frederic Tholence, Ulf Sand, Saeed Maleksaeedi
  • Patent number: 11719492
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a primary side; a secondary side; at least one primary structure on the primary side defining at least one primary space on the primary side; and at least one secondary structure on the secondary side defining at least one secondary space on the secondary side; wherein one or more of the at least one primary structure and one or more of the at least one secondary structure delimit a coolant volume separated from the at least one primary space and separated from the at least one secondary space; wherein one or more of the at least one primary structure and/or one or more of the at least one secondary structure comprises a three dimensional lattice body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Frederic Tholence, Ulf Sand, Rebei Bel Fdhila
  • Publication number: 20230124112
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a primary side; a secondary side; at least one primary structure on the primary side defining at least one primary space on the primary side; and at least one secondary structure on the secondary side defining at least one secondary space on the secondary side; wherein one or more of the at least one primary structure and one or more of the at least one secondary structure delimit a coolant volume separated from the at least one primary space and separated from the at least one secondary space; wherein one or more of the at least one primary structure and/or one or more of the at least one secondary structure comprises a three dimensional lattice body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Frederic Tholence, Ulf Sand, Rebei Bel Fdhila
  • Patent number: 11542188
    Abstract: A glass furnace for continuous operation, including a melting tank for containing a glass melt, and at least one magnetic actuator configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field suitable for moving a stirring body immersed in the glass melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Ener Salinas, Xiaojing Zhang, Hongliang Yang, Göran Eriksson, Ulf Sand
  • Publication number: 20220098077
    Abstract: A glass furnace for continuous operation, including a melting tank for containing a glass melt, and at least one magnetic actuator configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field suitable for moving a stirring body immersed in the glass melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ener Salinas, Xiaojing Zhang, Hongliang Yang, Göran Eriksson, Ulf Sand
  • Patent number: 8876934
    Abstract: An apparatus for electromagnetic stirring of the steel melt in an electrical arc furnace includes two electromagnetic stirrer units, a current supply, and a control unit. The two stirrers are mounted on an outer bottom surface of the electrical arc furnace at opposites sides of a central position of the bottom surface, the current supply is operatively connected to the two electromagnetic stirrer units, and the control unit is operatively connected to the current supply to control the operation of the two electromagnetic stirrer units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Jan-Erik Eriksson, Mohamed Ali Rahmani, Ola Widlund, Olof Hjortstam, Rebei Bel Fdhila, Shiva Sander-Tavallaey, Ulf Sand, Xiaojing Zhang, Tord Kroon
  • Patent number: 8721789
    Abstract: An apparatus for crystallization of silicon includes a crucible for containing silicon, a heating and heat dissipating arrangement provided for melting the silicon contained in the crucible and for subsequently solidifying the molten silicon, and an electromagnetic stirring device provided for stirring the molten silicon in the crucible during the solidification of the molten silicon. A control arrangement is provided for controlling the heating and heat dissipating arrangement to solidify the molten silicon at a specified solidification rate and for controlling the electromagnetic stirring device to stir the molten silicon in response to the specified solidification rate of the molten silicon such that the ratio of a speed of the molten silicon and the specified solidification rate is above a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Jan-Erik Eriksson, Olof Hjortstam, Ulf Sand
  • Patent number: 8632632
    Abstract: An apparatus for crystallization of silicon includes a crucible for containing silicon, a heating and heat dissipating arrangement provided for melting the silicon contained in the crucible and for subsequently solidifying the molten silicon, and an electromagnetic stirring device provided for stirring the molten silicon in the crucible during the solidification of the molten silicon. A control arrangement is provided for controlling the heating and heat dissipating arrangement to solidify the molten silicon at a specified solidification rate and for controlling the electromagnetic stirring device to stir the molten silicon in response to the specified solidification rate of the molten silicon such that the ratio of a speed of the molten silicon and the specified solidification rate is above a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Jan-Erik Eriksson, Olof Hjortstam, Ulf Sand
  • Publication number: 20130269483
    Abstract: An apparatus for electromagnetic stirring of the steel melt in an electrical arc furnace includes two electromagnetic stirrer units, a current supply, and a control unit. The two stirrers are mounted on an outer bottom surface of the electrical arc furnace at opposites sides of a central position of the bottom surface, the current supply is operatively connected to the two electromagnetic stirrer units, and the control unit is operatively connected to the current supply to control the operation of the two electromagnetic stirrer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Jan-Erik Eriksson, Mohamed Ali Rahmani, Ola Widlund, Olof Hjortstam, Rebei Bel Fdhila, Shiva Sander-Tavallaey, Ulf Sand, Xiaojing Zhang, Tord Kroon
  • Publication number: 20130104601
    Abstract: An apparatus for crystallization of silicon includes a crucible for containing silicon, a heating and heat dissipating arrangement provided for melting the silicon contained in the crucible and for subsequently solidifying the molten silicon, and an electromagnetic stirring device provided for stirring the molten silicon in the crucible during the solidification of the molten silicon. A control arrangement is provided for controlling the heating and heat dissipating arrangement to solidify the molten silicon at a specified solidification rate and for controlling the electromagnetic stirring device to stir the molten silicon in response to the specified solidification rate of the molten silicon such that the ratio of a speed of the molten silicon and the specified solidification rate is above a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Jan-Erik Eriksson, Olof Hjortstam, Ulf Sand
  • Publication number: 20120167629
    Abstract: An apparatus for crystallization of silicon includes a crucible for containing silicon, a heating and heat dissipating arrangement provided for melting the silicon contained in the crucible and for subsequently solidifying the molten silicon, and an electromagnetic stirring device provided for stirring the molten silicon in the crucible during the solidification of the molten silicon. A control arrangement is provided for controlling the heating and heat dissipating arrangement to solidify the molten silicon at a specified solidification rate and for controlling the electromagnetic stirring device to stir the molten silicon in response to the specified solidification rate of the molten silicon such that the ratio of a speed of the molten silicon and the specified solidification rate is above a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Jan-Erik Eriksson, Olof Hjortstam, Ulf Sand