Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Glasl

Wolfgang Glasl 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 production of carboxylic acid esters
    Patent number: 8222439
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of carboxylic acid esters by esterification of carboxylic acids and/or transesterification of carboxylic acid esters with alcohols in the presence of a liquid metal catalyst, characterized in that the liquid metal catalyst is the alkaline earth metal salt of a carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: BDI Biodiesel International AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Glasl, Martin Mittelbach, Matthaeus Siebenhofer, Erich Jeitler, Wilhelm Hammer, Helmut Gossler, Michael Koncar
  • Thin-film evaporator
    Patent number: 7591930
    Abstract: A thin-film evaporator with a vertical drum (1), a supply line (4) that is arranged in the upper region of the drum (1) and is used to supply a medium to be evaporated, a heating jacket (3) arranged on the periphery of the drum and forming vapors, a discharge line (20) for discharging the residue left in the lower end of the drum, and a condenser (11) supplied with a coolant, for increasing the separating capacity and optionally for performing chemical reactions, is characterized in that an inner device (24) influencing the action of the thin-film evaporator is provided in the path of the vapors from the heating jacket (3) to the condenser (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: VTU Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Glasl, Matthaeus Siebenhofer, Michael Koncar
  • Process For the Production of Carboxylic Acid Esters
    Publication number: 20080227994
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of carboxylic acid esters by esterification of carboxylic acids and/or transesterification of carboxylic acid esters with alcohols in the presence of a liquid metal catalyst, characterized in that the liquid metal catalyst is the alkaline earth metal salt of a carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: BDI BIODIESEL INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Glasl, Martin Mittelbach, Matthaeus Siebenhofer, Erich Jeitler, Wilhelm Hammer, Helmut Gossler, Michael Koncar