Patents by Inventor Ville NEVANLINNA

Ville NEVANLINNA 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).

  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING TALL OIL
    Publication number: 20230183601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a feedstock containing tall oil, the process including separation of a light stream from the feedstock, followed by removal of a heavy fraction from the feedstock , in which process the separation of the light stream from the feedstock a fractionator is used and at least one product is collected from the light stream . The invention also relates to an apparatus for use in the process and use of a fractionator in dehydration of a feedstock containing tall oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Ville NEVANLINNA, Kim VIKMAN, Jan WAHLSTRÖM
  • Process and apparatus for treating tall oil
    Patent number: 11578234
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for treating a feedstock containing tall oil, the process including separation of a light stream from the feedstock, followed by removal of a heavy fraction from the feedstock, in which process the separation of the light stream from the feedstock a fractionator is used and at least one product is collected from the light stream. The disclosure also relates to an apparatus for use in the process and use of a fractionator in dehydration of a feedstock containing tall oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Ville Nevanlinna, Kim Vikman, Jan Wahlström
  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING TALL OIL
    Publication number: 20210009858
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for treating a feedstock containing tall oil, the process including separation of a light stream from the feedstock, followed by removal of a heavy fraction from the feedstock, in which process the separation of the light stream from the feedstock a fractionator is used and at least one product is collected from the light stream. The disclosure also relates to an apparatus for use in the process and use of a fractionator in dehydration of a feedstock containing tall oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Ville NEVANLINNA, Kim VIKMAN, Jan WAHLSTRÖM
  • Fractionation of biomass-based material
    Patent number: 10876071
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for fractionating biomass-based material. The process includes evaporating an evaporable part of biomass-based material in a short path evaporator, SPE, to produce a depitched lights fraction in liquid form, and a heavier pitch fraction. The depitched lights fraction may contain depitched tall oil in liquid form, and the heavier pitch fraction may contain tall oil pitch, TOP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Ville Nevanlinna, Kim Vikman
  • FRACTIONATION OF BIOMASS-BASED MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20200017800
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for fractionating biomass-based material. The process includes evaporating an evaporable part of biomass-based material in a short path evaporator, SPE, to produce a depitched lights fraction in liquid form, and a heavier pitch fraction. The depitched lights fraction may contain depitched tall oil in liquid form, and the heavier pitch fraction may contain tall oil pitch, TOP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Ville NEVANLINNA, Kim VIKMAN