Patents by Inventor Malte E.C. Forster

Malte E.C. Forster 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).

  • Process and device for separating liquid drops from a gas stream
    Patent number: 6080225
    Abstract: A method of separating liquid drops from a gas stream includes the step of introducing the gas stream having a temperature greater than 600.degree. C. into shaped elements having very narrow channels through which the gas stream flows, wherein the shaped elements are of a material that becomes conductive at high temperatures and further includes the step of selecting the width of the narrow channels based on the gas stream velocity such that turbulence is generated along the flow path causing the liquid drops to strike the channel walls and deposit thereon. The apparatus for separating liquid drops from a gas stream includes a plurality of shaped elements having very narrow channels through which the gas stream having a temperature greater than 600.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Malte E. C. Forster
  • Process and device for influencing liquid drops in a gas stream
    Patent number: 6003434
    Abstract: A method for affecting liquid droplets in a gas stream includes the steps of flowing a gas stream containing liquid droplets through a housing and positioning at least one surface in the housing, wherein the surface generates an electrical charge at high temperatures. The corresponding apparatus is characterized by a at least one surface generating an electrical charge at high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Inventor: Malte E.C. Forster