Patents by Inventor Vesa Nuutinen
Vesa Nuutinen 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).
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Publication number: 20240124768Abstract: Tagging agents, including fluorescent monomers, which may lack polymerizable double bonds. Anti-scalant polymer compositions that include a copolymer of a tagging agent and an anti-scalant monomer. Methods for synthesizing tagging agents, anti-scalant polymer compositions, and detecting an anti-scalant polymer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Viktor Kukkonen, Salla Puupponen, Vesa Nuutinen, Erkki-Johannes Metsälä
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Patent number: 11897984Abstract: Tagging agents, including fluorescent monomers, which may be polymerized. Anti-scalant polymer compositions that include a copolymer of a tagging agent and an anti-scalant monomer. Methods for synthesizing tagging agents, anti-scalant polymer compositions, and detecting an anti-scalant polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Erkki Johannes Metsälä, Reijo Aksela, Vesa Vuori, Mehrdad Hesampour
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Publication number: 20230114878Abstract: Tagging agents, including fluorescent monomers, which may be polymerized. Anti-scalant polymer compositions that include a copolymer of a tagging agent and an anti-scalant monomer. Methods for synthesizing tagging agents, anti-scalant polymer compositions, and detecting an anti-scalant polymer composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Vesa NUUTINEN, Erkki Johannes METSÄLÄ, Reijo AKSELA, Vesa VUORI, Mehrdad HESAMPOUR
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Publication number: 20220397527Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and/or controlling anti-scalant concentration. The systems may include components that form an automated control loop. The methods may be online methods that allow the concentration of an anti-scalant to be monitors in a fluid treatment system, such as a water treatment system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Vesa NUUTINEN, Erkki Johannes METSÄLÄ, Vesa VUORI, Mehrdad HESAMPOUR
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Publication number: 20210340038Abstract: The present embodiments generally relate to the treatment of produced water such as produced water resulting from an industrial process such as one involving the use of copious amounts of water and the addition of one or more polymers such as viscosifying or thickening polymers, in particular enhanced oil recovery processes or another processes resulting in polymer flooded produced water. These treatment methods include contacting the produced water with one or more reducing agents and one or more metals, wherein said treatment may result in a reduction of the viscosity of said produced water and/or the degradation of polymers which are contained therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Esa MIKKOLA, Tapio HONKANEN, Vesa NUUTINEN
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Patent number: 11046600Abstract: The present embodiments generally relate to the treatment of produced water such as produced water resulting from an industrial process such as one involving the use of copious amounts of water and the addition of one or more polymers such as viscosifying or thickening polymers, in particular enhanced oil recovery processes or another processes resulting in polymer flooded produced water. These treatment methods include contacting the produced water with one or more reducing agents and one or more metals, wherein said treatment may result in a reduction of the viscosity of said produced water and/or the degradation of polymers which are contained therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Esa Mikkola, Tapio Honkanen, Vesa Nuutinen
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Patent number: 10914679Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a scale inhibitor concentration in a sample comprising at least a first scale inhibitor, which is a synthetic organic compound comprising at least one ionised group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample to interact with a reagent comprising a lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement, and the concentration of the at least first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined by using the detected sample signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Kemira OyjInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen, James Johnstone, Harri Härmä, Paul Mundill
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Publication number: 20200017385Abstract: The present embodiments generally relate to the treatment of produced water such as produced water resulting from an industrial process such as one involving the use of copious amounts of water and the addition of one or more polymers such as viscosifying or thickening polymers, in particular enhanced oil recovery processes or another processes resulting in polymer flooded produced water. These treatment methods include contacting the produced water with one or more reducing agents and one or more metals, wherein said treatment may result in a reduction of the viscosity of said produced water and/or the degradation of polymers which are contained therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Esa MIKKOLA, Tapio HONKANEN, Vesa NUUTINEN
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Patent number: 10241047Abstract: The invention relates to a method for analysing a sample comprising at least a first and a second scale inhibitor, which scale inhibitors are synthetic organic compounds comprising at least one ionised group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample interact with a reagent comprising lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement. The total concentration of the first and the second scale inhibitor is determined by using the detected sample signal, and the concentration of the first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined. The concentration of the second scale inhibitor is determined mathematically by using the obtained results for the total concentration and for the first scale inhibitor concentration.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Kemira OyjInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen, James Johnstone, Harri Härmä, Mirva Lehmusto, Satu Tiittanen, Pave Väisänen, Joonas Siivonen, Paul Mundill
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Publication number: 20180284022Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a scale inhibitor concentration in a sample comprising at least a first scale inhibitor, which is a synthetic organic compound comprising at least one ionised group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample to interact with a reagent comprising a lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement, and the concentration of the at least first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined by using the detected sample signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Kemira OyjInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen, James Johnstone, Harri Härmä, Paul Mundill
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Patent number: 9958389Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a scale inhibitor concentration in a sample comprising at least a first scale inhibitor, which is a synthetic organic compound comprising at least one ionized group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample to interact with a reagent comprising a lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement, and the concentration of the at least first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined by using the detected sample signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen, James Johnstone, Harri Härmä, Paul Mundill
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Patent number: 9902904Abstract: Scale-inhibiting polymers comprising one or more scale-inhibiting units and one or more tagging units, wherein each tagging unit is formed from a compound of Formula I, II, III, or IV, or a salt, hydrate, salt hydrate, stereoisomer, dehydrate or derivative thereof. Scale-inhibiting compositions comprising the scale-inhibiting polymers, processes for determining a concentration of a scale-inhibiting polymer for inhibiting scale formation, and methods for preventing or controlling scale formation in systems comprising fluid circulation with the scale-inhibiting polymers are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Kemira OyjInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen
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Publication number: 20180017494Abstract: The invention relates to a method for analysing a sample comprising at least a first and a second scale inhibitor, which scale inhibitors are synthetic organic compounds comprising at least one ionised group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample interact with a reagent comprising lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement. The total concentration of the first and the second scale inhibitor is determined by using the detected sample signal, and the concentration of the first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined. The concentration of the second scale inhibitor is determined mathematically by using the obtained results for the total concentration and for the first scale inhibitor concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: Kemira OyjInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen, James Johnstone, Harri Härmä, Mirva Lehmusto, Satu Tiittanen, Pave Väisänen, Joonas Siivonen, Paul Mundill
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Patent number: 9816927Abstract: The invention relates to a method for analysing a sample comprising at least a first and a second scale inhibitor, which scale inhibitors are synthetic organic compounds comprising at least one ionised group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample interact with a reagent comprising lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement. The total concentration of the first and the second scale inhibitor is determined by using the detected sample signal, and the concentration of the first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined. The concentration of the second scale inhibitor is determined mathematically by using the obtained results for the total concentration and for the first scale inhibitor concentration.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen, James Johnstone, Harri Härmä, Mirva Lehmusto, Satu Tiittanen, Pave Väisänen, Joonas Siivonen, Paul Mundill
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Publication number: 20160290923Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a scale inhibitor concentration in a sample comprising at least a first scale inhibitor, which is a synthetic organic compound comprising at least one ionised group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample to interact with a reagent comprising a lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement, and the concentration of the at least first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined by using the detected sample signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen, James Johnstone, Harri Härmä, Paul Mundill
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Publication number: 20160290924Abstract: The invention relates to a method for analysing a sample comprising at least a first and a second scale inhibitor, which scale inhibitors are synthetic organic compounds comprising at least one ionised group. The method comprises optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, and allowing the sample interact with a reagent comprising lanthanide(III) ion. The sample is excited at a first excitation wavelength and a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion is detected at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement. The total concentration of the first and the second scale inhibitor is determined by using the detected sample signal, and the concentration of the first scale inhibitor in the sample is determined. The concentration of the second scale inhibitor is determined mathematically by using the obtained results for the total concentration and for the first scale inhibitor concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: Kemira OyjInventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen, James Johnstone, Harri Härmä, Mirva Lehmusto, Satu Tiittanen, Pave Väisänen, Joonas Siivonen, Paul Mundill
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Publication number: 20150184069Abstract: Scale-inhibiting polymers comprising one or more scale-inhibiting units and one or more tagging units, wherein each tagging unit is formed from a compound of Formula I, II, III, or IV, or a salt, hydrate, salt hydrate, stereoisomer, dehydrate or derivative thereof. Scale-inhibiting compositions comprising the scale-inhibiting polymers, processes for determining a concentration of a scale-inhibiting polymer for inhibiting scale formation, and methods for preventing or controlling scale formation in systems comprising fluid circulation with the scale-inhibiting polymers are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Vesa Nuutinen, Susanna Toivonen
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Publication number: 20110236572Abstract: A dry coating binder includes a polymer which includes at least 80% by weight of main monomers. The main monomers are selected from C1-C20-alkyl (meth)acrylates, C1-C20-hydroxy alkyl (meth)acrylates, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids including up to 20 carbon atoms, vinyl aromatics having up to 20 carbon atoms, ethylenically unsaturated nitriles, vinyl ethers of alcohols including 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and one or two double bonds or mixtures of these monomers, and that the particle size of the binder is between 200-400 nm. Further, the use of the dry coating binder, and a dry coating composition are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Jonni Ahlgren, Nina Bruun, Vesa Nuutinen
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Publication number: 20110224348Abstract: A process for preparing a dry coating composition for paper and board includes mixing at least one pigment and at least one binder and pulverizing the obtained mixture, and wherein 25% to 100% of the pigment has particle size D90 from 10 ?m to 50 ?m before mixing with the binder. Also described is the use of pigments having a particle size D90 from 10 ?m to 50 ?m in the production of pulverized dry coating composition for paper and board for improving the surface strength of a coating, which is made by dry coating a paper or board with the dry coating composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Esko Aarni, Vesa Nuutinen, Mari Ojanen