Patents by Inventor Veli-Matti Hiltunen

Veli-Matti Hiltunen 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).

  • Fluidized bed boiler with a support construction for a particle separator
    Patent number: 9964301
    Abstract: A fluidized bed boiler with a support construction for a particle separator. The fluidized bed boiler includes a bottom-supported furnace in which at least one particle separator with a support construction is in gas flow connection with an upper portion of the furnace and includes a furnace side portion, an outer portion opposite to the furnace side portion, and a conical lower portion. At least two bottom-supported downcomer pipes are in fluid connection with a steam drum and adjacent to the outer portion of the particle separator. The support construction includes a frame-like supporting member surrounding at least a portion of the conical lower portion, and an outboard portion of the supporting member is attached to the at least two downcomer pipes to support the at last one particle separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo SHI FW Energia Oy
    Inventors: Pentti Lankinen, Veli-Matti Hiltunen
  • FLUIDIZED BED BOILER WITH A SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION FOR A PARTICLE SEPARATOR
    Publication number: 20160123574
    Abstract: A fluidized bed boiler with a support construction for a particle separator. The fluidized bed boiler includes a bottom-supported furnace in which at least one particle separator with a support construction is in gas flow connection with an upper portion of the furnace and includes a furnace side portion, an outer portion opposite to the furnace side portion, and a conical lower portion. At least two bottom-supported downcomer pipes are in fluid connection with a steam drum and adjacent to the outer portion of the particle separator. The support construction includes a frame-like supporting member surrounding at least a portion of the conical lower portion, and an outboard portion of the supporting member is attached to the at least two downcomer pipes to support the at last one particle separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: AMEC FOSTER WHEELER ENERGIA OY
    Inventors: Pentti Lankinen, Veli-Matti Hiltunen