Patents by Inventor Mark Wehinger

Mark Wehinger 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: 6986833
    Abstract: An amine-containing mixture containing one or more amines, water, low-boilers and optionally high-boilers is fractionated by a process having the steps (iii) and (iv) and optionally the steps (i), (ii) and (v): (i) a (first) low-boiler fraction is separated off from the amine-containing mixture by distillation, (ii) a (first) high-boiler fraction is separated off from the amine-containing mixture by distillation, (iii) the amine-containing mixture is extracted with sodium hydroxide solution, producing an aqueous, sodium-hydroxide-containing first phase and an aqueous-organic, amine-, (further) low-boiler- and possibly (further) high-boiler-containing second phase, (iv) the aqueous-organic second phase, is distilled, producing essentially anhydrous amine as bottom-phase take off or sidestream takeoff in the stripping part of the distillation column, an amine/water azeotrop as sidestream takeoff in the enrichment part of the column and a (further) low-boiler fraction as overhead takeoff, and recycling the amin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Heinz Rütter, Stefan Rittinger, Mark Wehinger, Aurelie Alemany, Willi Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6913674
    Abstract: A mixture containing one or more amines, water, low-boilers and high-boilers, is fractioned in a process wherein (i) low-boilers are separated from the mixture by distillation, (ii) high-boilers are separated from the mixture by distillation, (iii) the mixture is extracted with a sodium hydroxide solution to form an aqueous, sodium-hydroxide-containing first phase and an aqueous-organic, amine-containing second phase, and (iv) the aqueous-organic second phase is distilled to form an amine/water azeotrop and an essentially anhydrous amine, and the amine/water azeotrop is recycled to the extraction step (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Wölfert, Heinz Rütter, Stefan Rittinger, Mark Wehinger, Aurelie Alemany, Willi Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20050000791
    Abstract: A process for fractionating an amine-containing mixture which comprises one or more amines, water, low-boilers and high-boilers, having the steps (i) to (iv): (i) separating off by distillation low-boilers from the amine-containing mixture, (ii) separating off by distillation high-boilers from the amine-containing mixture, (iii) extracting the amine-containing mixture with sodium hydroxide solution, producing an aqueous, sodium-hydroxide-containing first phase and an aqueous-organic, amine-containing second phase, (iv) distilling the aqueous-organic second phase, producing an amine/water azeotrope and an essentially anhydrous amine, and recycling the amine/water azeotrope to the extraction step (iii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Andreas Wolfert, Heinz Rutler, Stefan Rittinger, Mark Wehinger, Aurelie Alemany, Willi Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6821396
    Abstract: A mixture containing mixture one or more amines, water, low-boilers and high-boilers, is fractioned in a process wherein (i) low-boilers are separated from the mixture by distillation, (ii) high-boilers are separated from the mixture by distillation, (iii) the mixture is extracted with a sodium hydroxide solution to form an aqueous, sodium-hydroxide-containing first phase and an aqueous-organic, amine-containing second phase, and (iv) the aqueous-organic second phase is distilled to form an amine/water azeotrope and an essentially anhydrous amine, and the amine/water azeotrope is recycled to the extraction step (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellscahft
    Inventors: Andreas Wolfert, Heinz Rütter, Stefan Rittinger, Mark Wehinger, Aurelie Alemany, Willi Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20030089591
    Abstract: A process for fractionating an amine-containing mixture which comprises one or more amines, water, low-boilers and optionally high-boilers, having the steps (i) to (v):
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Andreas Wolfert, Heinz Rutter, Stefan Rittinger, Mark Wehinger, Aurelie Alemany, Willi Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20030089592
    Abstract: A process for fractionating an amine-containing mixture which comprises one or more amines, water, low-boilers and high-boilers, having the steps (i) to (iv):
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Andreas Wolfert, Heinz Rutter, Stefan Rittinger, Mark Wehinger, Aurelie Alemany, Willi Schmidt