Patents by Inventor Andreas Joa

Andreas Joa 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: 8801814
    Abstract: A process for partial oxidation of hydrocarbons in a reactor, in which a stream comprising the hydrocarbon and a stream comprising the oxygen are fed to the reactor, wherein both streams fed to the reactor are conducted within the reactor separately through in each case one or more spatially separate lines, these lines having turbulence generators in their interior, owing to which, as a result of the imposed deflection of the flow direction downstream of turbulence generators, a highly turbulent flow field forms, and the streams are then mixed in a mixing zone after exiting from the lines and then converted in a reaction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dirk Grossschmidt, Maximilian Vicari, Christian Weichert, Hans Zapf, Andreas Joa, Ravindra Aglave, Jens Denecke
  • Publication number: 20110016790
    Abstract: A process for partial oxidation of hydrocarbons in a reactor, in which a stream comprising the hydrocarbon and a stream comprising the oxygen are fed to the reactor, wherein both streams fed to the reactor are conducted within the reactor separately through in each case one or more spatially separate lines, these lines having turbulence generators in their interior, owing to which, as a result of the imposed deflection of the flow direction downstream of turbulence generators, a highly turbulent flow field forms, and the streams are then mixed in a mixing zone after exiting from the lines and then converted in a reaction zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dirk Grossschmidt, Maximilian Vicari, Christian Weichert, Hans Zapf, Andreas Joa, Ravindra Aglave, Jens Denecke
  • Patent number: 6234092
    Abstract: A process for the thermal treatment of incombustible liquids in a combustion space of a combustion apparatus by contacting the incombustible liquid with a supplementary fuel in the combustion space in the presence of at least one reactive gas. The process of the invention comprises feeding the incombustible liquid and the supplementary fuel into the combustion space (1) at different points, mixing the incombustible liquid with at least one reactive gas and the supplementary fuel with at least one inert gas prior to the contacting, and vaporizing the incombustible liquid and supplementary fuel prior to the contacting in the combustion space. The advantage of this invention is that environmentally harmful waste waters in particular are disposed of by burning these using a supplementary fuel. The required amounts of supplementary fuel are minimal in the process and only small amounts of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and soot are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Domschke, Andreas Joa, Klaus Steinebrunner