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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5831668 | Assembly for combustion chamber monitoring camera An assembly for a combustion chamber monitoring camera comprises an image-forming optical system (20) whose object space (26) is a combustion chamber and whose image plane (5) is coincident with the photosensitive element of the camera, and whose focal po... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5705054 | Filtering system A system for filtering liquids like cooling water and emergency cooling water in nuclear power stations and other industrial plants wherein a continuous circulation of a coolant or other liquid has to be secured. The system comprises a first filtering sur... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5660148 | Method and device in the cooling of the circulating material in a fluidized-bed boiler The invention concerns a method and a device in the cooling of the circulating material in a fluidized-bed boiler. In the method the fuel (A) is introduced into the circulating-powder combustion chamber (10) of the fluidized-bed boiler into the lower part... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5655466 | Method and configuration for facilitating the fuel feed into a pressurized space A method and configuration suited to feeding a water-containing fuel such as peat or brown coal into a pressurized space such as a pressurized dryer or a high-pressure gasifier. A fuel with a high moisture content requires drying in a dryer prior to gasif... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5635831 | Optical voltage and electric field sensor based on the pockels effect An optical voltage/electric field sensor includes a crystal having a refractive index distribution which depends on an electric field applied thereto, wires for leading the electric field onto the surface of the crystal, a detector to detect changes in th... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5592217 | Assembly for combustion chamber monitoring camera An assembly for a combustion chamber monitoring camera comprises an image-forming optical system (20) whose object space (26) is a combustion chamber and whose image plane (5) is coincident with the photosensitive element of the camera, and whose focal po... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5419267 | Method and apparatus for drying the fuel of a fluidizied-bed boiler The present publication discloses a method and an apparatus for drying the fuel used for firing a fluidized-bed boiler (1). The hot, inert solids of the fluidized bed are circulated by a regulated rate from the furnace (2) to a simple dryer (11) incorpora... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5385508 | Assembly for guiding different kinds of equipment around elongated objects An assembly for guiding different types of inspection and machining apparatuses around permanently installed pipes and shafts in power plants and similar locations. Such assemblies are used for guiding equipment employed in the inspection and machining of... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5300749 | Method and apparatus for the reduction of distance-dependent voltage increase of parallel high-frequency electrodes The invention concerns a method and equipment for the compensation of voltage increase in electrodes of a apparatus used to process dielectric materials. In the apparatus the electrodes are arranged parallel, at a constant distance from each other across ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5194920 | Method and apparatus for measuring alignment status The present invention concerns a measurement method of the alignment status of a shaft line (16) in rotating machineries and an apparatus for the implementation of the method. According to the invention, the displacement of alignment is measured at conven... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5156100 | Method and apparatus for starting the boiler of a solid-fuel fired power plant and ensuring the burning process of the fuel A method and apparatus starts the boiler of a solid-fuel fired power plant and ensures the burning process of the fuel. The main fuel of the boiler is ignited by entering an auxiliary fuel stream gasified and ignited with a plasma torch (1). Efficient mix... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5127738 | Method and apparatus for measuring alignment status The present invention concerns a measurement method of the alignment status of a shaft line (16) in rotating machineries and an apparatus for the implementation of the method. According to the invention, the displacement of alignment is measured at conven... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5074055 | Apparatus for heating a dielectric web or sheet material or for decreasing its moisture content The invention concerns equipment for drying of a web material (1) or for equalization of its moisture content by means of induction heating. The web is passed between the rolls in two or more pairs of rolls (2,3; 4,5; 6,7). High-frequency energy is passed... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4907281 | Method of image analysis in pulverized fuel combustion An image processing method for flame monitoring is based on the formation of a video signal characteristic to the combustion process. In accordance with the method, the flame is monitored by each fire-box camera essentially from its side, whereby the vide... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4866928 | Gas turbine power plant fired by a water-bearing fuel and method for utilizing the heat value of said fuel This publication discloses a method and an apparatus for the utilization of the heat value of a water-bearing fuel in a gas turbine power plant. The apparatus comprises a high-pressure combustion unit (7), a gas turbine (15), a generator (16), and heat re... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4823477 | Method and apparatus for the levelling of the humidity profile of a continuous web by dielectric drying A method and an apparatus for reducing moisture differentials of a moving web, for instance, a paper web, containing longitudinal wet streaks, by applying high-frequency electromagnetic energy to bar-formed electrodes, which are located close to the surfa... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4771612 | Method and apparatus for the utilization of heat energy released in a cooling process of water This publication describes a method and apparatus for the utilization of heat energy released in a cooling process. In accordance with the method, air used as the heat transfer medium is routed to a compressor (2) in which compressor (2) the air is compre... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4747748 | Air turbine for preventing formation of ice on air exposed turbine parts An air turbine is provided and includes a stator having a guide wheel for moist air with guide passages placed between guide blade, a rotor having a runner and inner blade passages placed between the runner blades, and an annular intermediate space betwee... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4739249 | Method and apparatus for the measurement of the properties of sheet- or foil-like materials of low electrical conductivity A measurement method and an apparatus are used for determining the moisture content of sheet- or foil-like materials (1) of high moisture content and low electrical conductivity. Ground planes (3) are adapted on both sides of the material (1) to be measur... | 04/19/1988 |
