Patents by Inventor Gerold Weser

Gerold Weser 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).

  • Publication number: 20230059944
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering hydrocarbons from plastic wastes, in particular polyolefin-rich waste, by means of purely thermolytic cracking without the use of catalysts, comprising melting the plastic waste in two heating devices (3) and (4), wherein a recycle stream derived from the cracking reactor (5) and purified in a separator system (8, 9) is admixed with the molten plastic waste from the heating device (3). The mixed plastic stream is further heated in the second heating device (4), and from there is guided into the cracking reactor (5), where the plastic materials are cracked, and by means of subsequent distillation are separated into diesel and low boilers. A special entry system allows the prior separation of water and acidic gases, and the saving of inert gas. The invention further relates to a system for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: BLUEALP INNOVATIONS B.V.
    Inventors: Teunis Christiaan VAN DER REE, Gerold WESER
  • Publication number: 20180010050
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering hydrocarbons from plastic wastes, in particular polyolefin-rich waste, by means of purely thermolytic cracking without the use of catalysts, comprising melting the plastic waste in two heating devices (3) and (4), wherein a recycle stream derived from the cracking reactor (5) and purified in a separator system (8, 9) is admixed with the molten plastic waste from the heating device (3). The mixed plastic stream is further heated in the second heating device (4), and from there is guided into the cracking reactor (5), where the plastic materials are cracked, and by means of subsequent distillation are separated into diesel and low boilers. A special entry system allows the prior separation of water and acidic gases, and the saving of inert gas. The invention further relates to a system for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: BlueAlp Innovations B.V.
    Inventors: Teunis VAN DER REE, Gerold WESER
  • Publication number: 20090321317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for processing plastic-containing and organic fluids based on crude oil, cooking oil, fats or the like, wherein the substance mixture is fed into a reactor, is then melted in the melting zone of the reactor and the interfering substances are discharged from the melt. The long-chained polymers still present in the melt are cracked in a crack zone of the reactor until they assume a gaseous state. Then the gas phase is discharged from the reactor an condensed in a cooler. Impurities are then removed from the volatile liquid present after cooling and the volatile liquid is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: GRANIT SYSTEM S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Widmer, Rudolf Hartmann, Gerold Weser