Patents by Inventor Otto Machhammer
Otto Machhammer 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).
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Publication number: 20230111285Abstract: The present invention comprises a one-stage membrane process for electrochemical separation of hydrogen from natural gas streams in a pipeline (1) having a positive pressure in the range from 50 mbar to 100 bar, having the following process steps: (i) a gas substream (2) is drawn off from the natural gas stream in a pipeline (1) without any change in the gas composition, where the mass flow rate of the gas substream is adjusted depending on the hydrogen content in the natural gas stream (1) such that a depletion level of 0.65 to 0.975 is established in the case of a hydrogen concentration of <10% by volume and a depletion level of 0.55 to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Carsten HENSCHEL, Otto MACHHAMMER, Andreas FUESSL
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Publication number: 20220306462Abstract: The present invention comprises a process for producing hydrogen, wherein in a first stage hydrocarbons are decomposed into solid carbon and into a hydrogen-containing gaseous product mixture, the hydrogen-containing gaseous product mixture, which has a composition in respect of the main components CH4, N2, and H2 of 20% to 95% by volume H2 and 80% to 5% by volume CH4 and/or N2, is discharged from the first stage at a temperature of 50 to 300° C., and this is supplied at a temperature differing from this exit temperature by not more than 100° C. to an electrochemical separation process and, in this second stage, the hydrogen-containing product mixture is separated in the electrochemical separation process at a temperature of 50 to 200° C. into hydrogen having a purity of >99.99% and a remaining residual gas mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Carsten HENSCHEL, Andreas FUESSL, Otto MACHHAMMER, Sigmar BRAEUNINGER
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Publication number: 20220234020Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor comprising a moving bed of solid particles that move in the direction of gravitation, and to a method for heating a reactor that comprises a moving bed, for the purpose of pyrolysis reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Heinz POSSELT, Otto MACHHAMMER, Markus WEIKL, Nicolai ANTWEILER, Karsten BÜKER
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Patent number: 11078077Abstract: A method for producing synthesis gas may involve introducing a hydrocarbon-containing coke-oven gas and a carbon dioxide-containing converter gas into a first reaction zone where hydrogen present in the hydrocarbon-containing coke-oven gas reacts at least partly with carbon dioxide to form water, which reacts thermally with hydrocarbon to form synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The method may further involve introducing an oxygen-containing gas in a second reaction zone, and using the oxygen-containing gas and some hydrogen from the first reaction zone to produce thermal energy. Still further, the method may involve supplying the thermal energy produced in the second reaction zone to the first reaction zone.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Hans-Jürgen Maass, Volker Göke, Otto Machhammer, Andreas Bode, Grigorios Kolios, Karsten Büker
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Patent number: 10351422Abstract: The invention relates to a method of carrying out heat-consuming processes, wherein the total energy required averaged over a year for the heat-consuming process originates from at least two different energy sources, where one of the energy sources is an electric energy source whose power varies in the range from 0 to 100% of the total power required, and three different energy modes can individually provide the total power required for the heat-consuming process: (i) exclusively electric energy, (ii) a mixture of electric energy and at least one further nonelectric energy source or (iii) exclusively nonelectric energy, where the changeover time in which the change from one energy mode to another energy mode is completed is not more than 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignees: BASF SE, Linde AGInventors: Otto Machhammer, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth, Christian Schneider, Andreas Bode, Volker Goeke, Hans-Juergen Maass, Matthias Kern, Dirk Klingler, Rene Koenig, Philipp Brueggemann, Jens Bernnat, Grigorios Kolios
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Patent number: 10233078Abstract: The invention relates to a process for utilizing a hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas, wherein hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is introduced into a reaction space and the multicomponent mixture comprised in the coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is converted in a high-temperature zone at temperatures of more than 1000° C. and in the presence of a carrier into a product gas mixture which comprises more than 95% by volume of CO, CO2, H2, H2O, CH4 and N2 and optionally into a carbon-comprising solid which is deposited to an extent of at least 75% by weight, based on the total mass of the carbon-comprising solid, on the carrier where the flow velocity of the gas mixture of coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas in the reaction zone is less than 20 m/s.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignees: BASF SE, Linde AG, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AGInventors: Christian Schneider, Andreas Bode, Dirk Klingler, Otto Machhammer, Philipp Brueggemann, Matthias Kern, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth, Marcus Guzmann, Rene Koenig, Jens Bernnat, Grigorios Kolios, Volker Goeke, Hans-Juergen Maass, Karsten Bueker
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Patent number: 10168105Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing heat, comprising a heat storage medium which absorbs heat in order to store heat and releases heat in order to use the stored heat, and a container for holding the heat storage medium, the container being closed by a gastight cover, and the device comprising volume compensation means in order to compensate for a volume increase of the heat storage medium (3) due to a temperature rise and a volume decrease due to a temperature reduction.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Jürgen Wortmann, Claus Schäfer, Michael Lutz, Fabian Seeler, Martin Gärtner, Felix Major, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Otto Machhammer, Günther Huber, Stephan Maurer
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Patent number: 10099923Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing synthesis gas (5) in which hydrocarbon (2) is decomposed thermally in a first reaction zone (11) to hydrogen and carbon, and hydrogen formed is passed from the first reaction zone (Z1) into a second action zone (Z2) in order to be reacted therein with carbon dioxide (4) to give water and carbon monoxide. The characteristic feature here is that energy required for the thermal decomposition of the hydrocarbon is supplied to the first reaction zone (Z1) from the second reaction zone (Z2).Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Otto Machhammer, Grigorios Kolios, Andreas Bode, Hans-Juergen Maass
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Publication number: 20180273380Abstract: A method for producing synthesis gas may involve introducing a hydrocarbon-containing coke-oven gas and a carbon dioxide-containing converter gas into a first reaction zone where hydrogen present in the hydrocarbon-containing coke-oven gas reacts at least partly with carbon dioxide to form water, which reacts thermally with hydrocarbon to form synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The method may further involve introducing an oxygen-containing gas in a second reaction zone, and using the oxygen-containing gas and some hydrogen from the first reaction zone to produce thermal energy. Still further, the method may involve supplying the thermal energy produced in the second reaction zone to the first reaction zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, thyssenkrupp AGInventors: Hans-Jürgen MAASS, Volker GÖKE, Otto MACHHAMMER, Andreas BODE, Grigorios KOLIOS, Karsten BÜKER
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Patent number: 9938144Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing synthesis gas, in which carbon and hydrogen are obtained from hydrocarbon by thermal decomposition. At least a portion of the carbon obtained by the thermal decomposition is reacted, and at least a portion of the hydrogen obtained is reacted with carbon dioxide by a reverse water-gas shift reaction to give carbon monoxide and water. Carbon obtained by the thermal hydrocarbon decomposition is used as fuel in a power plant operation wherein the carbon is combusted to produce electrical power, and carbon dioxide formed in the combustion of the carbon is used in the reverse water-gas shift reaction.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hans-Jurgen Maass, Otto Machhammer, Andreas Bode, Grigorios Kolios
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Publication number: 20170275161Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing synthesis gas (5) in which hydrocarbon (2) is decomposed thermally in, a first reaction zone (11) to hydrogen and carbon, and hydrogen formed is passed from the first reaction zone (Z1) into a second action zone (Z2) in order to be reacted therein with carbon dioxide (4) to give water and carbon monoxide. The characteristic feature here is that energy required for the thermal decomposition of the hydrocarbon is supplied to the first reaction zone (Z1) from the second reaction zone (Z2).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Otto MACHHAMMER, Grigorios KOLIOS, Andreas Bode, Hans-Juergen MAASS
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Patent number: 9359200Abstract: The invention relates to a process for parallel preparation of hydrogen and one or more carbonaceous products, in which hydrocarbons are introduced into a reaction space (R) and decomposed thermally to carbon and hydrogen in the presence of carbon-rich pellets (W). It is a feature of the invention that at least a portion of the thermal energy required for the hydrocarbon decomposition is introduced into the reaction space (R) by means of a gaseous heat carrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignees: BASF SE, Linde AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Juergen Maass, Volker Goeke, Otto Machhammer, Marcus Guzmann, Christian Schneider, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth, Andreas Bode, Dirk Klingler, Matthias Kern, Grigorios Kolios
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Publication number: 20160068390Abstract: The invention relates to a process for utilizing a hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas, wherein hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is introduced into a reaction space and the multicomponent mixture comprised in the coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is converted in a high-temperature zone at temperatures of more than 1000° C. and in the presence of a carrier into a product gas mixture which comprises more than 95% by volume of CO, CO2, H2, H2O, CH4 and N2 and optionally into a carbon-comprising solid which is deposited to an extent of at least 75% by weight, based on the total mass of the carbon-comprising solid, on the carrier where the flow velocity of the gas mixture of coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas in the reaction zone is less than 20 m/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, Linde AG, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AGInventors: Christian SCHNEIDER, Andreas BODE, Dirk KLINGLER, Otto MACHHAMMER, Philipp BRUEGGEMANN, Matthias KERN, Wolfgang Alois HORMUTH, Marcus GUZMANN, Rene KOENIG, Jens BERNNAT, Grigorios KOLIOS, Volker GOEKE, Hans-Juergen MAASS, Karsten BUEKER
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Publication number: 20160052785Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing synthesis gas, in which carbon and hydrogen are obtained from hydrocarbon by thermal decomposition. At least a portion of the carbon obtained by the thermal decomposition is reacted, and at least a portion of the hydrogen obtained is reacted with carbon dioxide by a reverse water-gas shift reaction to give carbon monoxide and water. Carbon obtained by the thermal hydrocarbon decomposition is used as fuel in a power plant operation wherein the carbon is combusted to produce electrical power, and carbon dioxide formed in the combustion of the carbon is used in the reverse water-gas shift reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Hans-Jurgen Maass, Otto MACHHAMMER, Andreas BODE, Grigorios KOLIOS
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Patent number: 9266731Abstract: Process for the production of synthesis gas (3), in which methane and carbon dioxide (2) are introduced into a reaction space (R) and reacted in the presence of a solid (W) at elevated temperatures to give hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Methane and carbon dioxide are passed through a carbon-containing granular material (W) and reacted in a high-temperature zone (H).Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Hans-Jurgen Mass, Volker Goke, Otto Machhammer, Marcus Guzmann, Christian Schneider, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth, Andreas Bode, Dirk Klingler, Matthias Kern, Grigorios Kolios
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Publication number: 20150344621Abstract: An aqueous solution comprising acrylic acid and the conjugate base thereof in a total amount of at least 10% by weight, based on the weight of the aqueous solution, and propionic acid and the conjugate base thereof, formic acid and the conjugate base thereof, acetic acid and the conjugate base thereof, benzoic acid and the conjugate base thereof, maleic anhydride, maleic acid and the conjugate bases thereof, phthalic anhydride, phthalic acid and the conjugate bases thereof, acrolein, benzaldehyde, 2-furaldehyde, and at least 20 mol % of at least one alkali metal cation; process for preparing this solution; and the use of this solution for preparation of polymer by free-radical polymerization.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Frank HUETTEN, Otto MACHHAMMER, Thomas DANIEL, Markus OTTENBACHER, Daniel PFEIFFER, Stefanie HERZOG, Manfred HEILIG, Klaus Joachim MUELLER-ENGEL
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Publication number: 20150321912Abstract: The invention relates to a method of carrying out heat-consuming processes, wherein the total energy required averaged over a year for the heat-consuming process originates from at least two different energy sources, where one of the energy sources is an electric energy source whose power varies in the range from 0 to 100% of the total power required, and three different energy modes can individually provide the total power required for the heat-consuming process: (i) exclusively electric energy, (ii) a mixture of electric energy and at least one further nonelectric energy source or (iii) exclusively nonelectric energy, where the changeover time in which the change from one energy mode to another energy mode is completed is not more than 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicants: BASF SE, LINDE AGInventors: Otto MACHHAMMER, Wolfgang Alois HORMUTH, Christian SCHNEIDER, Andreas BODE, Volker GOEKE, Hans-Juergen MASS, Matthias KERN, Dirk KLINGLER, Rene KOENIG, Philipp BRUEGGEMANN, Jens BERNNAT, Grigorios KOLIOS
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Patent number: 9150483Abstract: An aqueous solution comprising acrylic acid and the conjugate base thereof in a total amount of at least 10% by weight, based on the weight of the aqueous solution, and propionic acid and the conjugate base thereof, formic acid and the conjugate base thereof, acetic acid and the conjugate base thereof, benzoic acid and the conjugate base thereof, maleic anhydride, maleic acid and the conjugate bases thereof, phthalic anhydride, phthalic acid and the conjugate bases thereof, acrolein, benzaldehyde, 2-furaldehyde, and at least 20 mol % of at least one alkali metal cation; process for preparing this solution; and the use of this solution for preparation of polymer by free-radical polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Frank Huetten, Otto Machhammer, Thomas Daniel, Markus Ottenbacher, Daniel Pfeiffer, Stefanie Herzog, Manfred Heilig, Klaus Joachim Mueller-Engel
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Patent number: 8993802Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing and using a solid sodium diformate having a high formic acid content, to the use thereof in animal foods in the form of an acidifier, preservatives, ensilage auxiliary agents, fertilizers, and a growth and productivity-stimulating agent and the inventive animal food additives containing sodium diformate.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Robert Heinz, Otto Machhammer, Stefan Gropp, Alexander Hauk, Gerd Diebold, Anna Valeska Lohmann, Dieter Feuerstein, Robert Rühle, Rüdiger Schmitt
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Patent number: 8933262Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates from natural raw material sources, in which a composition comprising low molecular weight aromatics which comprise at least one hydroxy group or at least one alkoxy group per molecule (oxyaromatics) is produced from a biomass material, these oxyaromatics are converted into the corresponding aromatic amines and, optionally after condensation with formaldehyde, reacted further with phosgene to give compounds comprising isocyanate groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Eckhard Stroefer, Otto Machhammer, Stefan Bitterlich, Roman Prochazka, Mario Emmeluth, Julia Leschinski, Emmanouil Pantouflas, Dirk Klingler, Stephan Deuerlein, Stephan Schunk, Jochem Henkelmann, Dieter Stützer