Patents by Inventor Clemens Merten

Clemens Merten 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: 8377257
    Abstract: A total evaporator for fluids, including a cold chamber to prevent pre-evaporation, an evaporation region connected thereto having narrow flow cross-section for fast evaporation of the fluid, and a subsequent vapor chamber for pulsation damping and the controlled superheating of the vapor, the evaporation region being formed by a gap between concentrically nested cylindrical and/or conical tube sections and heat required for the evaporation and superheating processes is supplied by electric heating and/or by hot fluid and/or by catalytic or homogeneous combustion via the wall of the concentric tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Universitat Stuttgart
    Inventors: Gerhart Eigenberger, Andreas Freund, Grigorios Kolios, Clemens Merten, Jens Bernnat, Gudrun Friedrich
  • Publication number: 20080230184
    Abstract: A total evaporator for fluids, including a cold chamber to prevent pre-evaporation, an evaporation region connected thereto having narrow flow cross-section for fast evaporation of the fluid, and a subsequent vapor chamber for pulsation damping and the controlled superheating of the vapor, the evaporation region being formed by a gap between concentrically nested cylindrical and/or conical tube sections and heat required for the evaporation and superheating processes is supplied by electric heating and/or by hot fluid and/or by catalytic or homogeneous combustion via the wall of the concentric tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Gerhart Eigenberger, Gerhard Friedrich, Gudrun Friedrich, Andreas Freund, Grigorios Kolios, Clemens Merten, Jens Bernnat
  • Patent number: 7393389
    Abstract: An apparatus for separation or synthesis of process substances is configured with at least two cell stacks, within each of which there is arranged at least one large-area layer for the separation or synthesis and passages are formed for feeding and discharging at least one process substance to or from the at least one layer. To ensure that the ratio of active surface area to total area of the layer is as high as possible yet on the other hand that uniform distribution of at least one process substance over the layer are ensured, at least two passages for a process substance are formed within at least a first cell stack, of which a first passage is used to pass the process substance through the first cell stack to a second cell stack and of which the second passage is used to feed or discharge the process substance to or from the at least one layer in the first cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: University of Stuttgart
    Inventors: Harald Maus, Clemens Merten, Maria Acosta
  • Publication number: 20050147858
    Abstract: An apparatus for separation or synthesis of process substances is configured with at least two cell stacks, within each of which there is arranged at least one large-area layer for the separation or synthesis and passages are formed for feeding and discharging at least one process substance to or from the at least one layer. To ensure that the ratio of active surface area to total area of the layer is as high as possible yet on the other hand that uniform distribution of at least one process substance over the layer are ensured, at least two passages for a process substance are formed within at least a first cell stack, of which a first passage is used to pass the process substance through the first cell stack to a second cell stack and of which the second passage is used to feed or discharge the process substance to or from the at least one layer in the first cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Harald Maus, Clemens Merten, Maria Acosta