Patents by Inventor Johannes Henricus Mennen

Johannes Henricus Mennen 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: 20100168473
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide in a urea production process comprising, in a high-pressure synthesis section: a. a reactor, wherein ammonia and carbon dioxide react to form a urea-comprising synthesis solution; b. a stripper, wherein the urea-comprising synthesis solution is heated and stripped, optionally in counter-current with a stripping agent; c. a submerged condenser, wherein the gas leaving the top of the stripper is, at least partially, condensed to form a condensate solution and d. an ejector, in the line connecting the submerged condenser and the reactor, supporting the transport of the condensate solution from the submerged condenser to the reactor, wherein a gas stream leaving the top of the submerged condenser is controlled by one or more controlling elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Rudolf Alexander Zwart, Johannes Henricus Mennen
  • Patent number: 7622609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide in a urea plant that contains a high-pressure synthesis section and one or more recovery section(s) at a lower pressure, the high-pressure synthesis section comprising a reactor, a stripper and a condenser, with gases leaving the high-pressure synthesis section being condensed in a medium-pressure condenser at 0.5-12 MPa to which also a carbamate stream from one of the recovery sections is supplied, after which at least a part of the formed condensate is supplied to the high-pressure condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Henricus Mennen
  • Patent number: 7407532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating NH3 from a mixture containing NH3, CO2 and H2O which comprises an NH3 rectification step carried out in a NH3 separation device to which one or more streams containing NH3, CO2 and H2O including the mixture, are supplied, with a stream consisting substantially of gaseous NH3 being formed in the NH3 separation device, separated from the mixture and discharged. In the process according to the invention a condensation step is carried out on at least one of the stream consisting substantially of gaseous NH3 or the one or more streams containing NH3, CO2 and H2O supplied to the NH3 separation device, in which at least a part of the existing CO2 is converted to a liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Johannes Biermans, Kees Jonckers, Johannes Henricus Mennen, Nora Anna De Wit, Herbert Willem Gerrit Hooijkaas, Bastiaan Renè Agnes Marie Van De Kerkhove
  • Patent number: 6884268
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of granules from a liquid composition by spraying the liquid composition in the granulation zone of a granulating device onto or over solid particles present in the granulation zone that are being kept in motion, as a result of which these particles grow, and withdrawing a stream of particles from the granulation zone, yielding a stream of particles of the desired size, with a part of the air flow leaving the granulating device during granulation being returned to the granulating device. In this way only a small part of the air flow needs to be purified of the starting materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Henricus Mennen
  • Patent number: 6852886
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide in which a urea synthesis solution containing urea, ammonium carbamate and unconverted ammonia is formed in a synthesis zone, a part of the urea synthesis solution being transferred from the synthesis zone to a medium-pressure treatment zone operating at a pressure of 1-4 MPa, and a gas stream from the medium-pressure treatment zone being absorbed into the low-pressure ammonium carbamate solution from the urea recovery section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Henricus Mennen
  • Publication number: 20040116743
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide in which a urea synthesis solution containing urea, ammonium carbamate and unconverted ammonia is formed in a synthesis zone, a part of the urea synthesis solution being transferred from the synthesis zone to a medium-pressure treatment zone operating at a pressure of 1-4 MPa, and a gas stream from the medium-pressure treatment zone being absorbed into the low-pressure ammonium carbamate solution from the urea recovery section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Johannes Henricus Mennen
  • Publication number: 20040088830
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of granules from a liquid composition by spraying the liquid composition in the granulation zone of a granulating device onto or over solid particles present in the granulation zone that are being kept in motion, as a result of which these particles grow, and withdrawing a stream of particles from the granulation zone, yielding a stream of particles of the desired size, with a part of the air flow leaving the granulating device during granulation being returned to the granulating device. In this way only a small part of the air flow needs to be purified of the starting materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventor: Johannes Henricus Mennen
  • Patent number: 6680407
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide, the installation comprising two reactor sections in a vertically placed combined reactor and a high-pressure condenser section. The installation may comprise a vertically placed combined reactor, with the two reactor sections being separated by a high-pressure condenser section. In another embodiment the installation comprises a vertically placed combined reactor that comprises two reactor sections and a high-pressure condenser section placed outside the reactor. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of urea in this installation. This involves feeding the gas stream leaving the stripper wholly or partly to the high-pressure condenser section of the installation. Preferably, a portion of the gas stream leaving the scrubber is fed to the second reactor section in the vertically placed combined reactor via an ammonia-driven ejector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: DSM N.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Henricus Mennen
  • Publication number: 20030088126
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide, the installation comprising two reactor sections in a vertically placed combined reactor and a high-pressure condenser section. The installation may comprise a vertically placed combined reactor, with the two reactor sections being separated by a high-pressure condenser section. In another embodiment the installation comprises a vertically placed combined reactor that comprises two reactor sections and a high-pressure condenser section placed outside the reactor. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of urea in this installation. This involves feeding the gas stream leaving the stripper wholly or partly to the high-pressure condenser section of the installation. Preferably, a portion of the gas stream leaving the scrubber is fed to the second reactor section in the vertically placed combined reactor via an ammonia-driven ejector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventor: Johannes Henricus Mennen