Patents by Inventor Rudiger Schmidt

Rudiger Schmidt 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 for the pyrolysis of waste materials
    Patent number: 4303477
    Abstract: The emission of halogens and sulfur dioxide and the formation of water-soluble compounds of heavy metals are suppressed in the pyrolysis of waste in a carbonization zone at a temperature in the range from 300.degree. to 600.degree. C. by adding a fine-grained basic material to the waste prior to completion of the pyrolysis of the waste in the carbonization zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: Babcock Krauss-Maffei Industrieanlagen GmbH
    Inventors: Rudiger Schmidt, Franz Steininger
  • Process for the pyrolysis of refuse
    Patent number: 4300915
    Abstract: A process for the pyrolysis of refuse of all kinds wherein the refuse is subjected to carbonization to produce solid residues and raw carbonization gases, the residues and gases are separated, the gases are divided into two parts, one part of the gases is completely burned to produce hot flue gases, the flue gases are mixed with the second part of the raw carbonization gases, the mixture of gases is cracked in a reactor, and the cracked gases are cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Babcock Krauss-Maffei
    Inventors: Rudiger Schmidt, Franz Steininger, Klaus Hillekamp