Patents by Inventor Hardy Rauchfuss

Hardy Rauchfuss 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: 20140208782
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system comprising an absorber; the absorber permitting contact between a flue gas stream that comprises carbon dioxide and a solvent to produce a carbon dioxide rich solvent; a regenerator disposed downstream of the absorber; the regenerator being operative to dissociate the carbon dioxide from the solvent; and a compression system disposed downstream of the regenerator comprising a plurality of compression stages; where each compression stage comprises a compressor that is operative to pressurize the carbon dioxide that is dissociated from the solvent; and where at least some of the compression stages comprise a knockout tank disposed upstream of the compressor and an intercooling heat exchanger disposed downstream of the compressor; where the knockout tank is operative to remove liquid present in the carbon dioxide and where the intercooling heat exchanger is operative to remove heat generated during the pressurizing of the carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Staffan Joensson, Hardy Rauchfuss, Gisbert Kaefer, Turgay Pekedemir, Michal Bialkowski, Andreas Brautsch
  • Publication number: 20130319303
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of milling a fuel for an oxy-fuel combustion burner, the method includes: separating air into a hot nitrogen gas stream, having a temperature of at least 150° C. and a purity of at least 98 mol-% nitrogen, and an oxygen gas stream; leading at least a part of the nitrogen gas stream to a fuel mill; milling the fuel by means of the fuel mill in a nitrogen rich atmosphere formed by means of the nitrogen gas stream; leading the at least a part of the nitrogen gas stream away from the milled fuel; leading the oxygen gas stream to the oxy-fuel combustion burner; conveying the milled fuel to the oxy-fuel combustion burner; and burning the fuel, by means of the oxy-fuel combustion burner, in an oxygen rich atmosphere formed by means of the oxygen gas stream. The present disclosure further relates to a system for milling a fuel for an oxy-fuel combustion burner as well as to a power plant comprising such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology LTd
    Inventors: Gerhard HEINZ, Hellmuth BRUEGGEMANN, Friedemann KENDEL, Hardy RAUCHFUSS, Thomas WILD, Patrick MOENCKERT, Gisbert Wolfgang KAEFER, Staffan JÖNSSON, Michal Tadeusz BIALKOWSKI, Turgay PEKDEMIR
  • Patent number: 8518134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gasification reactor (1) and associated method for the entrained-flow gasification of solid fuels under pressure. The reactor essentially consists of a pressure vessel (4) that can be cooled and an inner jacket (7) that is equipped with a heat shield. At least one crude gas outflow (8) is located at the upper end of the cylindrical pressure vessel and at least one bottoms withdrawal outlet (30) is located at the lower end, the pressure vessel having at least enough space for a moving bed (13), an entrained flow (11) that circulates internally above the surface of the moving bed and a buffer zone (3) situated above said entrained bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
    Inventors: Bernd Meyer, Peter Seifert, Steffen Krzack, Sirko Ogriseck, Hardy Rauchfuss, Mathias Rieger, Michael Trompelt, Stefan Guhl
  • Publication number: 20100088959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gasification reactor (1) and associated method for the entrained-flow gasification of solid fuels under pressure. The reactor essentially consists of a pressure vessel (4) that can be cooled and an inner jacket (7) that is equipped with a heat shield. At least one crude gas outflow (8) is located at the upper end of the cylindrical pressure vessel and at least one bottoms withdrawal outlet (30) is located at the lower end, the pressure vessel having at least enough space for a moving bed (13), an entrained flow (11) that circulates internally above the surface of the moving bed and a buffer zone (3) situated above said entrained bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG
    Inventors: Bernd Meyer, Peter Seifert, Steffen Krzack, Sirko Ogriseck, Hardy Rauchfuss, Mathias Rieger, Michael Trompelt, Stefan Guhl