Patents by Inventor Kai Hagane

Kai Hagane 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: 9550132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating polyolefin granules in a treatment vessel comprising the steps of: —Providing a bed of granules in liquid in said treatment vessel —Withdrawing a first stream of liquid from said treatment vessel, wherein said first stream of liquid contains hydrocarboneous compounds —introducing a first stream of vapor into said treatment vessel —Withdrawing a second stream of vapor from said treatment vessel wherein said second stream of vapor contains volatile hydrocarboneous compounds —Recovering the granules from said treatment vessel wherein said first stream of vapor has a temperature from Tb to Tb+10° C., wherein Tb is the boiling point of the liquid at the applied pressure, and said first stream of vapor produces an upwards rising vapor stream in said treatment vessel, the superficial vapor velocity of which is no more than 0.2 m/s, and a plant suitable for conducting said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Michiel Bergstra, Kai Hagane, Manfred Jarzombek, Pablo Ivan Aguayo Arellano
  • Patent number: 9216548
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the treatment of plastic material comprising a) providing a liquid; b) contacting the plastic material with the liquid; c) keeping the plastic material in the liquid at Tb?25° C. to Tb of the liquid, wherein Tb is the boiling point of the liquid at the applied pressure; and d) removing the plastic material from the liquid. Furthermore, the invention is directed to the use of a liquid for the treatment of plastic material and to a plant for treating plastic material with a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY
    Inventors: Esa Korhonen, Ensio Hietanen, Karin H. Knudsen, Kai Hagane, Fred Bergmann, Klaus Nyfors
  • Publication number: 20140202847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating polyolefin granules in a treatment vessel comprising the steps of: —Providing a bed of granules in liquid in said treatment vessel —Withdrawing a first stream of liquid from said treatment vessel, wherein said first stream of liquid contains hydrocarboneous compounds —introducing a first stream of vapour into said treatment vessel —Withdrawing a second stream of vapour from said treatment vessel wherein said second stream of vapour contains volatile hydrocarboneous compounds —Recovering the granules from said treatment vessel wherein said first stream of vapour has a temperature from Tb to Tb+10° C., wherein Tb is the boiling point of the liquid at the applied pressure, and said first stream of vapour produces an upwards rising vapour stream in said treatment vessel, the superficial vapour velocity of which is no more than 0.2 m/s, and a plant suitable for conducting said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Michiel Bergstra, Kai Hagane, Manfred Jarzombek, Pablo Ivan Aguayo Arellano
  • Patent number: 8476383
    Abstract: The present invention deals with a process of producing a polymer of at least one olefin in two consecutive reactors in gas phase in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst where an olefin is polymerized in a first polymerization reactor in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst and a first reaction gas mixture to form a fluidized bed comprising an olefin polymer and said first reaction gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Tapio Kokko, Erno Elovainio, Jouni Kivela, Klaus Nyfors, Kai Hagane
  • Publication number: 20120178887
    Abstract: The present invention deals with a process of producing a polymer of at least one olefin in two consecutive reactors in gas phase in the presence of an olefin polymerisation catalyst where an olefin is polymerised in a first polymerization reactor in the presence of an olefin polymerisation catalyst and a first reaction gas mixture to form a fluidized bed comprising an olefin polymer and said first reaction gas mixture. The first reaction gas mixture together with the olefin polymer is continuously or intermittently withdrawn from the first polymerisation reactor and directed into a separation vessel so that a bed of polymer is formed in said separation vessel. A portion of said first reaction gas mixture is withdrawn from said separation vessel and returned into the first polymerization reactor to a point where the pressure is lower than in the separation vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Tapio Kokko, Erno Elovainio, Jouni Kivela, Klaus Nyfors, Kai Hagane
  • Publication number: 20110245445
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the treatment of plastic material comprising a) providing a liquid; b) contacting the plastic material with the liquid; c) keeping the plastic material in the liquid at Tb?25° C. to Tb of the liquid, wherein Tb is the boiling point of the liquid at the applied pressure; and d) removing the plastic material from the liquid. Furthermore, the invention is directed to the use of a liquid for the treatment of plastic material and to a plant for treating plastic material with a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Amir Karbasi, Esa Korhonen, Ensio Hietanen, Karin H. Knudsen, Kai Hagane, Fred Bergmann, Klaus Nyfors