Patents by Inventor Axel Erben

Axel Erben 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: 11958793
    Abstract: A urea production plant including a synthesis and recovery section has a first evaporation section connected with the synthesis and recovery section and a first condensation section. A granulation section is connected to the first evaporation section. A scrubbing section is connected to the granulation section. A second evaporation section is connected to the scrubbing section. The second evaporation section is connected to the granulation section. A second condensation section is connected to the second evaporation section. A quenching section includes a liquid inlet for the distribution of a quenching liquid is located and connected between the granulation section and the scrubbing section and the quenching section is connected to a quenching liquid providing section and the second condensation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP FERTILIZER TECHNOLOGY GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Harald Franzrahe, Axel Erben, Simon Koch
  • Publication number: 20220088530
    Abstract: An exhaust air scrubber for removing dust, abraded product, and water-soluble constituents from process exhaust air may include in a single housing a cleaning stage that includes a droplet separator and a packing disposed below the droplet separator. The exhaust air scrubber may also include an inlet apparatus for process exhaust air disposed in a lower portion of the housing, a withdrawal apparatus for scrubbing solution, and a withdrawal conduit for cleaned exhaust air, with the withdrawal conduit beginning inside the housing above the cleaning stage, passing downward inside the housing, and passing out of the housing to an outside in the lower portion of the housing below the cleaning stage. The scrubber may further include a feed conduit for scrubbing solution in an upper portion of the housing above the cleaning stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: AXEL ERBEN, MATTHIAS PIEPER
  • Publication number: 20210024460
    Abstract: A urea production plant including a synthesis and recovery section has a first evaporation section connected with the synthesis and recovery section and a first condensation section. A granulation section is connected to the first evaporation section. A scrubbing section is connected to the granulation section. A second evaporation section is connected to the scrubbing section. The second evaporation section is connected to the granulation section. A second condensation section is connected to the second evaporation section. A quenching section includes a liquid inlet for the distribution of a quenching liquid is located and connected between the granulation section and the scrubbing section and the quenching section is connected to a quenching liquid providing section and the second condensation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP FERTILIZER TECHNOLOGY GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Harald Franzrahe, Axel Erben, Simon Koch
  • Patent number: 9739536
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for cooling a solid, in particular a hygroscopic bulk material, in a more energy-efficient manner. For this purpose, an air flow is, if needed, cooled and/or dehumidified and/or subsequently heated in order to reduce the relative humidity of the air flow. The cooling air flow conditioned in this manner is then used in a contact device for cooling the solid, and a heated exhaust air flow is drawn from the contact device. According to the invention, a part of the exhaust air flow is mixed with the air flow in order to pre-heat the air flow and thus reduce the relative humidity of the air flow. In addition, a second part of the exhaust air flow can be mixed with feed air and used in a separate second contact device in order to pre-cool the solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Axel Erben, Matthias Pieper, Siegfried Ruzicka
  • Publication number: 20150247676
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for cooling a solid, in particular a hygroscopic bulk material, in a more energy-efficient manner For this purpose, an air flow is, if needed, cooled and/or dehumidified and/or subsequently heated in order to reduce the relative humidity of the air flow. The cooling air flow conditioned in this manner is then used in a contact device for cooling the solid, and a heated exhaust air flow is drawn from the contact device. According to the invention, a part of the exhaust air flow is mixed with the air flow in order to pre-heat the air flow and thus reduce the relative humidity of the air flow. In addition, a second part of the exhaust air flow can be mixed with feed air and used in a separate second contact device in order to pre-cool the solid. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Axel Erben, Matthias Pieper, Siegfried Ruzicka
  • Patent number: 9108164
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the removal of ammonia from an ammonia-containing gas stream by treating the ammonia in the ammonia-containing gas stream with an acid, during which treatment an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium salt, wherein the aqueous stream comprising the ammonium salt is treated with electrodialysis, whereby the acid is recovered and an aqueos stream comprising an ammonium hydroxide salt is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: STAMICARBON B.V., THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Jozef Hubert Meessen, Axel Erben, John Krijgsman, Winfried Liebig
  • Publication number: 20140284214
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the removal of ammonia from an ammonia-containing gas stream by treating the ammonia in the ammonia-containing gas stream with an acid, during which treatment an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium salt, wherein the aqueous stream comprising the ammonium salt is treated with electrodialysis, whereby the acid is recovered and an aqueos stream comprising an ammonium hydroxide salt is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: STAMICARBON B.V.
    Inventors: Jozef Hubert I. MEESSEN, Axel ERBEN, John KRIGSMAN, Winfried LIEBIG
  • Patent number: 8808517
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the removal of ammonia from an ammonia-containing gas stream by treating the ammonia in the ammonia-containing gas stream with an acid, during which treatment an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium salt, wherein the aqueous stream comprising the ammonium salt is treated with electrodialysis, whereby the acid is recovered and an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium hydroxide salt is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Stamicarbon B.V., UHDE GmbH
    Inventors: Jozef Hubert Meesen, Axel Erben, John Krijgsman, Winfried Liebig
  • Publication number: 20080128291
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the removal of ammonia from an ammonia-containing gas stream by treating the ammonia in the ammonia-containing gas stream with an acid, during which treatment an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium salt, wherein the aqueous stream comprising the ammonium salt is treated with electrodialysis, whereby the acid is recovered and an aqueous stream comprising an ammonium hydroxide salt is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Jozef I. Meessen, Axel Erben, John Krijgsman, Winfried Liebig