Patents by Inventor Ventzislav H. Kirov

Ventzislav H. Kirov 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: 9399835
    Abstract: A method to make pulp adapted for forming a corrugated medium, the method includes: cooking chips in a cooking vessel using a caustic carbonated pulping soda/caustic (SC) cooking liquor injected into the cooking vessel; fiberizing the chips discharged from the cooking vessel to form a pulp, and removing lignin from the pulp or oxidizing lignin in the pulp by injecting oxygen (O2) into the fiberized pulp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ventzislav H. Kirov, Namhee Shin
  • Patent number: 9194080
    Abstract: A reactor vessel system including: a first reactor vessel having a hydrolysate and liquid extraction screen, a first region above the extraction screen that is maintained at conditions promoting a hydrolysis reaction in the cellulosic material, a second region below the extraction screen in which the hydrolysis is substantially suppressed and a wash liquid inlet below the extraction screen providing wash liquid at a temperature below a hydrolysis temperature; a transport pipe having an inlet coupled to the first reactor vessel and an outlet coupled to a second reactor vessel, and the second reactor vessel includes a liquid discharge that extracts a portion of liquid from the second reactor vessel and directs the portion of liquid to the first reactor vessel or to the transport pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: Namhee Shin, Bertil Stromberg, Ventzislav H. Kirov, William J. Cann
  • Publication number: 20150122431
    Abstract: A method to make pulp adapted for forming a corrugated medium, the method includes: cooking chips in a cooking vessel using a caustic carbonated pulping soda/caustic (SC) cooking liquor injected into the cooking vessel; fiberizing the chips discharged from the cooking vessel to form a pulp, and removing lignin from the pulp or oxidizing lignin in the pulp by injecting oxygen (O2) into the fiberized pulp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ventzislav H. KIROV, Namhee SHIN
  • Patent number: 8961740
    Abstract: A method to make pulp adapted for forming a corrugated medium, the method includes: cooking chips in a cooking vessel using a caustic carbonated pulping soda/caustic (SC) cooking liquor injected into the cooking vessel; fiberizing the chips discharged from the cooking vessel to form a pulp, and removing lignin from the pulp or oxidizing lignin in the pulp by injecting oxygen (O2) into the fiberized pulp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ventzislav H. Kirov, Namhee Shin
  • Publication number: 20140246158
    Abstract: A reactor vessel system including: a first reactor vessel having a hydrolysate and liquid extraction screen, a first region above the extraction screen that is maintained at conditions promoting a hydrolysis reaction in the cellulosic material, a second region below the extraction screen in which the hydrolysis is substantially suppressed and a wash liquid inlet below the extraction screen providing wash liquid at a temperature below a hydrolysis temperature; a transport pipe having an inlet coupled to the first reactor vessel and an outlet coupled to a second reactor vessel, and the second reactor vessel includes a liquid discharge that extracts a portion of liquid from the second reactor vessel and directs the portion of liquid to the first reactor vessel or to the transport pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: Namhee Shin, Bertil Stromberg, Ventzislav H. Kirov, William J. Cann
  • Patent number: 8734610
    Abstract: A reactor vessel system including: a first reactor vessel having a hydrolysate and liquid extraction screen, a first region above the extraction screen that is maintained at conditions promoting a hydrolysis reaction in the cellulosic material, a second region below the extraction screen in which the hydrolysis is substantially suppressed and a wash liquid inlet below the extraction screen providing wash liquid at a temperature below a hydrolysis temperature; a transport pipe having an inlet coupled to the first reactor vessel and an outlet coupled to a second reactor vessel, and the second reactor vessel includes a liquid discharge that extracts a portion of liquid from the second reactor vessel and directs the portion of liquid to the first reactor vessel or to the transport pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: Namhee Shin, C. Bertil Stromberg, Ventzislav H Kirov, William J. Cann
  • Publication number: 20130081769
    Abstract: A method to make pulp adapted for forming a corrugated medium, the method includes: cooking chips in a cooking vessel using a caustic carbonated pulping soda/caustic (SC) cooking liquor injected into the cooking vessel; fiberizing the chips discharged from the cooking vessel to form a pulp, and removing lignin from the pulp or oxidizing lignin in the pulp by injecting oxygen (O2) into the fiberized pulp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ventzislav H. Kirov, Namhee Shin
  • Patent number: 7943008
    Abstract: A method of making pulp adapted to be used in forming corrugating medium is disclosed. The method comprises cooking woodchips in a first liquor in the absence of an alkali addition. The method further comprises mechanically fiberizing the woodchips to form a pulp. The method further comprises separating hydrolyzate from the pulp. The method further comprises treating the pulp with a second liquor, the second liquor including at least one alkali. The method further comprises refining the pulp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ventzislav H. Kirov, Anil Sethy, Bryan L. Sorensen
  • Publication number: 20100276092
    Abstract: A method of making pulp adapted to be used in forming corrugating medium is disclosed. The method comprises cooking woodchips in a first liquor in the absence of an alkali addition. The method further comprises mechanically fiberizing the woodchips to form a pulp. The method further comprises separating hydrolyzate from the pulp. The method further comprises treating the pulp with a second liquor, the second liquor including at least one alkali. The method further comprises refining the pulp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Ventzislav H. Kirov, Anil Sethy, Bryan L. Sorensen
  • Patent number: 7771565
    Abstract: A method of making pulp adapted to be used in forming corrugating medium is disclosed. The method comprises cooking woodchips in a first liquor in the absence of an alkali addition. The method further comprises mechanically fiberizing the woodchips to form a pulp. The method further comprises separating hydrolyzate from the pulp. The method further comprises treating the pulp with a second liquor, the second liquor including at least one alkali. The method further comprises refining the pulp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ventzislav H. Kirov, Anil Sethy, Bryan L. Sorensen